TOKYO - Guts Ishimatsu, the first Japanese boxer to win a lightweight world title and later a household name as a TV personality and actor, has died, his management company said Thursday. He was 76.
Ishimatsu, whose real name was Yuji Suzuki, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on June 2, according to the company.
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