Class A Boxer Prize Money Tournament

The Class-A Boxer Prize Money Tournament (A級ボクサー賞金トーナメント, A-kyū Bokusā Shōkin Tōnamento), or often shortened as Class A Tournament is an annual boxing tournament in Japan hosted by the Japanese Boxing Commission. It is a tournament for boxers who have had eight or more matches and a Class-A license. Class-A boxers are boxers who are qualified to fight six rounds or more.

It starts in summer and the finals are held eleven months later. The winner becomes ranked first in the JBC and takes part in the Champion Carnival, where the national champion has to defend his title against the winner.

Matches in the Class A Tournament go between six rounds and ten rounds. If there is a decision draw, the boxers would fight an extra round to determine the winner.

Class A Tournament

Featherweight

1991

Featherweight Class A Tournament I (1991)
Winner - Ippo Makunouchi

	Semi-Finals				Final
	1 Round (6), 2min 32sec
	Alexander Volg Zangief
					5 Round (8), 1min 21sec
	Toshio Suzuki	TKO
					Alexander Volg Zangief	KO
	4 Round (6), 2min 12sec
					Makunouchi Ippo
	Ippo Makunouchi
	Takuma Saeki	TKO

1993

Featherweight Class A Tournament II (1993) (Not Shown in Story)
Winner - Iwao Shimabukuro

	Semi-Finals				Final
	? Round (6), ?min ?sec
	Okita Keigo
					1 Round (8), 0min 23sec
	Unknown	N/A
					Keigo Okita	KO
	? Round (6), ?min ?sec
					Iwao Shimabukuro
	Iwao Shimabukuro
	Unknown	N/A

1996

Featherweight Class A Tournament III (1996)
Winner - Manabu Itagaki

	Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
	2 Round (10), 2min 13sec
	Manabu Itagaki
					? Round (6), ?min ?sec
	Takuzō Karasawa	KO
					Manabu Itagaki
	? Round (6), ?min ?sec
					Unknown
	Unknown
									4 Round (10), 1min 28sec
	Unknown
									Manabu Itagaki
	6 Round Decision
									Takuma Saeki	KO
	Fukui Kyosuke	?D
					5 Round (6), ?min ?sec
	Makoto Maezono
					Makoto Maezono	KO
	? Round (6), ?min ?sec
					Takuma Saeki
	Takuma Saeki
	Unknown

Junior Lightweight

1991

Junior Lightweight Class A Tournament I (1991)
Winner - Ryō Mashiba

	Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
	6 Round Decision
	Tatsuya Kimura
					Extra Round (6+1), 1min 18sec
	Hiroshi Nishimura	?D
					Tatsuya Kimura	KO
	? Round (6), ?min ?sec
					Takeshi Ryūzaki
	Takeshi Ryūzaki
									? Round (8), ?min ?sec
	Unknown
									Ryō Mashiba
	? Round (6), ?min ?sec
									Takeshi Ryūzaki	?D
	Unknown	KO
					? Round (6), ?min ?sec
	Ryō Mashiba
					Unknown	KO
	? Round (6), ?min ?sec
					Ryō Mashiba
	Unknown
	Unknown

1996

Junior Lightweight Class A Tournament II (1996)
Winner - Unknown

	Semi-Finals				Final
	6 Round Decision
	Tatsuya Kimura
					8 Round Decision
	Takeshi Ryūzaki	?D
					Tatsuya Kimura	?D
	? Round (6), ?min ?sec
					Unknown
	Unknown
	Unknown

Lightweight

1996

Lightweight Class A Tournament II (1996)
Winner - Shinobu Iga

	Semi-Finals				Final
	6 Round Decision
	Jackal Itō	?D
					7 Round (8), ?min ?sec
	Masaru Aoki
					Masaru Aoki	KO
	1 Round (6), ?min ?sec
					Shinobu Iga
	Shinobu Iga
	Katsutaka Imae	KO

Other Weight Class Winners

• Middleweight: Takamura Mamoru
• Junior Lightweight 1991 - Mashiba Ryō

Trivia

• Although not directly stated by Jōji Morikawa in the story, Kazuki Sanada (1993) and Keīchi Take (1994/1995) also probably won the Class A Tournament since Ippo Makunouchi fought them in a Champion Carnival, since they were the #1 challenger when they fought.
• While the rule is that the boxer has to have more than eight matches on their record to enter, there has been times where a boxer with less than eight has entered the tournament.