Toshiaki Nishioka

Toshiaki Nishioka
西岡 利晃
Statistics
Real name Toshiaki Nishioka
Nickname(s) Speed King[1][2]
Monster Left[3][4]
Rated at super bantamweight
Height 5 ft 6 1⁄2 in (1.69 m)[5]
Reach 68.7 in (174 cm)[5]
Nationality Japanese
Born 25 July 1976 (1976-07-25) (age 35)
Kakogawa, Hyōgo, Japan
Stance southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 46
Wins 39
Wins by KO 24
Losses 4
Draws 3

Toshiaki Nishioka (西岡 利晃 Nishioka Toshiaki?, born July 25, 1976) is a Japanese professional boxer who is the current WBC super bantamweight champion. Nishioka is currently ranked as the #1 super bantamweight in the world by The Ring[6] and ESPN.[7] Unlike most other Japan's world champions, Nishioka has been willing to fight outside of his own country.[8]

Contents

Biography

1976 to 1990s

Nishioka was born in Kakogawa, Hyōgo, Japan, in July 1976, and has one younger sister.[9] He started boxing at age ten[10] when he was in the fifth grade of elementary school, on the recommendation of his father[11] who runs a tavern.[12] He compiled an amateur record of 10–2,[13] and turned professional. Since before his debut, Nishioka served as the reigning WBC bantamweight champion Yasuei Yakushiji's sparring partner.[14]

Nicknamed Speed King,[1][2] Nishioka won his debut fight by a first round knockout in Himeji, Hyōgo, on December 11, 1994. But he was knock out in the fourth round of the next fight at the Korakuen Hall, and was carried on a stretcher.[11] Nishioka won the annual Japanese boxing series, West Japan Rookie King Tournament[* 1] in the super bantamweight division[* 2] at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in September 1995. Winning over the Central Japan rookie king in the next fight at the Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall, he lost against the rookie king of the Western part of Japan, in Fukuoka, in December of the same year,[17] and went down a weight division.

During his early career, Nishioka was expected to be Joichiro Tatsuyoshi's successor,[18] and served as his sparring partner for two years since 1996.[16] Nishioka captured the Japanese bantamweight title at the Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on December 29, 1998, the last day when Tatsuyoshi was a world champion.[19][20] Although Nishioka was knocked down once when away from the clinch in the first round, he floored his opponent twice wearing a confident and defiant smile in the second round to be crowned,[14] and defended the title twice before returning it.

2000 to early 2008

In June 2000, Nishioka challenged the WBC bantamweight champion Veeraphol Nakonluang-Promotion in Takasago, Hyōgo, and lost via a unanimous decision. He had belonged to the JM Kakogawa Gym until that fight, and has been managed by the Teiken Boxing Gym in Tokyo under Akihiko Honda's supervision[21] and Yūichi Kasai's guidance[22] since September 2000.

The second world title shot watched by 12,000 spectators[23] at the Yokohama Arena in September 2001 was a very close fight whose scores were 115–113 for Nishioka, 116–113 for Veeraphol, and 114–114 even.[24] Nishioka suffered an Achilles tendon rupture twice[11][25] from that year.[26] He returned to the ring and gained a first round knockout victory at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December 2002, for the first time in fifteen months. However his style was totally different from the previous one.[11] He challenged Veeraphol for the third time at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in October 2003, but the result was a draw[27] by a hometown decision.[18] In his fourth world title shot against Veeraphol in March 2004, he lost via a unanimous decision by a wide points margin at the Saitama Super Arena.[28]

After that defeat in 2004, Nishioka was given a card written as この道より生きる道なし by a painter Atsumu Yamamoto. That Japanese phrase implying "no way to live other than this way" encouraged him,[29] and was later printed on T-shirts which he wore for the defenses against Jhonny González and Rendall Munroe.[30] While Honda advised him to retire, and set subsequent matches to convince him,[31] Nishioka who had not even trained with the gym mates as an aloof and proud boxer until then, ran with younger fellow boxers and strengthened his mind.[32] He also attended Marco Antonio Barrera's training camp on the West Coast of the United States.[18]

