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 Kijima

Herb 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 World
1955
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
 
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