Footage of Toshiaki Nishioka’s Decision Win Over Rendall Munroe

On Sunday (October 24), Toshiaki Nishioka made the fifth defense of his WBC super bantamweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Rendall Munroe.

Nishioka hasn’t received much attention in the United States. He unfortunately competes one division higher than the bantamweights, a weight class that’ll be highlighted in December courtesy of a Showtime tournament. The other name fighter of his weight-class, Celestino Caballero, currently has his sights set on getting one of the featherweight champions like Juan Manuel Lopez.

Nishioka is a southpaw that punches with power. Although he can box well, he’s not hesitant about having battles of attrition on the inside. From 2000-20004, he failed on four occasions to win a title (2 decision losses, 2 draws). Now at 34 years old, Nishioka has been on a tear since winning the belt in 2008. Before this decision win, all of his title defenses had been stoppage wins.

Nishioka improved to 37-4-3 (23 KOs), while Rendall Munroe fell to 21-2 (9 KOs). Final scorecards read unanimously 119-109.

For those of you who haven’t seen Toshiaki Nishioka, check out Sunday’s fight in its entirety.

As a bonus, after that 4 part fight is footage of his great, one-punch KO of Jhonny Gonzalez from last year.

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4

BONUS (NISHIOKA KO OF JHONNY GONZALEZ)