Nobuhiro Ishida

Ishida was born in Tamana District, Kumamoto and moved to Neyagawa, Osaka soon after. He began boxing at the Osaka Teiken Boxing Gym at the sixth grade of elementary school (at age eleven).{{Cite news|title=日本Sウェルター級王者・石田「狙うはKOだ!」|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/spor/200806/24/spor212271.html|publisher=Osaka edition of Sports Nippon|date=June 24, 2008|accessdate=May 28, 2011|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021165855/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/spor/200806/24/spor212271.html|archive-date=October 21, 2012}}{{Cite news|script-title=ja:石田、世界王座初挑戦で奪取! 判定3-0の完勝|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/spor/200908/31/spor223553.html|publisher=Osaka edition of Sports Nippon|date=August 31, 2009|accessdate=May 28, 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021165902/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/spor/200908/31/spor223553.html|archive-date=October 21, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{Sfn|Goodman|2006|p=478}} When Ishida was a high school freshman, he fought as an in-fighter in the flyweight division at 176 centimeters (5 feet 10 inches) tall.{{cite news|script-title=ja:石田、ベルトへ "ブル・ファイター" 宣言|url=http://www.daily.co.jp/ring/2009/08/11/0002220822.shtml|newspaper=Daily Sports|date=August 11, 2009|accessdate=May 28, 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814203259/http://www.daily.co.jp/ring/2009/08/11/0002220822.shtml|archive-date=August 14, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{Sfn|Goodman|2006|p=478}} He won the national high school invitational tournament in the lightweight division in 1993.{{Sfn|Baseball Magazine Sha|2005|p=207}}

After graduating from Kinki University, Ishida won another amateur title in the light middleweight in 1998.{{Sfn|Baseball Magazine Sha|2005|p=206}} He compiled an amateur record of 101–15 (50 KOs).{{Sfn|Baseball Magazine Sha|2004|p=132}} Ishida worked for the child welfare for two years and two months from August 1998. He paused his boxing career to pursue studies, and qualified as a social welfare secretary.{{cite news|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/spor/200908/23/spor223320.html|script-title=ja:石田「負けられない」世界戦に養護施設100人招待|date=August 23, 2009|newspaper=Sports Nippon|language=ja|accessdate=April 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021165610/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/spor/200908/23/spor223320.html|archive-date=October 21, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{Cite web|url=https://boxingnewsboxon.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post_22.html|script-title=ja:石田必勝誓う 元職場の児童養護施設訪問|date=August 22, 2009|publisher=MACC Publications Inc|language=ja|accessdate=January 20, 2012}} Ishida worked at an orphanage. His experience of living with the orphans motivated him to turn professional.{{Sfn|Goodman|2006|p=487–488}}

Ishida restarted his boxing career in 2000. He made his professional debut on May 20 of that year under the management of Kanazawa Boxing Gym.{{Sfn|Baseball Magazine Sha|2001|p=71}} There he received Toshihiro Fujitani's guidance until the end of 2010. Ishida won the OPBF super welterweight title via a technical decision on March 1, 2001. The bout was stopped in the eleventh round as Ishida's right eye was injured after the accidental headbutt. He managed to get his first title in his sixth match. He lost the unification match against the OPBF interim champion by a twelve-round unanimous decision on May 13, 2001. That was his first loss in his professional career. Ishida lost the Japanese super welterweight title shot in his next fight on September 24 of that year by a ten-round majority decision. In June and October, 2002, Ishida fought for the OPBF and interim Japanese title respectively in the same weight division, but lost two in a row.{{Cite web|url=https://boxing-zine.com/boxingstories_1_ishida.html|script-title=ja:石田順裕 アメリカン・ドリームをつかみに|author=Yuriko Miyata|publisher=boxing-zine.com|language=ja|accessdate=January 19, 2012}}

At that time, Ishida trained in Los Angeles for the first time to get out of the slump. He watched the boxing matches in Las Vegas and felt that he would like to someday fight there. Loren Goodman noted the words of Ishida in his book published in 2006.{{Sfn|Goodman|2006|p=479}}

{{Quotation|...I went to L.A. at first...but the atmosphere of the gym was really good. L.A. Gym. It was like, "I've come to the Mecca of boxing." It felt really good, and the atmosphere of the gym was good. At first, I went for about a month. America was fun—it was...fun.|Loren Goodman|Endless Punchers: Body, Narrative, and Performance in the World of Japanese Boxing{{Sfn|Goodman|2006|p=479}}}}

