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Shuichiro Yoshino
Japanese boxer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Early career
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
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]
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