Yoshio Shirai
BORN November 23 1923; Arakawa Ward, Tokyo, Japan DIED December 26 2003; Tokyo, Japan HEIGHT 5-4 1/2 (Some sources report 5-6) WEIGHT 111-113 3/4 lbs MANAGER Dr. Alvin R. Cahn RECORD 46-8-2 (18 KO, 8 EX) Shirai was a clever boxer who won the Flyweight Championship of the World during his career
He defeated such men as Salvador "Dado" Marino, Terry Allen, Tanny Campo, Yoichiro Hanada, Noboru Kushida, Hiroshi Horiguchi and Hideo KijimaHerb Goldman ranked Yoshio as the #25 All-Time Flyweight; He was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1977
1943 Nov 26 Jumpo Umiyama Tokyo, Japan KO 1 Dec 10 Saichi Kubota Tokyo, Japan KO 1 Dec 23 Tomisaburo Oura Tokyo, Japan W 4 1944 Jan 20 Masao Ito Tokyo, Japan KO 1 Feb 6 Makoto Yamada Tokyo, Japan KO 1 Feb 10 Shigeo Tanaka Tokyo, Japan W 4 Mar 5 Sadasuke Aoki Tokyo, Japan W 4 Mar 28 Sakae Suzuki Tokyo, Japan KO 1 1946 Dec 14 Noboru Kushida Tokyo, Japan LT 5 1947 Jun 27 Kazumi Ueda Tokyo, Japan W 6 Jul 6 Toshimitsu Kushihashi Tokyo, Japan W 6 Jul 18 Yoichiro Hanada Tokyo, Japan L 8 Sep 11 Eijiro Yajima Tokyo, Japan L 8 Oct 27 Takeshi Makino Tokyo, Japan D 8 Dec 25 Michiyosi Koizumi Tokyo, Japan KO 2 1948 Feb 15 Kazumi Ueda Tokyo, Japan W 6 Apr 3 Kazumi Ueda Tokyo, Japan W 6 May 7 Sadaji Wada Tokyo, Japan W 8 Jun 6 Eijiro Yajima Tokyo, Japan D 8 Jun 21 Kunimatsu Suda Tokyo, Japan D 6 Jul 10 Kiyoshi Nishimura Tokyo, Japan W 8 Jul 30 Nobuyuki Ishimori Tokyo, Japan TK 2 Sep 11 Eijiro Yajima Tokyo, Japan W 8 Oct 9 Noboru Kushida Tokyo, Japan W 8 1949 Jan 28 Yoichiro Hanada Tokyo, Japan KO 5 -Flyweight Championship of Japan Feb 21 Mitsuo Oikawa Tokyo, Japan EX Mar 21 Tomoyoshi Yanagida Tokyo, Japan KO 2 May 2 Eijiro Yajima Tokyo, Japan W 10 Jun 25 Noboru Kushida Tokyo, Japan W 10 -Flyweight Championship of Japan Sep 28 Kyoichi Muto Tokyo, Japan KO 3 Dec 15 Hiroshi Horiguchi Tokyo, Japan W 10 -Flyweight Championship of Japan 1950 Jan 4 Keizo Yasui Tokyo, Japan EX 3 Apr 14 Yoshiaki Naruo Tokyo, Japan W 8 May 25 Yoichiro Hanada Tokyo, Japan W 10 -Bantamweight Championship of Japan Jun 28 Hideo Kijima Tokyo, Japan KO 2 -Flyweight Championship of Japan Jul 17 Katsumi Kobayashi Tokyo, Japan EX Jul 31 Kyoichi Muto Tokyo, Japan EX 4 Sep 25 Katsumi Kobayashi Tokyo, Japan KO 2 Oct 26 Takashi Seno Tokyo, Japan W 10 -Bantamweight Championship of Japan 1951 Feb 3 Yukio Takahashi Tokyo, Japan WF 7 Mar 17 Hidemasa Nagashima Tokyo, Japan LF 8 -Bantamweight Championship of Japan May 21 Dado Marino Tokyo, Japan L 10 Sep 20 Hidemasa Nagashima Tokyo, Japan W 10 -Bantamweight Championship of Japan Oct 25 Takahisa Horiguchi Tokyo, Japan KO 6 -Flyweight Championship of Japan Dec 4 Dado Marino Honolulu, Oahu, Hiwaii TK 7 1952 Feb 9 Hiroshi Horiguchi Tokyo, Japan W 10 -Bantamweight Championship of Japan; Some sources report 2/07/52 Apr 4 Kyoichi Muto Tokyo, Japan TK 6 May 19 Dado Marino Tokyo, Japan W 15 -Flyweight Championship of the World Aug 23 -Shirai relinquished the Bantamweight Championship of Japan Sep 26 Roy Higa Tokyo, Japan W 10 -Some sources report 9/27/52 Nov 15 Dado Marino Tokyo, Japan W 15 -Flyweight Championship of Japan 1953 Jan 4 Masaru Kaneko Tokyo, Japan EX 4 Apr 17 "Baby" Moe Mario Tokyo, Japan W 10 May 18 Tanny Campo Tokyo, Japan W 15 -Flyweight Championship of Japan Jul 17 Vic Herman Tokyo, Japan TK 10 Aug 12 Tamio Sasaki Tokyo, Japan EX 4 Sep 19 Leo Espinosa Osaka, Japan LT 7 Oct 27 Terry Allen Tokyo, Japan W 15 -Flyweight Championship of Japan Dec 10 Takashi Seno Sendai, Japan TK 5 1954 Apr 8 Masaru Kaneko Osaka, Japan TK 8 May 24 Leo Espinosa Tokyo, Japan W 15 -Flyweight Championship of Japan; Some sources report 5/23/54 Jul 24 Pascual Perez Buenos Aires, Argentina D 10 Aug 11 Alberto Barenghi Buenos Aires, Argentina W 10 Sep 27 Hitoshi Misako Tokyo, Japan EX 4 Nov 26 Pascual Perez Tokyo, Japan L 15 -Flyweight Championship of the World1955 May 10 Kunio Suzuki Tokyo, Japan EX 3 May 30 Pascual Perez Tokyo, Japan LK 5 -Flyweight Championship of the World *** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed *** 1950 Feb 6 Mamoru Murata Tokyo, Japan KO 2 Aug 26 Takeshi Nomura Tokyo, Japan KO 5 1951 Nov 1 Richard Sakai Honolulu, Oahu, Hiwaii KO 2 1952 Aug 23 Haruo Oba Tokyo, Japan W 8
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization