Eiji Morioka

Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
	1968 Mexico	Bantamweight

Eiji Morioka (森岡 栄治, Morioka Eiji, June 8, 1946 – November 9, 2004) was an Olympic boxing bronze medalist from Osaka, Japan.^[1]

Biography[]

Morioka won the inter-high school boxing tournament in his senior year, and entered Kinki University. He won the Japanese amateur boxing tournament four years in a row from 1965-1968. He was chosen as a member of the Japanese Olympic team for the 1968 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division.

He made his professional debut after graduating, but retired after it was discovered that he had suffered a detached retina. His professional record was 6-4-0 (3KOs).

After retiring, he served as the commissioner of the Western Japan Boxing Commission from 1998-2000. He also founded a boxing gym in Kawanishi, Hyogo. He died from cancer in 2004, at 58 years of age.

His nephew, Toshiyuki Morioka, has created a movie based on his life, which was released in Japan in January 2008.

Olympic results[]

• 1968 won a bantamweight boxing bronze medal at the Mexico City Olympics. Results were:

• • Round of 32: Defeated (Philippines) on points (4-1)
  • Round of 16: Defeated Aldo Cosentino (France) on points (4-1)
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Michael Dowling (Ireland) on points (4-1)
  • Semifinal: Lost to Valeri Sokolov (Soviet Union) on points (0-5) (was awarded bronze medal)

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for Eiji Morioka from BoxRec
• Morioka Boxing Gym

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