Yoshio Shirai

46 8 4
18 KOs 3 KOs
Yoshio Shirai profile picture
Box-pro
division fly
status inactive
bouts 58
rounds 420
KOs 39.13%
career 1943-1955
debut 1943-11-26

ID# 012925
sex male
nationality Japan
stance orthodox
height 5′ 4½″   /   164cm
residence Tokyo, Japan
birth place Tokyo, Japan
followers
3

Box-pro 58 bouts

datew-l-dlast 6result
1955-05-30 Pascual Perez 25 0 1
Korakuen Baseball Stadium
L-KO
2:59    ref: Haruo Ishiwatarido 33-39   Bill Pacheco 34-40   Jack Sullivan 33-39

World Flyweight Title
1954-11-26 Pascual Perez 23 0 1
Korakuen Baseball Stadium
L-UD
ref: Jack Sullivan 139-146   Kuniharu Hayashi 143-146   Bill Pacheco 139-143

World Flyweight Title
1954-09-18 Takashi Seno 25 17 9
W-KO
1954-08-11 Alberto Barenghi 5 1 1
Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
W-PTS
1954-07-24 Pascual Perez 23 0 0
Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
D-PTS
1954-05-24 Leo Espinosa 9 4 0
Korakuen Baseball Stadium
W-SD
ref: Isamu Ito 147-145   Koshiro Abe 141-142   Kuniharu Hayashi 149-145

World Flyweight Title
1954-04-08 Masaru Kaneko 28 16 5
Osaka
W-RTD
1953-10-27 Terry Allen 60 10 1
Korakuen Baseball Stadium
W-UD
ref: Isamu Ito 149-136   Kuniharu Hayashi 150-136   Haruo Ishiwatarido 150-140

World Flyweight Title
1953-09-19 Leo Espinosa 7 4 0
Osaka Stadium, Osaka
L-RTD
1953-07-17 Vic Herman 38 14 2
Korakuen Baseball Stadium
W-TKO
1953-05-18 Tanny Campo 40 7 3
Korakuen Baseball Stadium
W-UD
ref: Kuniharu Hayashi 148-142   Isamu Ito 148-143   Koichi Takada 148-142

World Flyweight Title
1953-04-17 Mario Macias 17 4 5
W-UD
"The Japanese referee and two judges gave Shirai nine rounds against one for Mario." (United Press)
1952-11-15 Dado Marino 57 14 3
Korakuen Baseball Stadium
W-UD
ref: Isamu Ito 146-128   Kuniharu Hayashi 149-132   Koichi Takada 149-132

World Flyweight Title
1952-09-26 Roy Higa 13 6 2
Korakuen Baseball Stadium
W-UD
ref: Kuniharu Hayashi 100-97   Isamu Ito 99-94   Nobuyuki Kitamura 99-82
1952-05-19 Dado Marino 57 13 3
Korakuen Baseball Stadium
W-UD
ref: Kuniharu Hayashi 149-145   Isamu Ito 146-139   Koichi Takada 149-146

World Flyweight Title
1952-04-04 Kyoichi Muto 49 29 10
W-RTD
1952-02-09 Hiroshi Horiguchi 70 7 5
W-UD

Attendance: over 20, 000
Shirai, the Japanese Flyweight Champion, was the first Japanese fighter to be listed as a flyweight challenger in the United States boxing rankings. New York Times
1951-12-04 Dado Marino 57 12 3
Honolulu Stadium, Honolulu
W-TKO
1:11    ref: Louis Freitas Jr
1951-10-25 Takahisa Horiguchi 15 4 3
W-KO
0:42    
1951-09-20 Hidemasa Nagashima 16 5 9
W-PTS

1951-05-21 Dado Marino 53 12 1
Korakuen Baseball Stadium
L-SD
ref: Kuniharu Hayashi 96-98   Isamu Ito 92-100    98-91
Attendance: 35, 000. Interesting note: Because Marino failed to make the 116lb contract weight for the bout, he wore 8oz gloves while Shirai wore 6oz gloves.
1951-03-17 Hidemasa Nagashima 15 4 9
L-DQ
2:25    
1951-02-03 Yukio Takahashi 1 4 1
W-DQ
1950-10-26 Takashi Seno 18 8 3
W-PTS

1950-09-25 Katsumi Kobayashi 3 10 5
W-KO
1950-06-28 Hideo Kijima 15 12 3
W-KO
2:07    
1950-05-25 Yoichiro Hanada 88 29 27
W-PTS

1950-04-14 Yoshiaki Nario 0 0 1
W-PTS

1949-12-15 Hiroshi Horiguchi 63 4 5
W-UD

1949-09-28 Kyoichi Muto 34 21 6
W-KO
1949-06-25 Noboru Kushida 33 11 12
W-PTS

1949-05-02 Eijiro Yajima 34 17 8
W-PTS
1949-03-21 Tomoyoshi Yanagida 1 2 2
W-KO
1949-01-28 Yoichiro Hanada 78 26 23
W-KO
1:27    
1948-10-09 Noboru Kushida 30 8 11
W-SD
1948-09-11 Eijiro Yajima 31 14 7
W-UD
1948-07-30 Nobuyuki Ishimori 17 2 4
W-KO
1948-07-10 Kiyoshi Nishimura 0 2 0
W-PTS
1948-06-21 Kunimatsu Suda 1 7 0
D-PTS
1948-06-06 Eijiro Yajima 30 14 6
D-PTS
1948-05-07 Sadaji Wada 1 4 0
W-PTS
1948-04-03 Kazumi Ueda 12 4 1
Fuji
W-PTS
1948-02-15 Kazumi Ueda 9 3 1
W-PTS
1947-12-25 Michiyosi Koizumi debut
W-KO
1947-10-27 Takeshi Makino 22 21 9
D-PTS
1947-09-11 Eijiro Yajima 25 13 6
L-PTS
1947-07-18 Yoichiro Hanada 64 22 20
L-PTS
1947-07-06 Toshimitsu
Kushihashi
30 19 19
W-PTS
1947-06-27 Kazumi Ueda 3 0 1
W-PTS
1946-12-14 Noboru Kushida 20 3 8
L-KO
1944-03-28 Sakae Suzuki 1 0 0
W-KO
1944-03-05 Sadasuke Aoki 1 0 0
W-PTS
1944-02-10 Shigeo Tanaka debut
W-PTS
1944-02-06 Makoto Yamada debut
W-KO
1944-01-20 Masao Ito 0 1 0
W-KO
1943-12-23 Tomisaburo Oura debut
W-PTS
1943-12-10 Saichi Kubota debut
W-KO
1943-11-26 Jumpo Umiyama debut
W-KO