Nishioka got married in January 2005,[33] and they have a daughter born in 2006. Nishioka went back to the super bantamweight division,[33] and continued fighting mainly in Japan, besides a second round technical knockout victory at the Palais des Sports in Marseille, France, in April 2005,[34] and a knockout victory with his left body shot in the fourth round at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in November 2006.[35] Nishioka noticed that the former motion before the Achilles tendon injury came back in the pivot of his ankle, from around the fight in November 2006.[36] His trainer Kasai also felt that Nishioka's foot recovered to its original condition, and his thinking and fighting style progressed significantly from around the fight in December 2007 or in April 2008.[37]

After the fight in December 2007, Nishioka stayed at his wife's parents' home in Amagasaki, Hyōgo. Then he obtained the consent of his wife and her father, and decided to live separately with his wife and daughter to focus on boxing alone. When he returned to Tokyo and told Honda about it, he was said that the possibility that his fifth world title shot would be determined is below ten percent and that he should bring her back immediately.[36] From 2008, he is registered as a resident in Amagasaki where his own house is scheduled to be completed in 2012.[38] Usually, Nishioka trains while living a solo life in Tokyo, and his wife and daughter live in Amagasaki. After Nishioka's every fight, his family spend time together in Amagasaki.[39]

WBC super bantamweight title

Nishioka captured the WBC super bantamweight interim title against Thai's Napapol Kiatisakchokchai at the Pacifico Yokohama on September 15, 2008. Just after the fight, Veeraphol whom he fought four times, and who served as Napapol's special coach, climbed into the ring to congratulate Nishioka.[40] Nishioka inherited the fullversion of the WBC super bantamweight title on December 18 of that year, when its previous holder, Israel Vázquez, was stripped for medical reasons. He defended that title by knocking out Mexico's Genaro Garcia in the final round, again at the Pacifico Yokohama on January 3, 2009.[41]

On May 23, 2009, Nishioka successfully defended his title against Jhonny González in front of 12,000 spectators mostly cheering for González[42] at the Monterrey Arena, Mexico. Nishioka recovered from a knockdown on the first round and went to knock out González in the third round.[43] Nishioka's left blows including his left crosses have often been called Monster Left from those days.[3][4] He succeeded in the third defense via a third round technical knockout against Ivan Hernández at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium on October 10 of the same year.[44]

Nishioka defeated Filipino Balweg Bangoyan via a technical knockout in the fifth round to have four consecutive title defenses all by knockout, at the Nippon Budokan on April 30, 2010.[45] He was given a medallion and a plaque as with other champions who were invited to the second "WBC Night of Champions", the international boxing festival held at the Cardiff International Arena in Wales in the United Kingdom on July 31 of that year. Moreover he was presented with the WBC award "Knockout of the year".[46]

On October 24 of the same year, Nishioka fought a mandatory bout against Rendall Munroe at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. He defeated Munroe by a unanimous decision to extend his defending streak to five matches.[47] Nishioka strongly desired a unification match with the other organizations' champion especially after that.[21][* 3]

Nishioka knocked out Argentina's Mauricio Javier Munoz in the ninth round in his sixth defense which was moved from the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo to the World Memorial Hall in Kobe due to the Tōhoku earthquake, on April 8, 2011.[49] Since Nishioka injured around his left middle finger during practice one month ago, he chose his punches not to put a strain on that finger in the first half of the fight. Then he concentrated on the offense by using the whole fist from the eighth round.[50]

In his seventh defense, Nishioka fought against Rafael Márquez at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 1, 2011. Márquez's long, well-extended jabs were effective in the early rounds. At the end of four rounds, all three judges scored it identically at 39–37 in favor of Márquez.[51] Nishioka fully concentrated every second from the beginning of the fight, and landed well-timed left and right blows to win the bout by unanimous decision.[52][53] Although Márquez did not admit his defeat and demanded a rematch,[52] there was no disgust nor booing among the spectators.[54] According to Nishioka's manager Honda, his opponent for the eighth defense in around April or May 2012 is likely going to be Nonito Donaire.[55][* 4]

