Shigeji Kaneko

Japanese boxer

金子繁治

Born

13 August 1931, Tsubame

Died

2 January 2016, Tokyo

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Sport

boxing

Discipline

featherweight

Occupation

boxer

Shigeji Kaneko (Japanese: 金子繁治, Kaneko Shigeji, 13 August 1931 – 2 January 2016) was a Japanese featherweight boxer during the 1950s. He fought Gabriel "Flash" Elorde four times, winning them all. He was also a boxing promoter from the 1980s until the early 2000s.

Shigeji died from pneumonia on 2 January 2016 in Tokyo. He was 84.

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q11646848 (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.