# Yōsuke Nishijima

Yōsuke "Yōsukezan" Nishijima (西島 洋介, Nishijima Yōsuke, born May 15, 1973) is a Japanese professional boxer who has also competed in kickboxing and mixed martial arts.

## Career

Debuting as a professional boxer on March 26, 1992, Nishijima compiled a 24–2–1 record, and over the course of his career, won the WBO NABO Cruiserweight title, the OPBF Cruiserweight title and the World Boxing Federation Cruiserweight title. His last boxing bout, a two-round TKO loss to Cecil McKenzie in a California State Cruiserweight title fight, took place on July 10, 2003.
On February 26, 2006, Nishijima debuted in mixed martial arts, at PRIDE 31, taking on Mark Hunt and losing by KO.
Currently Nishijima's record in mixed martial arts is 0–5 with most recent loss to Melvin Manhoef by TKO, took place on December 31, 2007, at K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!!.
In 2009 Nishijima competed in two K-1 style kickboxing bouts. He lost to Peter Aerts by KO due to a right leg kick on August 11, 2009, at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo Final 16 Qualifying GP. On New Year's Eve 2009 he fought another K-1 style kickboxing bout when he took on Ray Sefo at Dynamite!! 2009 and lost by unanimous decision. He was not allowed to kick during this match, as he was wearing boxing shoes, which ended up giving him a large disadvantage against the Samoan. His kickboxing record is currently 0–2.
In his retirement match, Nishijima defeated Bob Sapp under kickboxing rules at Legend 4 in Kumamoto, Japan on November 17, 2013, although he was not allowed to kick as he chose to wear boxing shoes. He dropped Sapp with a body shot. Sapp stood back up but he finished the business with body shots followed by couple of right hooks.

## Professional boxing record

23 Wins (15 knockouts, 7 decisions, 1 Disqualification), 2 Losses (1 knockouts, 1 decisions), 1 Draws :
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd. | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 23–2–1 | Cecil McKenzie | TKO | 2 (10) | 10 July 2003 | HP Pavilion, San Jose, California | California State Cruiserweight Title, Nishijima down twice in the 2nd |
| Win | 23–1–1 | Miguel Aquila | DQ | 4 | 29 March 2002 | Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, California | |
| Draw | 22–1–1 | Darren Whitley | MD | 6 (6) | 30 November 2001 | Hilton Hotel, Reno, Nevada | |
| Win | 22–1 | Anthony Moore | SD | 8 (8) | 13 September 1999 | Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California | |
| Win | 21–1 | Ken Hulsey | KO | 2 (6) | 26 July 1999 | Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California | |
| Win | 20–1 | Ulysses Boulware | KO | 5 (6) | 21 June 1999 | Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California | |
| Win | 19–1 | Aljenon DeBose | KO | 6 | 22 March 1999 | Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California | |
| Win | 18–1 | Eduardo Ayala | PTS | 10 (10) | 19 March 1998 | Carson, California | |
| Win | 17–1 | Brian LaSpada | UD | 12 (12) | 11 July 1997 | Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada | World Boxing Federation cruiserweight title, LaSpada down in the sixth. |
| Win | 16–1 | Hussain Shah | TKO | 9 | 07 December, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 15–1 | Peter Kinsella | TKO | 3 (12) | 05 October, 1996 | Kyoto, Japan | vacant OPBF cruiserweight title |
| Win | 14–1 | Todd McPhee | TKO | 3 | 15 July 1996 | Laughlin, Nevada | |
| Win | 13–1 | Leonardo Aguilar | UD | 12 (12) | 09 October, 1995 | Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California | WBO NABO cruiserweight title |
| Win | 12–1 | Krishna Wainwright | KO | 9 | 07 September, 1995 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Win | 11–1 | Gary Butler | KO | 8 | 27 May 1995 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 10–1 | John Kiser | SD | 12 (12) | 19 February 1995 | Burbank, California | WBO NABO cruiserweight title |
| Win | 9–1 | Keith McMurray | PTS | 10 (10) | 20 December 1994 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 8–1 | Andre Sherrod | KO | 5 | 17 October 1994 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Win | 7–1 | Kennedy McCullough | PTS | 6 (6) | 21 July 1994 | Irvine, California | |
| Win | 6–1 | Jeon Griffin | KO | 5 | 07 March, 1994 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 5–1 | David Mendez | TKO | 4 | 15 November 1993 | Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California | |
| Loss | 4–1 | Ken Milligan | MD | 4 (4) | 05 October, 1993 | Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Win | 4–0 | Derrick Edwards | KO | 3 (4) | 03 August, 1993 | Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Win | 3–0 | Tim Thomas | KO | 5 | 18 March 1993 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 2–0 | Public Akihiko | KO | 3 | 29 October 1992 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Win | 1–0 | Ron Smith | KO | 3 | 28 March 1992 | Tokyo, Japan | Pro debut |

## Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record :
| 1 Wins (1 (T)KO's, 0 decisions), 2 Losses ||||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time |
| 2013-11-17 | Win | Bob Sapp | Legend 4 | Kumamoto, Japan | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:36 |
| 2009-12-31 | Loss | Ray Sefo | Dynamite!! 2009 | Saitama, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2009-08-11 | Loss | Peter Aerts | K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo Final 16 Qualifying GP | Tokyo, Japan | KO (Right Low Kick) | 3 | 1:24 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes ||||||||

## Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown :
| 5 matches | 0 wins | 5 losses |
| By knockout | 0 | 2 |
| By submission | 0 | 3 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 0–5 | Melvin Manhoef | TKO (punches) | K-1 Premium 2007 Dynamite!! | December 31, 2007 | 1 | 1:49 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Loss | 0–4 | Phil Baroni | Technical Submission (kimura) | PRIDE 32: The Real Deal | October 21, 2006 | 1 | 3:20 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Loss | 0–3 | Evangelista Santos | Submission (rear-naked choke) | PRIDE FC: Final Conflict Absolute | September 10, 2006 | 1 | 3:24 | Saitama, Japan | Middleweight (200 lbs) debut. |
| Loss | 0–2 | Hidehiko Yoshida | Submission (triangle choke) | PRIDE FC: Total Elimination Absolute | May 5, 2006 | 1 | 2:33 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mark Hunt | KO (punch) | PRIDE 31: Dreamers | February 26, 2006 | 3 | 1:18 | Saitama, Japan | |