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Akebono vs Hongman Choi

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Akebono and Hongman Choi met 0 times, on dates the sources do not establish.

SOURCE·Akebono Tarō and Hongman Choi — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
AkebonoHongman Choi
—Reach92.5″ (235 cm)
79.9″ (203 cm)Height86.2″ (219 cm)
—Reach advantage+7.31%
0–4Record4–5
—Finish rate100%
1Longest unbeaten run6
11Recorded bouts26
OrthodoxStance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 1. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentAkebonoHongman Choi
Bob Sapp L W

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Akebono

20002010UNFILEDloss v Remy Bonjasky, 2004, koloss v Rick Roufus, 2004, decisionloss v Zhang Qingjun, 2004, decisionloss v Musashi, 2004, decisionloss v Choi Hong-man, 2005, kowin v Nobuaki Kakuda, 2005, decisionloss v Choi Hong-man, 2006, koloss v Bob Sapp, 2015, decisionloss v Submission, no date on recordloss v Decision, no date on recordloss v Bob Sapp, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2004–2015 · 3 UNDATED
2010 loss vs Remy Bonjasky (2004)loss vs Rick Roufus (2004)loss vs Zhang Qingjun (2004)loss vs Musashi (2004)loss vs Choi Hong-man (2005)win vs Nobuaki Kakuda (2005)loss vs Choi Hong-man (2006)loss vs Bob Sapp (2015)
winlossdraw / NC2004–2015

Hongman Choi

20002010loss v Remy Bonjasky, 2005, decisionwin v Bob Sapp, 2005, decisionwin v Akebono, 2005, kowin v Tom Howard, 2005, kowin v Kaoklai Kaennorsing, 2005, decisionwin v Wakashoyo, 2005, kowin v Bobby Ologun, 2006, koloss v Jérôme Le Banner, 2006, decisionwin v Akebono, 2006, kowin v Semmy Schilt, 2006, decisionwin v Sylvester Terkay, 2006, decisionloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2007, submissionloss v Jérôme Le Banner, 2007, decisionwin v Mighty Mo, 2007, decisionwin v Gary Goodridge, 2007, kowin v Mike Malone, 2007, koloss v Mirko Cro Cop, 2008, koloss v Ray Sefo, 2008, decisionloss v Badr Hari, 2008, koloss v Ikuhisa Minowa, 2009, submissionwin v Jose Canseco, 2009, submissionwin v Quanchao Luo, 2015, koloss v Carlos Toyota, 2015, koloss v Mighty Mo, 2016, kowin v Aorigele, 2016, koloss v Zhou Zhipeng, 2016, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2005–2016
2010 loss vs Remy Bonjasky (2005)win vs Bob Sapp (2005)win vs Akebono (2005)win vs Tom Howard (2005)win vs Kaoklai Kaennorsing (2005)win vs Wakashoyo (2005)win vs Bobby Ologun (2006)loss vs Jérôme Le Banner (2006)win vs Akebono (2006)win vs Semmy Schilt (2006)win vs Sylvester Terkay (2006)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2007)loss vs Jérôme Le Banner (2007)win vs Mighty Mo (2007)win vs Gary Goodridge (2007)win vs Mike Malone (2007)loss vs Mirko Cro Cop (2008)loss vs Ray Sefo (2008)loss vs Badr Hari (2008)loss vs Ikuhisa Minowa (2009)win vs Jose Canseco (2009)win vs Quanchao Luo (2015)loss vs Carlos Toyota (2015)loss vs Mighty Mo (2016)win vs Aorigele (2016)loss vs Zhou Zhipeng (2016)
winlossdraw / NC2005–2016
Cross-references
Akebono

The full ledger: 11 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

0–4 Hongman Choi

The same, from the other corner — 26 bouts and the cohort Choi is ranked inside.

4–5 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

900 BOUTS
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DATA · JUL 2026 amitsharma.co.nz

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