Did you know that Shirai was the first Japanese boxer to win a world title?

Did you know that Yoshio Shirai  was a professional boxer from Tokyo, Japan?

Did you know that Shirai was  the first Japanese boxer to win a world title?

Did you know that he won the world flyweight title in 1952?

Did you know that he was inducted into the Ring Magazine hall of fame in 1977?

Did you know that Shirai died from pneumonia on December 26, 2003,  He was 80 years old?
(白井 義男, November 23, 1923 – December 26, 2003)




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