7 Feb - COMPLETE - 1996-1999 Japanese World Boxing Card Set - The Checklist Quest with Pictures

SumoMenkoMan

Slight update to panel #39...name is misspelled on card #153 since it thinks the correct spelling is an inappropriate word.

Panel #1 (Feb 1996)
- 1: Hiroshi Kawashima
- 2: Shiro Yahiro
- 3: Ricardo Lopez
- 4: Muhammad Ali
Panel #2 (Mar 1996)
- 5: Takato Toguchi
- 6: Tatsufumi Itoh
- 7: Orzubek "Gussie" Nazarov
- 8: Joe Louis
Panel #3 (Apr 1996)
- 9: Yuji Watanabe
- 10: Setsuo Kawamasu
- 11: Eloy Rojas
- 12: Henry Armstrong
Panel #4 (May 1996)
- 13: Yuichi Kasai
- 14: Hiroyuki Yoshino
- 15: Juan Martin Coggi
- 16: Sugar Ray Robinson
Panel #5 (June 1996)
- 17: Yuri Arbachakov
- 18: Yasushi Arai
- 19: Seaen Sow Ploenchit
- 20: Joe Frazier
Panel #6 (July 1996)
- 21: Koji Matsumoto
- 22: Shinji Takehara
- 23: Archie Moore
- 24: Costya Tszyu
Panel #7 (Aug 1996)
- 25: Hiromu Kuwata
- 26: Keiji Yamaguchi
- 27: Gabriel "Flash" Elorde
- 28: William Joppy
Panel #8 (Sept 1996)
- 29: Jintoku Sato
- 30: Yoko Gushiken
- 31: Wilfredo Vasquez
- 32: Gene Tunney
Panel #9 (Oct 1996)
- 33: Rick Yoshimura
- 34: Luisito "Koizumi" Espinosa
- 35: Yamato Mitani
- 36: Yoshio Shirai
Panel #10 (Nov 1996)
- 37: Kyoshiro Fuqushima
- 38: Hiroki Ioka
- 39: Carlos Zarate
- 40: Saman Sow Jaturong
Panel #11 (Dec 1996)
- 41: Satoshi Iida
- 42: Joichiro "Joe" Tatsuyoshi
- 43: Yong-Soo Choi
- 44: Jack Johnson
Panel #12 (Jan 1997)
- 45: Hiroyuki Sakamoto
- 46: Hisashi Teraji
- 47: Terrible Terry Norris
- 48: Salvador Sanchez
Panel #13 (Feb 1997)
- 49: Yosukezan Nishijima
- 50: Keitaro Hoshino
- 51: Ratanapol Dutchboy-GYM
- 52: Jose "Mantequilla" Napoles
Panel #14 (Mar 1997)
- 53: Takanori Hatakeyama
- 54: Akira Ohigashi
- 55: Johnny Tapia
- 56: Sugar Ray Leonard
Panel #15 (Apr 1997)
- 57: Kevin Palmer
- 58: Koji Arisawa
- 59: Pitchit Chorsiriwat
- 60: Bob Fitzsimmons
Panel #16 (May 1997)
- 61: Minoru Horiuchi
- 62: Kazu Arisawa
- 63: Naseem Hamed
- 64: Pancho Villa
Panel #17 (June 1997)
- 65: Hidenobu Honda
- 66: Rocky Lin
- 67: Barney Ross
- 68: Oscar De La Hoya
Panel #18 (July 1997)
- 69: Yoshinori Nishizawa
- 70: Kabato Suzuki
- 71: Hideyuki Ohashi
- 72: Antonio Cermeno
Panel #19 (Aug 1997)
- 73: Mangoro Ishimaru
- 74: Jiro Matsushima
- 75: Tsuyoshi Hamada
- 76: Genaro Hernandez
Panel #20 (Sept 1997)
- 77: Gerry Penalosa
- 78: Makato Nakahara
- 79: Shin Yamato
- 80: Emile Griffith
Panel #21 (Oct 1997)
- 81: Yoshiaki Matsukura
- 82: Takashi Koshimoto
- 83: Luisito Espinosa
- 84: Masahiko "Fighting" Harada
Panel #22 (Nov 1997)
- 85: Junichi Ono
- 86: Nobutoshi Hiranaka
- 87: Chatchai Datchboy-Gym
