Sho Kimura (木村 翔, Kimura Shō, born November 24, 1988) is a Japanese former professional boxer who held the WBO flyweight title from 2017 to 2018. on Nov 23, 2016, Kimura defeated Masahiro Sakamoto to win the WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title.

[1] On July 28, 2017, Sho Kimura defeated Zou Shiming by 11th-round knockout to win the title in Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China.

At the press conference after the WBO flyweight title fight, Kimura admitted that the big driving factor was his mother.

It's clear that this is a personal mission for him and something that really is a driving factor with his career going forward.

[7] Before winning the WBO flyweight title, Kimura had been working as a deliveryman in Tokyo and was under extreme financial pressure - a hardship experienced by many boxers in the early stages of their career.