Nobuhiro Ishida (石田 順裕 , Ishida Nobuhiro , born August 18, 1975 in Kumamoto, Japan) is a professional boxer from Japan.
 He is a former WBA interim super welterweight champion who is best known for knocking out James Kirkland in a middleweight bout at the MGM Grand Las Vegas in April 2011.
 Ishida has so far been promoted by Canelo Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions among others and has been co-trained by Rudy Hernández and Daisuke Okabe, while residing back and forth between Los Angeles, California, United States and Osaka, Japan.
James Derick Kirkland (born March 19, 1984) is an American professional boxer who held the regional WBO–NABO junior middleweight title in 2008.
 He was one of boxing's most prominent junior middleweight prospects in the late 2000s and early 2010s, until an 18-month prison stint set his career back significantly.
 Nicknamed the "Mandingo Warrior", Kirkland is known for being a highly aggressive southpaw pressure fighter with formidable punching power, having scored 82% per cent of his victories via knockout.
James Obede "Hot Ice" Toney ( (1980--) 05 1980 (age (2017)-(1980)-((11)<(08)or(11)==(08)and(30)<(05)) ) ) born in Accra is a Ghanaian professional middle/super middle/light heavy/cruiserweight boxer of the 2000s and 2010s who won the African Boxing Union (ABU) middleweight title, World Boxing Council (WBC) International middleweight title, and Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Council (WBC) International middleweight title against Sergey Tatevosyan, and North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super middleweight title, North American Boxing Association (NABA) super middleweight title, and World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas super middleweight title, against Lucian Bute, his professional fighting weight varied from 157 lb , i.e. middleweight to 185 lb , i.e. cruiserweight.
Kevin "Bones" Kelly (born August 7, 1969 in La Perouse, New South Wales) is an Australian retired professional welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s who won the South Australia State welterweight title, New South Wales (Australia) State welterweight title, New South Wales (Australia) State light middleweight title, Australian light middleweight title, Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) light middleweight title, World Boxing Union (WBU) middleweight title, and Commonwealth light middleweight title (twice), and was a challenger for the World Boxing Association (WBA) World light middleweight title against David Reid, and World Boxing Organization (WBO) Inter-Continental light middleweight title against Gary Lockett, his professional fighting weight varied from 142 lb , i.e. welterweight to 158+1/4 lb , i.e. middleweight.
Andre Thysse ( (1968--) 07 1968 (age (2017)-(1968)-((11)<(02)or(11)==(02)and(30)<(07)) ) ) born in Germiston, is a South African professional super middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s who won the Gauteng super middleweight Title, South African super middleweight title, and Commonwealth super middleweight title, and was a challenger for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight title against Brian Magee, World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight title against Markus Beyer, World Boxing Council (WBC) International super middleweight title against Mikkel Kessler, WBC International super middleweight title against Jürgen Brähmer, World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas super middleweight title against Lucian Bute, World Boxing Council (WBC) International light heavyweight title against Adrian Diaconu, and International Boxing Federation (IBF) Australasian super middleweight title against Sakio Bika, his professional fighting weight varied from 163+3/4 lb , i.e. super middleweight to 175 lb , i.e. light heavyweight.
Steve "The Viking" Foster ( (1960--) 28 1960 (age 56 ) ) born in Salford is a retired English professional boxer of the 1980s and '90s who won the Commonwealth light middleweight title and IBF Inter-Continental light middleweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Inter-Continental light middleweight title against Shaun Cummins, BBBofC British light middleweight title against Robert McCracken, International Boxing Federation (IBF) Inter-Continental light middleweight title against Bahre Ahmeti, World Boxing Organization (WBO) light middleweight title against Ronald "Winky" Wright, BBBofC British middleweight title against Howard Eastman, World Boxing Federation (WBF) middleweight title against Cornelius Carr, and International Boxing Organization (IBO) middleweight title against Mpush Makambi, his professional fighting weight varied from 146 lb , i.e. welterweight to 167 lb , i.e. super middleweight.
Ralph "Rocky" Fratto (born October 29, 1958), "The Pride of Geneva", is a former Italian-American professional boxer from Geneva, New York.
 Fratto was rated as the No. 1 Junior Middleweight in the United States by the USBA, and the second best Junior Middleweight in the world by the WBA.
 On April 25, 1981 Fratto became the North American Champion when he won the NABF Super Welterweight title, by defeating Rocky Mosley Jr.
 in Rochester, New York. "
Ring" magazine crowned Fratto as the U.S. Junior Middleweight Champion in 1981 and 1982.
Les McAteer ( (1945--) 19 1945 (age (2017)-(1945)-((11)<(08)or(11)==(08)and(30)<(19)) ) ) born in Birkenhead is an English amateur and professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s who as an amateur won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) 1960 Schools Intermediate title, boxing out of Birkenhead, and won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) 1962 Junior Class-B title against K. Kemp (West Ham Boys' Club), boxing out of Willaston Birkenhead ABC, and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Central Area middleweight title, BBBofC British middleweight title, and Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British middleweight title, and British Commonwealth middleweight title against Johnny Pritchett, and European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title against Tom Bogs, his professional fighting weight varied from 153+3/4 lb , i.e. light middleweight to 164 lb , i.e. light heavyweight.
 Les McAteer was managed by Johnny Campbell (circa-1905 — 2 May 1994 (aged 89)).
Scott "Dynamite" Dann ( (1974--) 23 1974 (age (2017)-(1974)-((11)<(07)or(11)==(07)and(30)<(23)) ) ) born in Plymouth is an English amateur light middleweight and professional middle/super middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s who as an amateur won the 1996 Amateur Boxing Association of England light middleweight title, against Ian Cooper  (Hartlepool Boys ABC), boxing out of Mayflower ABC (Plymouth), and as a professional won the International Boxing Organization (IBO) Inter-Continental middleweight title, British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) English middleweight title, BBBofC British middleweight title, and Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title, Commonwealth middleweight title, and BBBofC British middleweight title against Howard Eastman, his professional fighting weight has varied from 158+1/2 lb , i.e. middleweight to 174 lb , i.e. light heavyweight.
Alfredo Angulo López (born August 11, 1982) is a Mexican professional boxer who held the WBO interim junior middleweight title from 2009 to 2010.
 As an amateur he represented Mexico at the 2004 Olympics, reaching the first round of the middleweight bracket.
 Nicknamed ""El Perro"" ("The Dog"), Angulo was once a highly regarded prospect at junior middleweight, and is known particularly for his relentless pressure fighting style and formidable punching power.

Question: Nobuhiro Ishida is best known for knocking out an American professional boxer who held the regional WBO-NABO junior middleweight title in what  year?
Answer: 2008