Post Retirement
Shirai worked as a boxing commentator and critic before creating a sports gym in 1995 with former world champion Yoko Gushiken. He received an award from the Japanese government in 1995 for his efforts in the boxing world. He was inducted into the Ring Magazine hall of fame in 1977.
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