Ishida married on Christmas Day, 2003.{{cite news|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/battle/special/boxing/2009boxing_12/KFullNormal20091230060.html|script-title=ja:何で前座やねん…石田 冷遇に燃えた初防衛|date=December 30, 2009|newspaper=Sports Nippon|language=ja|accessdate=April 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311234624/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/battle/special/boxing/2009boxing_12/KFullNormal20091230060.html|archive-date=March 11, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} His wife has worked as a clinical psychologist.{{cite news|url=http://219.122.3.2/battle/news/p-bt-tp0-20090826-535470.html|script-title=ja:"主夫" 石田世界奪取だ30日暫定王座戦|date=August 26, 2009|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|language=ja|accessdate=January 14, 2012}}{{cite news|title=石田防衛! 34歳4か月国内年長2位…WBA世界Sウエルター級|url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/box/news/20091229-OHT1T00176.htm|newspaper=Sports Hochi|date=December 30, 2009|accessdate=January 14, 2012|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102233227/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/box/news/20091229-OHT1T00176.htm|archive-date=January 2, 2010}}{{Cite journal|author=Boxing Beat editorial department|editor=MACC Publications Inc|date=June 15, 2011|script-title=ja:家族が語るチャンピオン|journal=Ironman|issue=special issue|series=Boxing Beat|page=117|location=Tokyo, Japan|publisher=Fitness Sports Co., Ltd.|language=ja}} They have one daughter and two sons.{{Cite web|url=https://ameblo.jp/nobishida/entry-11394586539.html|script-title=ja:突然ですが…|date=November 1, 2012|publisher=Nobuhiro Ishida's blog|language=ja|accessdate=November 2, 2012}} Ishida captured the vacant Japanese super welterweight title on December 2, 2006, and defended the title twice before vacating it. He has often trained under the guidance of Rudy Hernández at the Maywood Boxing Club in Maywood, California.{{Cite news|script-title=ja:石田ロス合宿から帰国 王座挑戦権獲得へ手応え|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/spor/200809/06/spor214824.html|publisher=Osaka edition of Sports Nippon|date=September 6, 2008|accessdate=May 28, 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021165915/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/spor/200809/06/spor214824.html|archive-date=October 21, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{Cite news|script-title=ja:石田順裕「頑張るだけです」30日、初の世界戦決定|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/spor/200908/09/spor222933.html|publisher=Osaka edition of Sports Nippon|date=August 9, 2009|accessdate=May 28, 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021165928/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/spor/200908/09/spor222933.html|archive-date=October 21, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} When Ishida who used to be a in-fighter outpointed the WBA number six and WBC number seven ranked Javier Alberto Mamaní with scores of 100–91, 100–91, 98–94 in October 2007, he had turned into a good defensive out-fighter controlling the fight with his left jabs and forehand blows.{{Cite web|url=http://www.notifight.com/artman2/publish/Resultado_2/Javier_Mamani_perdi_en_Osaka.php|title=Mamani perdió y Takayama gano en Osaka!|author=Hisao Adachi|date=October 6, 2007|publisher=NotiFight.com|language=es|accessdate=January 19, 2012}}

Ishida won the WBA super welterweight title eliminator over Venezuelan Marco Antonio Avendaño via a split decision at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on September 22, 2008. He had decided to be a bullfighter for that fight. However, the world title shot against the regular champion Daniel Santos did not materialize.{{Harvnb|Tanigawa|2010|p=[https://www.jiji.com/jc/v?p=sports-column_0035-02 2]}} Ishida won the interim WBA world super welterweight title over Avendaño via a wide margin unanimous decision in front of spectators including one hundred children and staff whom he invited from the orphanage where he had worked before his professional debut, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on August 30, 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fightnews.com/?p=21826|title=Ishida wins WBA interim 154 belt|author=Joe Koizumi|date=August 30, 2009|accessdate=December 30, 2009|publisher=Fightnews.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901175245/http://www.fightnews.com/?p=21826|archive-date=September 1, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} In order to make that matchup, his manager Kanazawa mortgaged building which served as the gym and his home.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kakugo.tv/index.php?c=search&kid=33&m=detail|title=覚悟の瞬間 – 石田順裕 (History p.3)|date=c. 2009|publisher=kakugo.tv|language=ja|accessdate=October 22, 2012}} The purse was not paid to Ishida.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zakzak.co.jp/sports/etc_sports/news/20110610/spo1106101447006-n1.htm|script-title=ja:苦労人ボクサーの世界進出はばむ移籍トラブル|author=Ryō Kataoka|date=June 10, 2011|publisher=Sankei Digital Inc|language=ja|accessdate=October 25, 2011}} Although it was an interim title, no Japanese boxers have regained the world super welterweight title since Tadashi Mihara was dethroned in February 1982. Yet, on that day, the general election where the historical change of government occurred was made in Japan, so Ishida's fight was broadcast only on a pay TV channel, sky-A sports+. Santos lost the title to Yuri Foreman in November 2009. Ishida was eager to fight in a unification match against Foreman, saying that he would go anywhere in the world for it and was confident to win it with his own fighting style and with a way which he most want to show to the audience.{{Cite magazine|author=Ei Asazawa|script-title=ja:石田順裕の熱烈対戦ラブコール フォアマンに言いたいこと…「とにかく戦わせてくれ!」|date=April 10, 2010|magazine=Boxing Magazine|issue=April 2010 issue|publisher=Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd.|location=Tokyo, Japan|language=ja|page=41}} But Foreman lost the title in his first defense against Miguel Cotto in June 2010, and Ishida's matchup against Cotto did not happen.