- 88: Bob Foster
Panel #23 (Dec 1997)
- 89: Hisao Arai
- 90: Akihiko Nago
- 91: Chang Jung-koo
- 92: Steve Johnston
Panel #24 (Jan 1998)
- 93: Yosukezan Nishijima
- 94: Go Kaneuchi
- 95: Jose Bonilla
- 96: Carlos Monzon
Panel #25 (Feb 1998)
- 97: Masahiko Nakamura
- 98: Yasuei Yakushiji
- 99: Felix Trinidad
- 100: Jack Dempsey
Panel #26 (Mar 1998)
- 101: Yoshiaki Matsukura
- 102: Takeo Imaoka
- 103: Genaro Hernandez
- 104: Stanley Ketchel
Panel #27 (Apr 1998)
- 105: Luis "Yory Boy" Campas
- 106: Shin Yamato
- 107: German Torres
- 108: Yutaka Manabe
Panel #28 (May 1998)
- 109: Akihiko Nago
- 110: Momotaro Kitajima
- 111: Rosendo Alvarez
- 112: Wilredo "Bazooka" Gomez
Panel #29 (June 1998)
- 113: Hiroyuki Maeda
- 114: Yasuo "Wolf" Tokimitsu
- 115: Shane "Sugar" Mosley
- 116: Sandy Saddler
Panel #30 (July 1998)
- 117: Masayuki Takeda
- 118: Satoru Abe
- 119: Manuel 'Mantecas' Medina
- 120: Khaosai Galaxy
Panel #31 (Aug 1998)
- 121: Kozo Ishii
- 122: Satoshi Iida
- 123: Mercellus "Too Sharp" Johnson
- 124: Matthew Saad Muhammad
Panel #32 (Sept 1998)
- 125: Kengo Nagashima
- 126: Isaac Sentuwa
- 127: Lennox Lewis
- 128: Yoshiaki Numata
Panel #33 (Oct 1998)
- 129: Junichi Ono
- 130: Ryuhei Sugita
- 131: Bernard Hopkins
- 132: Gilberto Roman
Panel #34 (Nov 1998)
- 133: Toshiharu Kayama
- 134: Toshiaki Nishioka
- 135: Erik "Terrible" Morales
- 136: Jeff Fenech
Panel #35 (Dec 1998)
- 137: Kengo Nagashima
- 138: Takanori Hatakeyama
- 139: Juan Carlos Gomez
- 140: Terry McGovern
Panel #36 (Feb 1999)
- 141: Shozi "Celes" Kobayashi
- 142: Nobunao Ootani
- 143: Manny Pacquiao
- 144: Willie Pep
Panel #37 (Mar 1999)
- 145: Hideki Todaka
- 146: Toshiaki Nishioka
- 147: Laurent Boudouani
- 148: Pascual Perez
Panel #38 (Apr 1999)
- 149: Phaniang Okuda
- 150: Hiroshi Nakajima
- 151: Roberto Garcia
- 152: Paul Takeshi Fuji
Panel #39 (May 1999)
- 153: Manabu Fkushima
- 154: Masasaki Morooka
- 155: Leo Gamez
- 156: Pipino Cuevos
Panel #40 (June 1999)
- 157: Akira Ohigashi
- 158: Senrima Chol-ho
- 159: Artur Grigorijan
- 160: Leopard Tamakuma
Panel #41 (July 1999)
- 161: Naotaka Hozumi
- 162: Takashi Koshimoto
- 163: Veerapol Nakornloung Promotion
- 164: Miguel Canto
Panel #42 (Aug 1999)
- 165: Akihiko Nago
- 166: Yoshinori Nishizawa
- 167: Fred Norwood
- 168: Yuh Myung-Woo
Panel #43 (Sept 1999)
- 169: Kazuhiro Ryuko
- 170: Kohji Arisawa
- 171: Azumah Nelson
- 172: Wandee Shinwancha
Panel #44 (Oct 1999)
- 173: Makoto Suzuki
- 174: Osamu Sato
- 175: James Page
- 176: Wilfred Benitez
Panel #45 (Nov 1999)
- 177: Hiroshi Nakajima
- 178: Kozo Ishii
- 179: Cesar Soto
- 180: Joe Walcott