Professional record

39 Wins (24 knockouts, 15 decisions), 4 Losses (1 by knockout), 3 Draws
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time[10][58] Date Location[10][58] Notes
Win 39–4–3 Rafael Márquez UD 12 (12) 2011-10-01 MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Defends WBC super bantamweight title.
Win 38–4–3 Mauricio Javier Munoz KO 9 (12), 3:07 2011-04-08 World Memorial Hall, Hyogo, Japan Defends WBC super bantamweight title. Munoz was knocked down in the ninth round
Win 37–4–3 Rendall Munroe UD 12 (12) 2010-10-24 Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan Defends WBC super bantamweight title.
Win 36–4–3 Balweg Bangoyan TKO 5 (12), 1:14 2010-04-30 Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan Defends WBC super bantamweight title. Bangoyan was deducted a point in the fourth round and knocked down in the fifth round
Win 35–4–3 Ivan Hernández RTD 3 (12), 3:00 2009-10-10 Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Defends WBC super bantamweight title. Nishioka was deducted a point in the second round
Win 34–4–3 Jhonny González TKO 3 (12), 1:20 2009-05-23 Monterrey Arena, Monterrey, Mexico Defends WBC super bantamweight title. Nishioka was knocked down in the first round. González was knocked down in the third round
Win 33–4–3 Genaro Garcia TKO 12 (12), 0:57 2009-01-03 Pacifico Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Won WBC super bantamweight title. Garcia was knocked down in the fourth round and the ninth round
Win 32–4–3 Napapol Kiatisakchokchai UD 12 (12) 2008-09-15 Pacifico Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan For Interim WBC super bantamweight title
Win 31–4–3 Jesus Garcia TKO 3 (8), 0:43 2008-04-19 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Garcia was knocked down in the third round
Win 30–4–3 Pederito Laurente KO 9 (10), 0:48 2007-12-15 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Win 29–4–3 Jean Javier Sotelo KO 7 (10), 0:23 2007-08-11 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Win 28–4–3 Jose Alonso KO 4 (8), 2:59 2006-11-16 Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Part of the undercard of Héctor Velázquez vs. Bobby Pacquiao
Win 27–4–3 Hugo Vargas UD 10 (10) 2006-02-04 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Win 26–4–3 Pederito Laurente UD 10 (10) 2005-09-03 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Win 25–4–3 Mustapha Abahraouhi TKO 2 (8), 2:00 2005-04-29 Palais des Sports, Marseille, France Abahraouhi was knocked down in the first round and the second round
Win 24–4–3 Yoshikane Nakajima UD 10 (10) 2004-10-30 Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan Nakajima was knocked down in the seventh round
Loss 23–4–3 Veeraphol Nakonluang-Promotion UD 12 (12) 2004-03-06 Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan Rematch. For WBC bantamweight title
Draw 23–3–3 Veeraphol Nakonluang-Promotion PTS 12 (12) 2003-10-04 Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan Rematch. For WBC bantamweight title
Win 23–3–2 Evangelio Perez KO 1 (6), 1:32 2002-12-07 Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Part of the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. José Luis Castillo rematch
Draw 22–3–2 Veeraphol Nakonluang-Promotion PTS 12 (12) 2001-09-01 Yokohama Arena, Kanagawa, Japan Rematch. For WBC bantamweight title
Win 22–3–1 Sammy Ventura KO 1 (10), 2:00 2001-03-11 Yokohama Arena, Kanagawa, Japan
Win 21–3–1 Gerardo Martinez UD 10 (10) 2000-11-05 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Martinez was knocked down in the third round
Loss 20–3–1 Veeraphol Nakonluang-Promotion UD 12 (12) 2000-06-25 Takasago General Gymnasium, Hyogo, Japan For WBC bantamweight title
Win 20–2–1 Rodel Llanita KO 2 (10), 2:51 2000-03-12 Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan
Win 19–2–1 Taiji Okamoto UD 10 (10) 1999-12-19 Takasago General Gymnasium, Hyogo, Japan Defends Japanese bantamweight title
Win 18–2–1 Yodsingh Chuwatana TKO 4 (10), 1:13 1999-08-07 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Win 17–2–1 Shigeru Nakazato TKO 8 (10), 1:21 1999-04-24 Kakogawa Sports Center Gymnasium, Hyogo, Japan Defends Japanese bantamweight title
Win 16–2–1 Junichi Watanabe KO 2 (10), 1:55 1998-12-29 Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan Won vacant Japanese bantamweight title
Win 15–2–1 Joel Avila KO 2 (10), 0:23 1998-09-23 Takasago General Gymnasium, Hyogo, Japan
Win 14–2–1 Jack Siahaya KO 1 (10), 0:43 1998-06-29 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan
Win 13–2–1 Julio Cesar Cardona DQ 5 (10), 2:58 1998-03-08 Yokohama Arena, Kanagawa, Japan Cardona was DQ'd for repeated low blows. Cardona had been knocked down thrice
Win 12–2–1 Dong-Soo Kim TKO 4 (10), 3:01 1997-11-22 Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan
Draw 11–2–1 Fernando Montilla PTS 10 (10) 1997-08-30 Himeji Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Hyogo, Japan
Win 11–2 Joel Junio KO 2 (10), 2:53 1997-04-14 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan
Win 10–2 Fuzi Armes KO 6 (10), 2:40 1997-02-23 Himeji Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Hyogo, Japan
Win 9–2 Ahmad Fandi PTS 10 (10) 1996-10-19 Kobe Green Arena, Hyogo, Japan
Win 8–2 Donaldo Estella PTS 6 (6) 1996-08-25 Himeji Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Hyogo, Japan
Win 7–2 Reynante Rojo PTS 8 (8) 1996-05-19 China Townsman Gymnasium, Kagoshima, Japan
Loss 6–2 Momotaro Kitajima PTS 6 (6) 1995-12-16 Action Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Win 6–1 Shin Kashiramoto PTS 6 (6) 1995-10-29 Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall, Aichi, Japan
Win 5–1 Isao Ohno PTS 6 (6) 1995-09-18 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan
Win 4–1 Hiroyasu Uchida KO 1 (4), 1:31 1995-08-15 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan
Win 3–1 Nobuyuki Kihara PTS 4 (4) 1995-06-17 Himeji Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Hyogo, Japan
Win 2–1 Shigeaki Nakamasa KO 1 (4), 2:41 1995-03-25 Himeji Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Hyogo, Japan
Loss 1–1 Masahiko Nakamura KO 4 (4), 2:12 1995-02-04 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Win 1–0 Yuko Shishido KO 1 (4), 2:55 1994-12-11 Himeji Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Hyogo, Japan Nishioka's professional debut