In the first defense of the interim title on December 29, 2009, Ishida defeated Colombian Oney Valdéz by a unanimous decision after knocking him down in the tenth round{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sp20091230a2.html|title=Interim champ Ishida defends WBA super welterweight title|author=Kyodo News|author-link=Kyodo News|date=December 30, 2009|accessdate=December 30, 2009|newspaper=The Japan Times}} on the undercard of Kazuto Ioka's non-title light flyweight ten round bout at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium.{{Cite news|script-title=ja:石田「何でやねん!」井岡の前座で世界戦|url=http://www.daily.co.jp/ring/2009/12/16/0002584082.shtml|publisher=Daily Sports|date=December 15, 2009|accessdate=January 15, 2012|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422021316/http://www.daily.co.jp/ring/2009/12/16/0002584082.shtml|archive-date=April 22, 2010}} While he had been negotiating to fight against Rigoberto Álvarez, Austin Trout arbitrarily released the fight against Ishida in the United States in late August 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://newmexicoboxing.com/trout-title-fight-a-no-go|title=Trout title fight a no-go|date=August 2, 2010|accessdate=January 19, 2012|publisher=newmexicoboxing.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129042058/http://newmexicoboxing.com/trout-title-fight-a-no-go|archive-date=January 29, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} So the negotiations for the fight between Ishida and Álvarez were halted. When the WBA upgraded Cotto to the status of a super champion in September of that year, Ishida was not automatically promoted to a regular champion. The WBA instructed Ishida and Trout to compete for the vacant WBA regular title. Ishida and Trout were supposed to bid for the match at the WBA headquarters on September 21, but both sides did not participate in it, so the bid was not met. After more twists and turns, the WBA decided Álvarez as Ishida's opponent for the vacant WBA world title, and announced it on their official website in late September.

Ishida fought against Rigoberto Álvarez for the vacant WBA world super welterweight championship as his first expedition match in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico on October 9, 2010,{{Cite web|url=http://deportes.univision.com/boxeo/article/2010-10-03/espanol-alvarez-culmino-su-preparacion|title='Español' Álvarez culminó su preparación en Guadalajara al enfrentar al 'Canelo'|date=March 10, 2010|publisher=Univision|language=es|accessdate=May 28, 2011}} and lost there.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/alvarez-edges-ishida-62722|title=Alvarez edges Ishida|date=October 10, 2010|publisher=Fightnews.com|accessdate=October 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014171522/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/alvarez-edges-ishida-62722|archive-date=October 14, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{#Tag:ref|Except non-Japanese nationals, Ishida is the Japan's ninth world champion who risked his title across the sea. At that point, the only one among nine successfully defended his world title outside of Asia.{{cite news|script-title=ja:ボクシング・西岡、本場ラスベガスで王者のファイト|author=Daisuke Yamaguchi|url=https://www.nikkei.com/sports/column/article/g=96958A88889DE1E7E3E7E1E0E0E2E0EAE2EBE0E2E3E3E2E2E2E2E2E2;df=2;p=9694E3E0E2E6E0E2E3E2EAEAE2E2|newspaper=Nihon Keizai Shimbun|date=September 30, 2011|page=2|accessdate=January 19, 2012|language=ja}}{{See also|Boxing in Japan}}|group="*"}} It was after several hours of the fight that Ishida was informed that the result was a narrow split decision with scores of 112–115, 113–114 and 114–113. Ishida does not think that he lost the fight,{{Harvnb|Tanigawa|2010|p=[https://www.jiji.com/jc/v?p=sports-column_0035-03 3]}} partially because of the controversial knock down call against Ishida in the seventh round which appeared to have been a slip,{{cite news|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/p-bt-tp0-20101011-688976.html|script-title=ja:石田が敵地で微妙な判定負け|date=October 11, 2010|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|language=ja|accessdate=January 19, 2012}}{{Harvnb|Tanigawa|2010|p=[https://www.jiji.com/jc/v?p=sports-column_0035-01 1]}} but he did not protest the decision. In the WBA official ratings published on October 15, Álvarez was designated as an interim champion, Ishida was ranked number four, and the regular champion remained vacant. The JBC (Japan Boxing Commission) immediately asked the WBA about the title of that fight. Instead of a reply, the WBA posted an article where they released the championship for the vacant regular title between Álvarez and Trout in December on their official website. As the WBA ordered, Ishida vs. Álvarez was held as a regular championship by the promoter. Ishida, Álvarez, Televisa which aired that fight and the media in many countries had recognized that they fought for the world title. Nevertheless, after all, it was positioned as per the WBA official ratings as a defense of the interim title which Ishida had held.

