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Masaru Kaneko vs Yoshio Shirai — record, stats and common opponents compared

Masaru Kaneko

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Yoshio Shirai

Masaru Kaneko (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.

Kaneko

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

Masaru Kaneko and Yoshio Shirai have met 1 time; Shirai leads 1–0.

Masaru Kaneko and Yoshio Shirai have met 1 time; Shirai leads 1–0.
Met1954Apr 8Series
Masaru KanekoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Yoshio ShiraiFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR81Meeting

The Numbers

Kaneko 1 · Shirai 4 of 5 measurable rows
KanekoShirai
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
Masaru Kaneko: No date of birth
Yoshio Shirai: Died aged 80
Stance
Masaru Kaneko: Not recorded
Yoshio Shirai: Orthodox

Masaru Kaneko 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
Masaru Kaneko0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Masaru Kaneko: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kaneko 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 — Masaru Kaneko 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

Masaru Kaneko last boxed on Apr 8, 1954 — 26,501 days ago. Kaneko had lost the most recent, to Yoshio Shirai.L

Shirai Apr 1954

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 Masaru Kaneko and Yoshio Shirai ever fought each other?
Yes. Masaru Kaneko and Yoshio Shirai met once on April 8, 1954, and Yoshio Shirai won by RTD in round 8.
The meeting

LApr 8, 1954 · Shirai · RTD R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kaneko or Shirai?
Masaru Kaneko 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 %

Kaneko0–10%

Shirai46–8–482.8%

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

Kaneko0

Shirai1839.1%

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

Kaneko1bout

Shirai58bouts

How They Win ↓

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