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Noboru Kushida vs Yoshio Shirai — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Noboru Kushida

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Yoshio Shirai

Noboru Kushida (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) and Yoshio Shirai (46-8-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Kushida

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts 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 2–1

Noboru Kushida and Yoshio Shirai have met 3 times; Shirai leads 2–1.

Noboru Kushida and Yoshio Shirai have met 3 times; Shirai leads 2–1.
Met1946Dec 141948Oct 91949Jun 25Series
Noboru KushidaFighter AWWonLLostLLost1–2W–L
Yoshio ShiraiFighter BLLostWWonWWon2–1W–L
ResultKOR5SDPTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Kushida 2 · Shirai 5 of 7 measurable rows
KushidaShirai
Record†
1-246-8-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
82.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
1
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—39.13%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
39%
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5
1.2
5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 58
3
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
Noboru Kushida: No date of birth
Yoshio Shirai: Died aged 80
Stance
Noboru Kushida: Not recorded
Yoshio Shirai: Orthodox

Noboru Kushida 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
Noboru Kushida1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Noboru Kushida: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

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 — Noboru Kushida 3, 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

Noboru Kushida last boxed on Jun 25, 1949 — 28,245 days ago. Kushida had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Shirai Dec 1946Shirai Oct 1948Shirai Jun 19491.2 tracked bouts per year

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 Noboru Kushida and Yoshio Shirai ever fought each other?
Yes. Noboru Kushida and Yoshio Shirai have met 3 times and Yoshio Shirai leads the series 2-1.
The 3 meetings

LJun 25, 1949 · Shirai · PTS

LOct 9, 1948 · Shirai · SD

WDec 14, 1946 · Kushida · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kushida or Shirai?
Noboru Kushida is 1-2 across the 3 bouts 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 %

Kushida1–233.3%

Shirai46–8–482.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kushida or Shirai?
Noboru Kushida has 1 knockout win and Yoshio Shirai has 18. Yoshio Shirai has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kushida1

Shirai1839.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kushida and Shirai have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Noboru Kushida and Yoshio Shirai have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kushida and Shirai?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Noboru Kushida and 58 bouts tracked for Yoshio Shirai. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kushida3bouts

Shirai58bouts

How They Win ↓

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