[3] At the age of twenty-two in 1970, Honda guided Masao Ōba to the world title, and later promoted the two of Mike Tyson's fights in 1988 and 1990.
[22] Román González promoted by Honda[2] also made his United States debut on that card aired live on Fox Sports Net/Deportes,[23] Japan's WOWOW,[22] and Mexico's TV Azteca.
[24] The realization of that card owes much to a trust relationship with Bob Arum,[25] the support of WOWOW which celebrated the twentieth anniversary at that time, and the popularity of Márquez.
[27] Although Japan's professional boxing has some negative background, that was an aggressive overseas expansion in order to get higher status as a world champion.
[29] In addition to above mentioned Ōba, Nishioka and Linares, Honda has so far promoted Jirō Watanabe (Osaka Teiken Boxing Gym), Tsuyoshi Hamada,[1] Genaro Hernandez, Eloy Rojas, Edwin Valero, Jorge Linares, Román González et al.[2] He currently manages Jorge Linares, Takahiro Aō, Akifumi Shimoda, Shinsuke Yamanaka, Toshiyuki Igarashi, Takashi Miura, Yoshihiro Kamegai, Ryōta Murata et al.[30] His long-time ambition is to promote mega-fights in the United States,[31] and he also desires to bring up successful boxers who are able to be elected to the Hall of Fame, as a man who works backstage.