Toshiaki Nishioka
| Toshiaki Nishioka 西岡 利晃 |
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| Rated at | |
| Height | 5 ft 6 1⁄2 in (169 cm) |
| Reach | 68 1⁄2 in (174 cm) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born |
July 25, 1976 Kakogawa, Hyōgo, Japan |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 47 |
| Wins | 39 |
| Wins by KO | 24 |
| Losses | 5 |
| Draws | 3 |
Toshiaki Nishioka (西岡 利晃 Nishioka Toshiaki?, born July 25, 1976) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2012. He held the WBC super bantamweight title from 2008 to 2012, and challenged for the lineal super bantamweight title in his final fight. Nishioka is known for his series fights against Veeraphol Nakonluang-Promotion, with two of their four encounters ending in draws. Unlike many of Japan's other world champions, Nishioka willingly fought outside of his own country.
Nishioka was born in Kakogawa, Hyōgo, Japan, in July 1976, and has one younger sister. He started boxing at age ten when he was in the fifth grade of elementary school on the recommendation of his father who runs a tavern. He compiled an amateur record of 10–2. Since before his professional debut, Nishioka had served as a sparring partner of the reigning WBC bantamweight champion Yasuei Yakushiji.
Nicknamed Speed King, Nishioka won his professional debut by a first round knockout in Himeji, Hyōgo, on December 11, 1994. But he was knocked out in the fourth round of the next fight at the Korakuen Hall, and was carried out on a stretcher. Nishioka won the annual Japanese boxing series, West Japan Rookie King Tournament in the super bantamweight division 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 fought against the rookie king of the Western part of Japan in Fukuoka in December of the same year. Though Nishioka was convinced of his victory, the judges were in favor of his opponent.
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