The Class A Tournament (A級ボクサー賞金トーナメント, A-kyū Bokusā Shōkin Tōnamento) is an annual boxing tournament in Japan hosted by the Japanese Boxing Commission. It is a tournament for boxers who have had eight or more matches and a Class-A license. Class-A boxers are boxers who are qualified to fight six rounds or more. It starts in summer and the finals are held eleven months later. The winner becomes ranked first in the JBC and takes part in the Champion Carnival, where the national champion has to defend his title against the winner.
Matches in the Class A Tournament go between six rounds and ten rounds. If there is a decision draw, the boxers would fight an extra round to determine the winner.
Class A Tournament
Featherweight
1992
| Featherweight Class A Tournament I (1992) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winner - Makunouchi Ippo |
| Semi-Finals | Final | |||||
| 1 Round (6), 2min 32sec | ||||||
| Alexander Volg Zangief | ||||||
| 5 Round (8), 1min 21sec | ||||||
| Suzuki Toshio | TKO | |||||
| Alexander Volg Zangief | KO | |||||
| 4 Round (6), 2min 12sec | ||||||
| Makunouchi Ippo | ||||||
| Makunouchi Ippo | ||||||
| Saeki Takuma | TKO | |||||
1994
| Featherweight Class A Tournament II (1994) (Not Shown in Story) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winner - Shimabukuro Iwao |
| Semi-Finals | Final | |||||
| ? Round (6), ?min ?sec | ||||||
| Okita Keigo | ||||||
| 1 Round (8), 0min 23sec | ||||||
| Unknown | N/A | |||||
| Okita Keigo | KO | |||||
| ? Round (6), ?min ?sec | ||||||
| Shimabukuro Iwao | ||||||
| Shimabukuro Iwao | ||||||
| Unknown | N/A | |||||
1997
| Featherweight Class A Tournament III (1997) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winner - Itagaki Manabu |
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 Round (10), 2min 13sec | ||||||||||
| Itagaki Manabu | ||||||||||
| Karasawa Takuzō | KO | |||||||||
| Itagaki Manabu | ||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||
| 4 Round (10), 1min 28sec | ||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||
| Itagaki Manabu | ||||||||||
| 6 Round Decision | ||||||||||
| Saeki Takuma | KO | |||||||||
| Fukui Kyosuke | ?D | |||||||||
| 5 Round (6), ?min ?sec | ||||||||||
| Maezono Makoto | ||||||||||
| Maezono Makoto | KO | |||||||||
| Saeki Takuma | ||||||||||
| Saeki Takuma | ||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||
Junior Lightweight
| Semi-Finals | Final | |||||
| 6 Round Decision | ||||||
| Kimura Tatsuya | ||||||
| 8 Round Decision | ||||||
| Ryūzaki Takeshi | ?D | |||||
| Kimura Tatsuya | ?D | |||||
| ? Round (6), ?min ?sec | ||||||
| Unknown | ||||||
| Unknown | ||||||
| Unknown | ||||||
| Junior Lightweight Class A Tournament II (1997) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winner - Unknown |
Lightweight
| Semi-Finals | Final | |||||
| 6 Round Decision | ||||||
| Jackal Itō | ?D | |||||
| 7 Round (8), ?min ?sec | ||||||
| Aoki Masaru | ||||||
| Aoki Masaru | KO | |||||
| 1 Round (6), ?min ?sec | ||||||
| Iga Shinobu | ||||||
| Iga Shinobu | ||||||
| Katsutaka Imae | KO | |||||
| Lightweight Class A Tournament II (1997) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winner - Iga Shinobu |
Other Weight Class Winners
- Middleweight: Takamura Mamoru
- Junior Lightweight 1992 - Mashiba Ryō
Trivia
- Although not directly stated by Morikawa Jouji in the story, Sanada Kazuki (1993) and Take Keīchi (1995/1996) also probably won the Class A Tournament since Makunouchi Ippo fought them in a Champion Carnival, since they were the #1 challenger when they fought.
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