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Takefumi Sakata (坂田健史 Sakata Takefumi born January 29 1980 in Aki District Hiroshima Prefecture) is a Japanese boxer in the flyweight (112 lb/50 kg) division and a former WBA flyweight champion.Sakata was the premier boxer in the Kyoei boxing gym before the arrival of Kōki Kameda in 2005. He stayed out of the limelight for most of his career even being used as Kameda’s sparring partner but finally won a world title in 2007 defeating Lorenzo Parra for the vacant WBA Flyweight title.
