Go Hashimoto (橋本 浩, Hashimoto Gō)[3] (formerly Megumi Hashimoto (橋本 めぐみ, Hashimoto Megumi);[3] born 18 July 1987), also professionally known as Go Shindo (真道 ゴー, Shindō Gō), is a Japanese former professional boxer who held the WBC female flyweight title from 2013 to 2014. At regional level, she held the OPBF female flyweight title in 2011. in 2017, Go came out as transgender and has since retired from women's boxing.[4][5]
Go Shindo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 July 1987 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1] |
| Stance | Orthodox[1] |
| Boxing record[2] | |
| Total fights | 20 |
| Wins | 16 |
| Wins by KO | 11 |
| Losses | 4 |
Career
editOn 25 May 2008, Go made his professional debut at the local Wakayama Prefectural Gymnasium in the match against former amateur Japanese champion Masae Akitaya which he lost by a unanimous decision. In 2012, he lost against Mariana Juárez for the WBC female flyweight title.[6] Later in 2013, he won the WBC female flyweight title defeating then world champion Renáta Szebelédi via a 10 round unanimous decision at the Big Wave, Wakayama, Japan.
Retirement
editOn 17 July 2017, Shindo announced that he underwent male assignment surgery and changed his legal name to Go Hashimoto.[3] In the same announcement, he announced that he had married Ayuka, a non-celebrity cis-gender woman, and plans to submit a retirement notice.[3]
On October 30, 2017, he announced his retirement from active boxing with a record of 16 wins (11KO) and 4 losses. He also indicated his intention to convert to a male professional boxer in the future.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "BoxRec: Shindo Go". BoxRec. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Boxing record for Go Shindo". BoxRec.
- ^ a b c d e "元女子世界王者・真道ゴー、性別適合手術＆戸籍変更し新郎で結婚" [Former women's world champion Go Shindo goes under gender reaassignment surgery and marries as a groom]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 2017-07-18. Archived from the original on 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ "Former female World Boxing Council champ faces battle to fight as male". World Boxing News. 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ^ "Boxing News: Ex-WBC female champ Shindo to come back as male » March 13, 2022". fightnews.com. 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ^ "Womens Boxing - WBAN Yearly Awards - 2012". www.womenboxing.com. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ^ "真道ゴー引退、男子プロ転向の仰天プラン明かす". Boxing News（ボクシングニュース） (in Japanese). 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
External links
editBoxing record for Go Shindo from BoxRec (registration required)