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
Born (1991-09-28) 28 September 1991 (age 33)
NationalityJapanese
Statistics
Weight(s)Lightweight
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Reach68 in (173 cm)[1]
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[2]
Total fights18
Wins17
Wins by KO13
Losses1

Professional career

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Early career

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Yoshino 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

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Yoshino 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

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18 fights 17 wins 1 loss
By knockout 13 1
By decision 4 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
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

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    吉野修一郎"
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