After that defeat, Ishida's team had to change his fighting style yet again, especially because once he decided to fight outside of his own country.{{cite news|url=http://www.asahi.com/sports/jiji/JJT201104100038.html|script-title=ja:石田、再起戦で勝利|author=Jiji Press|author-link=Jiji Press|date=April 10, 2011|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|accessdate=January 20, 2012}} {{Dead link|date=May 2012}} Ishida signed a management contract with Japan's Green-Tsuda Boxing Club{{cite news|script-title=ja:石田27戦全勝の強豪破る|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/p-bt-tp0-20110411-759605.html|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|date=April 11, 2011|accessdate=April 11, 2011|language=ja}}{{#Tag:ref|However, in practice, that procedure was not completed for several troubles until October 25, 2011.{{Cite news|url=http://www.daily.co.jp/ring/2011/10/26/0004574321.shtml|title=石田がGツダ移籍、11・26メキシコで試合|date=October 26, 2011|publisher=Daily Sports|language=ja|accessdate=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031045708/http://daily.co.jp/ring/2011/10/26/0004574321.shtml|archive-date=October 31, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}|group="*"}} and a three-fight{{cite news|url=http://www5.nikkansports.com/battle/column/hara/archives/25553.html|title=石田順裕の新たな挑戦 – GBPと契約|author=Isao Hara|date=March 7, 2012|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|language=ja|accessdate=March 21, 2012}} promotional contract with Mexico's Canelo Promotions under the supervision of Edison Reynoso{{Cite web|url=http://www.notifight.com/artman2/publish/Resultado_2/Japon_s_Ishida_hizo_trizas_los_pron_sticos.php|title=Japonés Ishida hizo trizas los pronósticos Por Prensa Canelo Promotions|date=April 10, 2011|publisher=NotiFight.com|language=es|accessdate=April 9, 2011}} who handled the previous fight.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n1792276.htm|title=Hermano del "Canelo", por faja mundial|date=September 24, 2010|publisher=ESTO|language=es|accessdate=April 10, 2011}}

