Kiyoshi Tanabe (田辺 清, born October 10, 1940) is a retired Japanese boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics.

He made his professional debut in 1963, and won the Japanese flyweight title in 1965, which he defended twice before vacating.

In February 1967, he fought WBA & WBC flyweight champion Horacio Accavallo in a non-title match, and won by 6th-round TKO.

[2] Tanabe was scheduled to get his first world title shot in July 1967, and expectations heightened around the talented fighter.

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