| Shuichiro Yoshino | |
| Weight: | Lightweight |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in[1] |
| Reach: | 68 in |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Birth Date: | 28 September 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Kanuma, Tochigi, Japan |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Boxrec: | 737760 |
| Total: | 18 |
| Wins: | 17 |
| Ko: | 13 |
| Losses: | 1 |
Shuichiro Yoshino (born 28 September 1991) is a Japanese professional boxer, who has held the WBO Asia Pacific title since 2020. He is ranked as the world's 9th best active lightweight by BoxRec.[2]
Yoshino made his professional debut against Chatri Charoensin on 14 December 2015. He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.[3] Yoshino next faced the 58-fight veteran Chaiyong Chanthahong on 11 February 2016. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 60–54, 60–54 and 59–55.[4]
Yoshino face the former Japanese and OPBF lightweight champion Yoshitaka Kato on 13 April 2017. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 80–72, 77–75 and 78–75.[5] Yoshino faced the overmatched Katika Piyawong on 10 August 2017. He made quick work of Katika, winning the bout by a second-round technical knockout.[6]
Yoshino was booked to face the veteran Spicy Matsushita for the vacant Japanese lightweight title on 21 October 2017.[7] He won the fight by a seventh-round technical knockout. He was leading on two of the judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage (58–56), while the third judge had the fight as an even 57–57.[8]
Yoshino made his first Japanese lightweight title defense against Masaki Saito on 8 February 2018.[9] He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.[10] Yoshino made his second title defense against Genki Maeda on 14 June 2018. He won the fight by a ninth-round knockout.[11] Yoshino made his third title defense against Kazumasa Kobayashi on 13 December 2018.[12] He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.[13] Yoshino made his fourth title defense against Accel Sumiyoshi on 11 April 2019.[14] He won the fight by a seventh-round technical knockout.[15]
Yoshino was booked to face Harmonito Dela Torre for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific and OPBF lightweight titles on 10 October 2019.[16] He made quick work of Torre, as he won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.[17] After capturing two regional titles, Yoshino made his fifth Japanese title defense against Izuki Tomioka on 13 February 2020. He won the fight by an eight-round technical knockout.[18] Yoshino made the first defense of all three minor titles simultaneously on 3 September 2020, against Valentine Hosokawa.[19] He won the fight by a dominant unanimous decision, with scores of 120–108, 119–109 and 119–109. It was his first decision victory since 13 April 2017.[20]
Yoshino made his seventh Japanese lightweight title defense against Shuma Nakazato on 12 August 2021, following an eleven-month absence from the sport. He won the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout.[21] Yoshino was booked to defend his WBO Asia Pacific and OPBF titles against the former WBO junior lightweight champion Masayuki Ito on 9 April 2022.[22] He won the fight by an eleventh-round technical decision, with scores of 106–103, 107–102, and 107–102.[23]
Yoshino made his third WBO Asia Pacific title defense against Masayoshi Nakatani on 1 November 2022, on the undercard of the Kenshiro Teraji and Hiroto Kyoguchi light flyweight unification bout.[24] He retained his title by a sixth-round knockout, after twice knocking Nakatani down.[25]
On 11 January 2023, it was revealed that Yoshino had accepted an order from the WBC to face Shakur Stevenson in a lightweight title eliminator.[26] Yoshino was booked to face Stevenson on 8 April 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.[27] He lost the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout.[28]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Jules Victoriano | TKO | 2 (8), | 17 Jun 2024 | |||
| 17 | Loss | 16–1 | Shakur Stevenson | TKO | 6 (12), | 8 Apr 2023 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Masayoshi Nakatani | KO | 6 (12), | 1 Nov 2022 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Masayuki Ito | 11 (12), | 9 Apr 2022 | ||||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Shuma Nakazato | TKO | 6 (10), | 12 Aug 2021 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Valentine Hosokawa | UD | 12 | 3 Sep 2020 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Izuki Tomioka | TKO | 8 (10), | 13 Feb 2020 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Harmonito Dela Torre | TKO | 1 (12), | 10 Oct 2019 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Accel Sumiyoshi | TKO | 7 (10), | 11 Apr 2019 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Kazumasa Kobayashi | TKO | 3 (10), | 13 Dec 2018 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Genki Maeda | 9 (10), | 14 Jun 2018 | ||||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Masaki Saito | TKO | 1 (10), | 8 Feb 2018 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Spicy Matsushita | TKO | 7 (10), | 21 Oct 2017 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Katika Piyawong | TKO | 2 (8), | 10 Aug 2017 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Yoshitaka Kato | UD | 8 | 13 Apr 2017 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Kenta Onjo | TKO | 3 (8), | 13 Oct 2016 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Chaiyong Chanthahong | 6 | 11 Feb 2016 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Chatri Charoensin | 3 (6), | 14 Dec 2015 |