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Roy Higa vs Yoshio Shirai — record, stats and common opponents compared

Roy Higa

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Yoshio Shirai

Roy Higa (0-2 across 2 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 once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Higa

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 1–0

Roy Higa and Yoshio Shirai have met 1 time; Shirai leads 1–0.

Roy Higa and Yoshio Shirai have met 1 time; Shirai leads 1–0.
Met1952Sep 26Series
Roy HigaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Yoshio ShiraiFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Higa 1 · Shirai 5 of 6 measurable rows
HigaShirai
Record†
0-246-8-4 (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
0 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5
1.1
5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 58
2
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
Roy Higa: No date of birth
Yoshio Shirai: Died aged 80
Stance
Roy Higa: Not recorded
Yoshio Shirai: Orthodox

Roy Higa 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
Roy Higa0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Roy Higa: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Higa 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 — Roy Higa 2, 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

Roy Higa last boxed on Aug 5, 1954 — 26,377 days ago. Higa had lost two straight.LL

Shirai Sep 1952Elorde Aug 19541.1 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 Roy Higa and Yoshio Shirai ever fought each other?
Yes. Roy Higa and Yoshio Shirai met once on September 26, 1952, and Yoshio Shirai won by UD.
The meeting

LSep 26, 1952 · Shirai · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Higa or Shirai?
Roy Higa is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Higa0–20%

Shirai46–8–482.8%

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

Higa0

Shirai1839.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Higa and Shirai have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Roy Higa and Yoshio Shirai have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Higa and Shirai?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Roy Higa and 58 bouts tracked for Yoshio Shirai. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Higa2bouts

Shirai58bouts

How They Win ↓

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