Shuichiro Yoshino (born 28 September 1991) is a Japanese professional boxer, who has held the WBO Asia Pacific title since 2020. He is ranked as the world's 9th best active lightweight by BoxRec.[3]
Shuichiro Yoshino 吉野修一郎 | |
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Born | Kanuma, Tochigi, Japan | 28 September 1991
Nationality | Japanese |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Lightweight |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1] |
Reach | 68 in (173 cm)[1] |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record[2] | |
Total fights | 18 |
Wins | 17 |
Wins by KO | 13 |
Losses | 1 |
Professional career
editEarly career
editYoshino made his professional debut against Chatri Charoensin on 14 December 2015. He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.[4] Yoshino next faced the 58-fight veteran Chaiyong Chanthahong on 11 February 2016. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 60–54, 60–54 and 59–55.[5]
Yoshino face the former Japanese and OPBF lightweight champion Yoshitaka Kato on 13 April 2017. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 80–72, 77–75 and 78–75.[6] Yoshino faced the overmatched Katika Piyawong on 10 August 2017. He made quick work of Katika, winning the bout by a second-round technical knockout.[7]
Japanese lightweight champion
editYoshino was booked to face the veteran Spicy Matsushita for the vacant Japanese lightweight title on 21 October 2017.[8] He won the fight by a seventh-round technical knockout. He was leading on two of the judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage (58–56), while the third judge had the fight as an even 57–57.[9]
Yoshino made his first Japanese lightweight title defense against Masaki Saito on 8 February 2018.[10] He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.[11] Yoshino made his second title defense against Genki Maeda on 14 June 2018. He won the fight by a ninth-round knockout.[12] Yoshino made his third title defense against Kazumasa Kobayashi on 13 December 2018.[13] He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.[14] Yoshino made his fourth title defense against Accel Sumiyoshi on 11 April 2019.[15] He won the fight by a seventh-round technical knockout.[16]
Yoshino was booked to face Harmonito Dela Torre for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific and OPBF lightweight titles on 10 October 2019.[17] He made quick work of Torre, as he won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.[18] After capturing two regional titles, Yoshino made his fifth Japanese title defense against Izuki Tomioka on 13 February 2020. He won the fight by an eight-round technical knockout.[19] Yoshino made the first defense of all three minor titles simultaneously on 3 September 2020, against Valentine Hosokawa.[20] He won the fight by a dominant unanimous decision, with scores of 120–108, 119–109 and 119–109. It was his first decision victory since 13 April 2017.[21]
Yoshino made his seventh Japanese lightweight title defense against Shuma Nakazato on 12 August 2021, following an eleven-month absence from the sport. He won the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout.[22] Yoshino was booked to defend his WBO Asia Pacific and OPBF titles against the former WBO junior lightweight champion Masayuki Ito on 9 April 2022.[23] He won the fight by an eleventh-round technical decision, with scores of 106–103, 107–102, and 107–102.[24]
Yoshino made his third WBO Asia Pacific title defense against Masayoshi Nakatani on 1 November 2022, on the undercard of the Kenshiro Teraji and Hiroto Kyoguchi light flyweight unification bout.[25] He retained his title by a sixth-round knockout, after twice knocking Nakatani down.[26]
On 11 January 2023, it was revealed that Yoshino had accepted an order from the WBC to face Shakur Stevenson in a lightweight title eliminator.[27] Yoshino was booked to face Stevenson on 8 April 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.[28] He lost the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout.[29]
Professional boxing record
edit18 fights | 17 wins | 1 loss |
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By knockout | 13 | 1 |
By decision | 4 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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18 | Win | 17–1 | Jules Victoriano | TKO | 2 (8), 2:52 | 17 Jun 2024 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
17 | Loss | 16–1 | Shakur Stevenson | TKO | 6 (12), 1:35 | 8 Apr 2023 | Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Masayoshi Nakatani | KO | 6 (12), 1:14 | 1 Nov 2022 | Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan | Retained WBO Asia Pacific lightweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Masayuki Ito | TD | 11 (12), 2:06 | 9 Apr 2022 | Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan | Retained WBO Asia Pacific and OPBF lightweight titles; Unanimous TD after Ito was cut in an accidental head clash |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Shuma Nakazato | TKO | 6 (10), 2:20 | 12 Aug 2021 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained Japanese lightweight title |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Valentine Hosokawa | UD | 12 | 3 Sep 2020 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained Japanese, OPBF and WBO Asia Pacific lightweight titles |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Izuki Tomioka | TKO | 8 (10), 1:55 | 13 Feb 2020 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained Japanese lightweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Harmonito Dela Torre | TKO | 1 (12), 2:10 | 10 Oct 2019 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific and OPBF lightweight titles |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Accel Sumiyoshi | TKO | 7 (10), 2:12 | 11 Apr 2019 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained Japanese lightweight title |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Kazumasa Kobayashi | TKO | 3 (10), 1:37 | 13 Dec 2018 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained Japanese lightweight title |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Genki Maeda | KO | 9 (10), 2:49 | 14 Jun 2018 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained Japanese lightweight title |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Masaki Saito | TKO | 1 (10), 2:36 | 8 Feb 2018 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained Japanese lightweight title |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Spicy Matsushita | TKO | 7 (10), 1:23 | 21 Oct 2017 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Won vacant Japanese lightweight title |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Katika Piyawong | TKO | 2 (8), 0:30 | 10 Aug 2017 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Yoshitaka Kato | UD | 8 | 13 Apr 2017 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Kenta Onjo | TKO | 3 (8), 0:51 | 13 Oct 2016 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Chaiyong Chanthahong | UD | 6 | 11 Feb 2016 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Chatri Charoensin | TKO | 3 (6), 2:40 | 14 Dec 2015 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
References
edit- ^ a b DAZN tale of the tape prior to the Masayuki Ito fight.
- ^ "Boxing record for Shuichiro Yoshino
吉野修一郎". BoxRec. - ^ "BoxRec: Login".
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