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miklia

wow - that's a great start! Lots that I've never seen too. I only have one to add at the moment:

Panel 30:

TL: Satoru Abe
TR: Masayuki Takeda
BL: Khaosai Galaxy
BR: Manuel 'Mantecas' Medina

Good luck, I'll keep adding where I can!

halosfan

Some nice names in there! Come on guys ... cut some up and get them in holders for me

eagles33

Miklia, Are you planning on selling your 9? I'm really interested to see what these go for slabbed. I don't have any other than the one Pacquiao that I'm not looking to sell.. I'm just really curious what the market is for a slabbed Pacquiao.

halosfan

I'd take it

SumoMenkoMan

What do you guys think of getting full sheets graded?

eagles33

In more a fan of the cards slabbed vs the panel. The only reason I would pay a premium for a slabbed panel is for assurance there aren't any creases on the card I'm looking to cut since I would just crack it out to cut. IMO if you have any panels and are looking to sell them.. Your best bet would be to have them cut and then sell the slabbed cards.

wrestlingcardking

i woud cut too Sumo

SumoMenkoMan

I concur, but I'm one of those guys who didn't take toys out of their packages to keep them pristine. I'd be curious if to see how graded examples sell too.

SumoMenkoMan

<< <i>wow - that's a great start! Lots that I've never seen too. I only have one to add at the moment:

Panel 30:

TL: Satoru Abe
TR: Masayuki Takeda
BL: Khaosai Galaxy
BR: Manuel 'Mantecas' Medina

Good luck, I'll keep adding where I can! >>




Can you shoot me a scan if you have it? Thanks!

miklia

sure, pm sent sumo!

SumoMenkoMan

Miklia,

Thanks for Panel #30!

RingKing

Love these cards. I recently bought several panels that are dead mint from a guy in Japan. I'm not that interested in the Japanese fighters but I wanted the American stars so picked up the panels with Pacquiao, Sugar Ray Leonard, De La Hoya, Tapia, Hopkins, Trinidad, etc... I have thought about cutting them but can't bring myself to do it. But I hope you finish the checklist because I have not seen a complete checklist anywhere. I think these cards would be the legit rookies for Trinidad and Hopkins and some others. Definitely is for Pacquiao.

SumoMenkoMan

RingKing,

That's awesome! I'm trying to get the entire checklist here with pictures and it sounds like you have some of the panels we are missing. Would we be able to get pictures of the panels to include in this post? Thanks!

wrestlingcardking

Keep it going guys! Great job so far.

miklia

great work guys! Let's keep it going. Trinidad has a 1996 Ringlords, but Hopkins only has a 1999 Browns. Do you know when that mag came out, RingKing? If also 1999, I'd much prefer to have this release!

Also, is there a Tyson in this set? There must be, right?

edit to add, hehe, looks like wrestling thought the same.

SumoMenkoMan

My guess is one of the 1996 magazines has Tyson in it along with some of the bigger names in boxing. Just a guess though.

RingKing

I am not with the panels at the moment as I am out of town but when I am back next week I will check them out and list what I have. I'm not entirely sure how to post a phot on here though. I have the Pacquiao panel with the magazine fully intact. The other panels I bought the seller gave me the option to have them neatly removed from the mag, which saved me a ton on shipping coming from Japan. So I kept Pacquiao's in the mag and the rest are just the 4-card panels with no mag, but the panels are clean as can be, dead mint.

SumoMenkoMan

<< <i>I have thought about cutting them but can't bring myself to do it. But I hope you finish the checklist because I have not seen a complete checklist anywhere. >>




<< <i>I am not with the panels at the moment as I am out of town but when I am back next week I will check them out and list what I have. I'm not entirely sure how to post a photo on here though. I have the Pacquiao panel with the magazine fully intact. The other panels I bought the seller gave me the option to have them neatly removed from the mag, which saved me a ton on shipping coming from Japan. So I kept Pacquiao's in the mag and the rest are just the 4-card panels with no mag, but the panels are clean as can be, dead mint. >>



I can't bring myself to cut the panels either. I'll likely just sell the entire set to someone who can cut them up after I complete it.

I'll PM you (can you turn your PM on?) with my e-mail address and you can e-mail the photos of the panels you have to me if you want. That way I can get the photos in the main thread at the top.

SumoMenkoMan

Added 12 more boxers to the checklist and 4 more pictures including Panel #36 of Pacquiao. I now have a double of the #14 panel still in the magazine if anyone is interested.

SumoMenkoMan

More 1999 cards added today.

SumoMenkoMan

Doing a little more research, I think this set either will end at Panel 45/Card #180 (which is at the end of 1999) or Panel 50/Card #200 (which will be March/April/May 2000). I have years 1996 and 1998 coming now...hopefully the magazines still contain the panels....and am hoping to locate the Tyson and Ali(if they exist).

