On April 8, 2023, a 31-year-old Shuichiro Yoshino (16-0, 12 KOs) and a 25-year-old American boxer Shakur Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs) met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Yoshino came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 7 days. Stevenson was on a 19-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 16 days.
Shakur Stevenson stopped Shuichiro Yoshino via TKO in the 6th round. Stevenson improves his record to 20-0 (10 KOs), while Yoshino adds a loss to his record at 16-1.