Ishida moved up in weight division to knock out the previously undefeated James Kirkland whose record was 27–0 (24 KOs), flooring him three times in one minute and fifty-two seconds of the first round in an eight-round middleweight bout on the HBO pay-per-view televised undercard of Erik Morales vs. Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand Las Vegas on April 9, 2011,{{Cite video|date=March 8, 2012|title=HBO Boxing: 2 Days - Portrait Of A Fighter - James Kirkland|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1B6ujb0CY#t=8m04s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/KX1B6ujb0CY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|medium=a documentary video from YouTube|time=8:04|time-caption=Kirkland vs. Ishida|publisher=HBO Sports|accessdate=June 16, 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite video|date=April 14, 2011|title=Kirkland vs Ishida, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, April 9th, 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHecp0rsgpY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/XHecp0rsgpY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube video taken by a spectator|accessdate=June 17, 2012}}{{cbignore}} in less than a month after the Tōhoku earthquake. Nori Takatani (who was the manager of Genaro Hernández,{{Cite web|url=http://wbcboxing.com/wbcVersEng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1183&Itemid=80|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718152143/http://wbcboxing.com/wbcVersEng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1183&Itemid=80|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-18|title=WBC Holiday Awards and Toy Drive|author=Michele Chong|date=November 2011|publisher=World Boxing Council|accessdate=January 19, 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-22-sp-48635-story.html|title=A Change in Plans for De La Hoya : Boxing: He hopes to meet Hernandez in title bout in February.|author=Tim Kawakami|date=October 22, 1993|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 19, 2012}} Oscar Albarado{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=19741224&id=hekrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0AUGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1100,6576337|title=Sports Roundup - WBA bout|author=AP|author-link=Associated Press|date=December 24, 1974|newspaper=Kentucky New Era|accessdate=January 19, 2012}} and others), Rudy Hernández, Daisuke Okabe and Hidenobu Honda from Green-Tsuda (who was the Japanese champion and two-time world title challenger) were in Ishida's corner.{{Cite web|url=https://boxingnewsboxon.blogspot.com/2011/04/ko.html|title=石田電撃初回KO勝ち カークランドを豪快に倒す!|author=Katsuo Miura|date=April 10, 2011|publisher=MACC Publications Inc|language=ja|accessdate=January 19, 2012}} The fight was released just about two weeks before the fight.{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=37383|title=Kirkland vs Ishida in Play For Morales-Maidana Card|author=Miguel Rivera|date=March 24, 2011|publisher=BoxingScene.com|accessdate=January 19, 2012}} During the short preparation time, Ishida trained in Las Vegas and California, including sparring with big boxers such as Peter Quillin.{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=37970|title=Nobuhiro Ishida Suspected Kirkland's Chin Was Suspect|author=Rick Reeno|date=April 10, 2011|publisher=BoxingScene.com|accessdate=January 19, 2012}} Prior to the fight, Ishida's team decided to never throw roundhouse punches, and was careful with where on the ring he should be. The announcer Jim Lampley said that it was a bigger upset than Buster Douglas beating Mike Tyson in 1990.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/sports/in-boxing-interpreters-bring-clarity-to-tv-coverage.html?pagewanted=1|title=Interpreters Help to Tell the Story Behind the Fight|author=Thomas Golianopoulos|date=January 8, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|page=1|accessdate=June 8, 2012}} It was voted as the Upset of the Year in The Ring's 83rd Annual Ring Awards{{Sfn|Donovan|2012|p=44}} and SI.com's 2011 Boxing Awards.{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1112/boxing-awards-2011/content.6.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111005000/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1112/boxing-awards-2011/content.6.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2012|title=Upset of the Year - Nobuhiro Ishida KO1 James Kirkland - SI.com's 2011 Boxing Awards|author=Chris Mannix|date=December 19, 2011|magazine=Sports Illustrated|accessdate=January 19, 2012}} In addition, in the RingTV.com's year-end polls for 2011, it attracted 22.6 percent of the vote for the Upset of the Year (ranking third),{{Cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/170861|title=Reader's vote Salido's TKO of Lopez the Upset of the Year for 2011|author=Doug Fischer|date=December 25, 2011|publisher=The Ring|accessdate=January 21, 2012}} and 9.2 percent of the vote for the KO of the Year (ranking second by a large margin).{{Cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/170909|title=Readers vote Donaire's stoppage of Montiel the KO of the Year for 2011|author=Doug Fischer|date=December 30, 2011|publisher=The Ring|accessdate=January 21, 2012}} Ishida was not happy with the status of the former interim champion, and was still not satisfied with knocking out Kirkland on such a big stage.

After that upset, Reynoso announced he has a big plan for Ishida. Sampson Lewkowicz, the adviser of Sergio Martínez, made an offer to Ishida as one of the possible opponents for Martínez.{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=38030|title=Sergio Martinez-Nobuhiro Ishida Explored For The Fall|author=Rick Reeno|date=April 12, 2011|publisher=BoxingScene.com|accessdate=April 12, 2011}} Ishida was once scheduled to fight Paul Williams at a maximum weight of 155 pounds on July 9, 2011, at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. However it was canceled.{{Cite web|title=Sources: HBO alters Paul Williams fight|author=Dan Rafael|url=https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=6564489|publisher=ESPN|date=May 18, 2011|access-date=May 28, 2011}} Soon as Julio César Chávez, Jr. told that Ishida was his possible opponent,{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=41516|title=Chavez Jr. in September: Hearns and Ishida Mentioned|author= Miguel Rivera|date=July 14, 2011|publisher=BoxingScene.com|accessdate=January 19, 2012}} Ishida phoned from Sacramento, California, and welcomed the match.{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=41543|title=Nobuhiro Ishida: I'll Be Ready For Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.|author= Miguel Rivera|date=July 14, 2011|publisher=BoxingScene.com|accessdate=January 19, 2012}} They had been negotiating the fight, but it was not also signed. Despite the efforts of Eric Gomez, the vice president and matchmaker of Golden Boy Promotions, Ishida's opponent was quite undecided.{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=49408|title=Team Ishida: Paul Williams, Only One Willing To Fight Us|author=Jake Donovan|date=February 9, 2012|publisher=BoxingScene.com|accessdate=February 10, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/gomez-williams-the-only-one-who-would-fight-ishida-107705|title=Gomez: Williams the only one who would fight Ishida|author=Karl Freitag|date=February 8, 2012|publisher=Fightnews.com|accessdate=February 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415201311/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/gomez-williams-the-only-one-who-would-fight-ishida-107705|archive-date=April 15, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

