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966:Sana Hazuki
946:Eri Matsuda
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695:31 May 2023
636:Bantamweight
582:Miel Fajardo
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112:Affiliations
93:Membership
51:Headquarters
27:Abbreviation
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1479:16 February
1454:16 February
1429:16 February
1404:16 February
1351:16 February
1346:wowow.co.jp
1307:15 November
1209:Heavyweight
1097:Lightweight
905:Justis Huni
893:Heavyweight
824:7 Oct 2023
722:Lightweight
508:lightweight
396:Philippines
383:New Zealand
357:South Korea
1583:Categories
1284:References
935:Atomweight
926:Champion:
755:Koki Inoue
540:Champion:
1399:jbc.or.jp
1302:opbf.info
995:Flyweight
592:Flyweight
498:champion
318:Indonesia
305:Hong Kong
241:Australia
217:Hong Kong
183:when the
35:Formation
1267:See also
477:Z Gorres
461:Thailand
370:Mongolia
59:Location
1546:Rappler
211:Members
160:History
122:Website
107:English
86:Oceania
68:, Japan
1551:2 June
1525:2 June
1502:2 June
1379:2 June
1244:(ABCO)
1232:(NABF)
1102:vacant
1088:vacant
1054:vacant
1040:vacant
916:Female
884:Vacant
863:Vacant
842:Vacant
777:Vacant
734:Vacant
713:Vacant
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1250:(ABU)
1238:(EBU)
448:Tonga
435:Samoa
344:Japan
331:India
254:China
131:.info
129:.opbf
54:Japan
1553:2020
1527:2020
1504:2020
1481:2022
1456:2022
1431:2022
1406:2022
1381:2020
1353:2022
1309:2022
530:Male
280:Guam
267:Fiji
223:and
221:Guam
84:and
82:Asia
43:Type
38:1952
30:OPBF
485:WBO
227:).
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