I've got a few double of some panels if interested.

miklia

Great work on this! It's going to be an epic set.

SumoMenkoMan

Thanks! It's been fun trying to piece the set together and hopefully others find it useful. The lots that I am buying have been suddenly popping up on the auction sites so I have been fortunate in that aspect. It has been easier than I first predicted to work on the set. I wish I felt compelled enough to get the set graded, but I can't come to grips with cutting the panels up.

One interesting error to note is that the Pacquiao panel is misprinted as #36 as it should be #37.

eagles33

Are 2 variations? Or was the number never corrected?

SumoMenkoMan

Not that I am aware of. The print run was so short I doubt they had time to fix it.

SumoMenkoMan

Added a bunch of 1996 and 1998 cards!

wrestlingcardking

awesome that you are doing this!

SumoMenkoMan

It's been fun and ultimately for the betterment of the hobby.

I'm curious to see if one of the last 4 panels will have a Tyson on it as that would really round out this set.

eagles33

Cool to see Ali in the set.

SumoMenkoMan

There are actually some pretty great cards in the set. More than half are Japanese boxers, but the other non-Japanese cards are pretty cool too. Some early cards of some boxers for sure. I still can't bring myself to cut up the panels.... Heck, I can't even bring myself to take them out of the magazines.

SumoMenkoMan

Just picked up one more sheet in this set. The auction pictures are poor so I can't tell which panel number it is since it is detached from the magazine. I can't even tell which boxers are on the sheet, but I unfortunately can tell there is no Tyson. I'll post a picture when I get my card shipment in from Japan.

SumoMenkoMan

Added Panel #39!

3 more panels to go.....

eagles33

Nice work. Are there any rookies in set other than Pacquiao so far? I'm surprised no other cards have been graded yet... Still just the 2 pacmans.

SumoMenkoMan

I think some of the Ali cards are graded if I remember correctly looking at the pop report.

wrestlingcardking

Hard to believe Tyson would not be in the set but the odds are getting a bit short at this time.....still a great set. I'd like to have a few of the USA boxers for sure.

eagles33

3 more mannys must have popped yesterday. 2 10s and a 5. I have one at psa right now but unfortunately neither of the 10s are mine. Unless they hit the pop report before the order popped... Wishful thinking

wrestlingcardking

saw that this morning

SumoMenkoMan

Crazy on the Manny cards. The word is getting out. Looks like Tyson is probably a no-go in this set.

SumoMenkoMan

There might be some Ali cards graded, but mislabeled as 1996 BBM World Boxing.

dytch2220

I would love to get ahold of a slabbed gem pacquiao from this set.

SumoMenkoMan

Added panels #28 and #31. Only 1 more panel to go for the complete set!

Stone193

<< <i>Added panels #28 and #31. Only 1 more panel to go for the complete set! >>

Awesome collection!

Do the backs coincide with info on the fighter?

SumoMenkoMan

They do. The cards are pretty good quality too. I'm ready to complete this set.....it's been a tough search.

SumoMenkoMan

Added the last panel, #26. Checklist and set is now complete. Almost 10 months of work scouring auctions, but well worth it and the fun of the "chase"!

miklia

wow - truly an epic accomplishment. Congratulations!!

SumoMenkoMan

Thanks. I think this thread is officially ended. I hope it's useful to future collectors.

SumoMenkoMan

Slight update to panel #39. The order of the cards was wrong. Also, name is misspelled on card #153 since it thinks the correct spelling is an inappropriate word.

SumoMenkoMan

Fixed Panel #43 (Sept 1999). I had #169 and #170 flipped. Below is the corrected checklist.
- 169: Kazuhiro Ryuko
- 170: Kohji Arisawa
- 171: Azumah Nelson
- 172: Wandee Shinwancha

dytch2220

Great thread! I'm looking to complete the set if anyone has extra panels. Still need 1-108, 125 & 126 (surface scratches), 141 (crease), 173-176.

For my contribution, this panel above is numbered incorrectly:

Panel #30 (July 1998)

• 117: Satoru Abe
• 118: Masayuki Takeda
• 119: Khaosai Galaxy
• 120: Manuel 'Mantecas' Medina

Correct numbering is:

Panel #30 (July 1998)

• 117: Masayuki Takeda
• 118: Satoru Abe
• 119: Manuel 'Mantecas' Medina
• 120: Khaosai Galaxy

dytch2220

Lol @ card 136 Jeff Fenech. Weight class "FEATEERWEIGHT" on bottom front.