According to a YouTube video by Canelo Promotions{{Cite video|date=November 28, 2011|title=Nobuhiro Ishida quiere establecerse en las 160 lbs.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN8FzNpWHIE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/WN8FzNpWHIE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|medium=an interview video from YouTube|language=es, ja|publisher=Canelo Promotions|accessdate=March 27, 2012}}{{cbignore}} and Ishida's blog as of November 2011, although Ishida is most comfortable in the middleweight division, he is willing to move in weight classes, since he thinks he had better prepare the opportunity in possible multiple classes than pick a weight class, until the right offer comes.{{Cite web|url=https://ameblo.jp/nobishida/entry-11070815087.html|script-title=ja:眠れない…。|date=November 6, 2011|publisher=Nobuhiro Ishida's blog|language=ja|accessdate=January 19, 2012}} Having trained in Los Angeles from July 2011,{{cite news|script-title=ja:次戦は未定も…石田 練習拠点のロサンゼルスへ出発|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/battle/news/2011/07/02/kiji/K20110702001126420.html|newspaper=Sports Nippon|date=July 2, 2011|accessdate=September 9, 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027004835/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/battle/news/2011/07/02/kiji/K20110702001126420.html|archive-date=October 27, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} he served as Saúl Álvarez's sparring partner at his training camp in Mexico from November of that year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=45311|title=Saul Alvarez Begins Sparring For Cintron Bout|author=Miguel Rivera|date=October 25, 2011|publisher=BoxingScene.com|accessdate=October 25, 2011}} Ishida won by a technical knockout in the first round against late substitute opponent Edson Espinoza on the undercard of Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón on November 26, 2011.

Ishida fought against Paul Williams in a twelve-round super welterweight bout held as the main event on Showtime Championship Boxing at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, on February 18, 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sho.com/#/boxing/events/williams-vs-ishida|title=Williams vs. Ishida - Sat Feb 18, 10PM ET-PT|year=2012|publisher=Showtime Sports|accessdate=March 21, 2012}} (includes links to video) For that fight, he sparred with Hugo Centeno, Jr., Ray Rivera and others, in Maywood, Bell, Carson and East Los Angeles, California.{{Cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/171511|title=Ishida grateful for second opportunity to shock the boxing world|author=Doug Fischer|date=February 16, 2012|publisher=The Ring|accessdate=February 17, 2012}} Ishida made it an inside fight where power punches accounted for a larger proportion than jabs. Williams' bodywork skills and holding tactics{{Cite web|url=https://boxingnewsboxon.blogspot.com/2012/02/30.html|script-title=ja:石田無念、ウィリアムズに3–0判定負け|date=February 21, 2012|publisher=MACC Publications Inc|language=ja|accessdate=February 21, 2012}} did not allow Ishida to throw accurate punches,{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/view.php?pg=williams-ishida-compubox|title=Williams vs. Ishida - CompuBox Stats|author=CompuBox|author-link=CompuBox|date=February 19, 2012|publisher=BoxingScene.com|accessdate=February 21, 2012}} compared with the five fights against Kirkland, Álvarez, Valdéz and Avendaño twice.{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=49724|title=CompuBox Comparisons: Cloud-Campillo, Williams-Ishida|author=CompuBox|date=February 18, 2012|publisher=BoxingScene.com|accessdate=February 21, 2012}} Ishida's single shots and not many combinations, although they were sometimes shorter and sharper{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=49741|title=Williams Cruises, While Campillo Heisted in Corpus Christi|author=Cliff Rold|date=February 19, 2012|publisher=BoxingScene.com|accessdate=February 19, 2012}} than those of his opponent as were his characteristic ways and made Williams' face swollen,{{Cite web|url=http://www.supersport.com/boxing/international/news/120219/Williams_shuts_out_Ishida|title=Williams shuts out Ishida|date=February 19, 2012|publisher=SuperSport|accessdate=February 21, 2012}} were not enough to make up for the lack of power and physical strength which has often been pointed out.{{Cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/171569|title=Williams still has some fight left, Cloud-Campillo steal show|author=Doug Fischer|date=February 19, 2012|publisher=The Ring|accessdate=February 21, 2012}} He lost the fight via a unanimous decision by the identical scores of 108–120,{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=49740|title=Paul Williams Decisions Nobohiro Ishida Over Twelve|author=Boxing Clever|date=February 19, 2012|publisher=BoxingScene.com|accessdate=February 19, 2012}} but managed to put himself in position to earn another decent opportunity.{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1071543-paul-williams-vs-nobuhir-ishida-live-round-by-round-results-and-review|title=Paul Williams vs. Nobuhiro Ishida Live Round-by-Round Results and Review|author=Ramses Alvarez|date=February 18, 2012|website=Bleacher Report|accessdate=March 29, 2012}} Ishida's rankings dropped slightly to number three and number nine in the WBA super welterweight and WBO middleweight, respectively.

