Shinsuke Yamanaka
Yamanaka vs. Esquivel
### Yamanaka vs. Esquivel

Yamanaka captured the vacant [WBC](/wiki/World_Boxing_Council "World Boxing Council") [bantamweight](/wiki/Bantamweight "Bantamweight") title in his first world title shot against [Mexico](/wiki/Mexico "Mexico")'s [Christian Esquivel](/wiki/Christian_Esquivel "Christian Esquivel") via an eleventh\-round technical knockout after knocking him down in the sixth and eleventh rounds at the [Yoyogi National Stadium Second Gymnasium](/wiki/Yoyogi_National_Stadium_Second_Gymnasium "Yoyogi National Stadium Second Gymnasium") in [Tokyo](/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo") on November 6, 2011\. Yamanaka was presented with the Rookie Award both in the forty\-fourth [Japan Professional Sports Awards](/wiki/Japan_Professional_Sports_Grand_Prize "Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize") and Japan's Boxer of the Year in 2011\.


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