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Eiji Morioka (森岡 栄治, June 8, 1946 – November 9, 2004) 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 1965-1968. 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 is set to be released in late 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eiji Morioka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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