Subsequently, Ishida lost to Dmitry Pirog via a unanimous decision in the WBO middleweight title bout at the Sport Complex Krylatskoe in Moscow, Russia on May 1 of that year.{{Cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/172639|title=Pirog defeats Ishida by unanimous decision in Russia|date=May 1, 2012|publisher=The Ring|accessdate=May 2, 2012}}{{Cite video|date=May 2, 2012|title=Pirog defends WBO title, hails Ishida's fighting spirit|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq4U5CEwMZE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/gq4U5CEwMZE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|medium=a news video from YouTube|publisher=RT Sport|accessdate=June 15, 2012}}{{cbignore}} As the JBC had been hesitant to allow that fight,{{cite news|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/p-bt-tp0-20120329-924973.html|title=WBO王者から石田に対戦オファー|date=March 29, 2012|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|language=ja|accessdate=March 29, 2012}} Ishida resigned his JBC license on April 27, 2012.{{cite news|title=来月WBO王座戦 石田引退届をJBC受理|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/f-bt-tp0-20120427-941304.html|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|date=April 27, 2012|accessdate=April 27, 2012|language=ja}} Hence, Ishida had not been permitted to fight in Japan from that time forward in principle.{{cite news|title=石田順裕が引退届、海外でWBO王座挑戦|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/f-bt-tp0-20120410-932011.html|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|date=April 10, 2012|accessdate=April 10, 2012|language=ja}} He has been licensed in California and Texas.{{Cite web|url=https://ameblo.jp/nobishida/entry-11283064574.html|script-title=ja:(続) アスパラとミドル級戦線|date=June 21, 2012|publisher=Nobuhiro Ishida's blog|language=ja|accessdate=December 13, 2012}} In June 2012, Ishida underwent surgery to remove bone chips in his left elbow that had plagued him for years.{{Cite web|url=https://ameblo.jp/nobishida/entry-11276467877.html|script-title=ja:行き先は…。|date=June 13, 2012|publisher=Nobuhiro Ishida's blog|language=ja|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}

On March 15, 2013, just before the JBC joined the WBO and the IBF, they gave Ishida permission to fight under the JBC license. Thus, he is allowed to fight anywhere in the world.{{cite news|title=石田のグリーンツダジム復帰が認可|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/f-bt-tp0-20130315-1098141.html|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|date=March 15, 2013|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}

Ishida fought for the WBA and IBO middleweight titles against Gennady Golovkin at the Salle des Étoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco on March 30, 2013. The bout was co-featured to the "Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super Four", a light heavyweight elimination tournament.{{Cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/177069|title=Golovkin returns alongside Super Four tournament in Monaco|date=February 1, 2013|publisher=The Ring|accessdate=February 2, 2013}} He was knocked out for the first time in his career by Golovkin's overhand right in the third round.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/boxing/post/_/id/2121/golovkin-stays-busy-but-ready-for-true-test|title=Golovkin stays busy but ready for true test|author=Brian Campbell|date=March 30, 2013|publisher=ESPN|access-date=March 31, 2013}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=63890|title=Golovkin Stops Ishida Easy: Rodriguez and Grachev Win|author=Alexey Sukachev|date=March 30, 2013|publisher=BoxingScene.com|accessdate=March 31, 2013}}{{Cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/178041|title=Golovkin stops Ishida in third round with single shot|date=March 30, 2013|publisher=The Ring|accessdate=March 31, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193713/http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/178041|archive-date=October 29, 2013}}{{Cite video|date=April 1, 2013|title=Gennady GGG Golovkin vs. Nobuhiro Ishida, Fight Night|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZS1fCr0STQ#t=0m55s|medium=a documentary video from YouTube|time=0:55|time-caption=Golovkin vs. Ishida|publisher=GGG Promotions|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}

