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Katsumi Kobayashi vs Yoshio Shirai — record, stats and common opponents compared

Katsumi Kobayashi

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Yoshio Shirai

Katsumi Kobayashi (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Yoshio Shirai (46-8-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Kobayashi

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Shirai

46

Wins18 KO · 39%

8

Losses

4

Draws58 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Shirai leads 1–0

Katsumi Kobayashi and Yoshio Shirai have met 1 time; Shirai leads 1–0.

Katsumi Kobayashi and Yoshio Shirai have met 1 time; Shirai leads 1–0.
Met1950Sep 25Series
Katsumi KobayashiFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Yoshio ShiraiFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Kobayashi 1 · Shirai 4 of 5 measurable rows
KobayashiShirai
Record†
0-146-8-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
0
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—39.13%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—39%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 58
1
58

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Agenot held
Katsumi Kobayashi: No date of birth
Yoshio Shirai: Died aged 80
Stance
Katsumi Kobayashi: Not recorded
Yoshio Shirai: Orthodox

Katsumi Kobayashi left, Yoshio Shirai right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Katsumi Kobayashi0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Katsumi Kobayashi: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kobayashi yet.

Yoshio Shirai46 wins · from 58 tracked bouts

Yoshio Shirai: 46 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (39%), 27 on the cards (59%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 58 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 39%27 on the cards 59%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Katsumi Kobayashi 1, Yoshio Shirai 58 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Katsumi Kobayashi last boxed on Sep 25, 1950 — 27,794 days ago. Kobayashi had lost the most recent, to Yoshio Shirai.L

Shirai Sep 1950

Yoshio Shirai has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Shirai last boxed on May 30, 1955.DWWLL

Pérez Jul 1954Barenghi Aug 1954Seno Sep 1954Pérez Nov 1954Pérez May 19555 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Katsumi Kobayashi and Yoshio Shirai ever fought each other?
Yes. Katsumi Kobayashi and Yoshio Shirai met once on September 25, 1950, and Yoshio Shirai won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LSep 25, 1950 · Shirai · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kobayashi or Shirai?
Katsumi Kobayashi is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Yoshio Shirai is 46-8-4. Yoshio Shirai has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kobayashi0–10%

Shirai46–8–482.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kobayashi or Shirai?
Katsumi Kobayashi has 0 knockout wins and Yoshio Shirai has 18. Yoshio Shirai has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kobayashi0

Shirai1839.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kobayashi and Shirai have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Katsumi Kobayashi and Yoshio Shirai have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kobayashi and Shirai?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Katsumi Kobayashi and 58 bouts tracked for Yoshio Shirai. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kobayashi1bout

Shirai58bouts

How They Win ↓

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