Jiro Watanabe

Japanese boxer

渡辺二郎 · 와타나베 지로

Born

16 March 1955, Osaka

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

boxing

Discipline

super flyweight

Occupation

boxer

Jiro Watanabe (渡辺二郎, Watanabe Jirō; born 16 March 1955) is a Japanese former boxer. Watanabe, who fought only in Japan and South Korea, was one of the first World super flyweight champions, as the division was relatively new when he was crowned.

Awards and honours

• WBA World Super Flyweight Champion
• WBC World Super Flyweight Champion

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q4924564 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.