Ishida made a return to the ring in Japan in August 2013.{{Cite news|title=Ex-WBA 154lb champ Ishida demolishes Pangaribuan|author=Joe Koizumi|url=http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/ex-wba-154lb-champ-ishida-demolishes-pangaribuan-216870|publisher=Fightnews.com|date=August 4, 2013|accessdate=August 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821144704/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/ex-wba-154lb-champ-ishida-demolishes-pangaribuan-216870|archive-date=August 21, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

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;Amateur titles:

• The 4th National High school Boxing Invitational Championships Lightweight Tournament Winner
• The 50th All Japan Citizen Boxing Championships Light Middleweight Winner

;Professional titles:

• The 2nd B:Tight! Super Welterweight Tournament Winner
• The 22nd OPBF Super Welterweight Champion (Defense: 0)
• The 28th Japanese Super Welterweight Champion (Defenses: 2)
• Interim WBA World Super Welterweight Champion (Defense: 1)

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• 2011 The Ring Upset of the Year{{Sfn|Donovan|2012|p=44}}
• 2011 Sports Illustrated Upset of the Year

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• {{Cite book|last=Goodman|first=Loren|author-link=Loren Goodman|title=Endless Punchers: Body, Narrative, and Performance in the World of Japanese Boxing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nlxzjXTZpYQC|year=2006|location=Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States|pages=132, 478, 479, 487–488, 537|isbn=9780542777479 }}
• {{Cite book|editor=Boxing Magazine editorial department (with Japan Boxing Commission, Japan Pro Boxing Association)|title=日本ボクシング年鑑2001 (Japan Boxing Year Book 2001)|date=March 10, 2001|publisher=Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd.|location=Tokyo, Japan|language=ja|isbn=978-4-583-03633-5|page=71|chapter=2000年 出場選手全記録|ref={{Harvid|Baseball Magazine Sha|2001}}}}
• {{Cite book|editor=Boxing Magazine editorial department (with Japan Boxing Commission, Japan Pro Boxing Association)|title=日本ボクシング年鑑2005 (Japan Boxing Year Book 2005)|date=April 30, 2005|publisher=Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd.|location=Tokyo, Japan|language=ja|isbn=978-4-583-03849-0|pages=25, 62, 206–207|chapter=2004 World, OPBF, Japan 全タイトルマッチ 73 Fights", "2004年 出場選手全記録", "アマチュア・レコード|ref={{Harvid|Baseball Magazine Sha|2005}}}}
• {{Cite book|editor=Boxing Magazine editorial department|script-title=ja:日本プロボクシングチャンピオン大鑑|date=March 1, 2004|publisher=Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd.|location=Tokyo, Japan|language=ja|isbn=978-4-583-03784-4|page=132|chapter=石田順裕|ref={{Harvid|Baseball Magazine Sha|2004}}}}
• {{Cite web|url=https://www.jiji.com/jc/v?p=sports-column_0035-01|script-title=ja:スポーツ千夜一夜 – 彼が賭けて戦ったものは…|first=Shunki|last=Tanigawa|date=November 9, 2010|pages=1–3|publisher=Jiji Press|language=ja|accessdate=January 15, 2012}}
• {{Cite magazine|first=Jake|last=Donovan|title=Upset of the Year|date=April 2012|magazine=The Ring|issue=May 2012 issue|publisher=Sports and Entertainment Publications, LLC|location=Pennsylvania, United States|pages=44–45}}
• {{Cite journal|author=Boxing Beat editorial department|editor=MACC Publications Inc|date=February 15, 2012|script-title=ja:インタビュー 高山勝成|journal=Ironman|issue=special issue|series=Boxing Beat|page=78|location=Tokyo, Japan|publisher=Fitness Sports Co., Ltd.|language=ja|ref={{Harvid|Fitness Sports|2012}}}}

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