Eiji Morioka

Eiji Morioka (森岡 栄治) was an Olympic boxing bronze medalist from Osaka, Japan.

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 to 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 to 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 Dominardo Calumarde (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)