See also

Notes

  1. ^ In the All-Japan Rookie King Tournament (全日本新人王トーナメント?), the rookie king who unified West Japan (西日本 Nishinihon?), Central Japan (中日本 Nakanihon?) and Western part of Japan (西部日本 Seibu-Nihon?) becomes the West representative (西軍代表?) and confronts the East Japan rookie king (東日本新人王?) who is the East representative (東軍代表?). It is West Japan Boxing Associations (西日本ボクシング協会?) that has jurisdiction over the West Japan Rookie King Tournament (西日本新人王トーナメント?) which Nishioka won,[15] and the West Japan rookie king (西日本新人王?) can not fight against the East Japan rookie king (東日本新人王?). To be exact, what is known among English-speaking people as the "West Japan rookie king" in the Japanese manga series Hajime no Ippo ought to be the West representative.
  2. ^ It was called "junior featherweight" in Japan at that time.[16]
  3. ^ The Japan Boxing Commission which is a virtually only governing body of Japan's professional boxing recognizes only the WBA and WBC as legitimate international governing organizations sanctioning world championship bouts. So Japan's professional boxers who are licensed by them were not allowed to fight for the other organizations' titles such as the IBF, WBO. Since February 28, 2011, only when a Japan's active world titleholder of those organizations is going to fight against a world champion of the IBF or WBO for a unification match, it is approved. However, if a Japan's champion wins, he must vacate the newer title after a fixed period, and a defense match is not authorized.[48]
  4. ^ Besides, Honda mentions Jorge Arce, Vic Darchinyan and others as the possible opponents for Nishioka.[56][57]

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Title last held by
Óscar Larios		 WBC Super Bantamweight Champion
Interim Title
September 15, 2008 – December 18, 2008		 Promoted
Preceded by
Israel Vázquez
Stripped		 WBC Super Bantamweight Champion
December 18, 2008 – present
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