They say May 19 is Boxing Anniversary. On May 19, 1952 the boxer Yoshio Shirai (白井義男) fought flyweight world champion Dado Marino for the world flyweight title. It was the third time for them to fight. He won by 15 round decision, becoming the new world champion, and the first ever Japanese boxer to win a world title.
Along with the Nobel Prize winner in 1949, Dr. Hideki Yukawa(湯川秀樹), the world record swimmer in 1949 Hironoshin Furuhashi(古橋広之進), who was called "The Flying Fish of Fujiyama" in the American newspaper, he made the depressed Japanese people's mind lighten up.
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