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is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2016, having held the WBA (Super) super-featherweight title from 2010 to 2016.
Early life
He was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, and lives in Tokyo.
Boxing career
Uchiyama compiled an amateur record of 91–22 (59 KOs), including his accomplishments of winning four lightweight titles. He turned professional in 2005, and won his debut via the first round knockout on 16 July. On September 8, 2007, Uchiyama captured the OPBF super featherweight title, then defended it five times. He has been called by a nickname KO Dynamite (Knockout Dynamite) in Japan.
WBA super featherweight champion Uchiyama won the WBA super featherweight title from Mexican Juan Carlos Salgado via a twelfth round TKO in the latter's first title defence in Tokyo at the Tokyo Big Sight on January 11, 2010.
On May 17, 2010, he defeated Venezuelan Angel Granados via a sixth round TKO for his first defence at the Saitama Super Arena.
On 31 December 2015, Uchiyama was slated to fight his eleventh title defense in a row. Uchiyama fought methodically in the opening rounds, and managed to land some big shots on his opponent. He finished it in the third round of the contest with a vicious body shot, to retain his WBA super featherweight belt for the eleventh time.
On April 27, 2016, Uchiyama fought 24-year old Jezreel Corrales. Corrales was aggressive from the opening bell, and shocked Uchiyama by dropping him three times in just two rounds. During the last knockdown, the referee decided he had seen enough and stopped the fight immediately.
On October 3, 2016, it was announced that a contract has been signed for a rematch against Corrales.
The rematch was a very different fight compared to their first matchup. It was more of a tactical battle, in which Uchiyama even managed to drop Corrales in the fifth round. However, Corrales ended up victorious again, with two of the judges awarding him with the win, scoring the fight 117–110 and 115–112 in his favor, while the third judge saw Uchiyama as the winner, scoring the fight 114–113 in his favor.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes27LossJezreel Corrales12Dec 31, 201626Loss24–1–1Jezreel CorralesKO2 (12), Apr 27, 201625Win24–0–1Oliver FloresTKO3 (12), Dec 31, 201524Win23–0–1Jomthong ChuwattanaTKO2 (12), May 6, 201523Win22–0–1Israel Héctor PerezRTD9 (12), Dec 31, 201422Win21–0–1Daiki KanekoUD12Dec 31, 201321Win20–0–1Jaider ParraKO5 (12), May 6, 201320Win19–0–1Bryan VázquezTKO8 (12), Dec 31, 201219Draw18–0–1Michael Farenas3 (12), Jul 16, 201218Win18–0Jorge SolísTKO11 (12), Dec 31, 201117Win17–0Takashi Miura8 (12), Jan 31, 201116Win16–0Roy MukhlisTKO5 (12), Sep 20, 201015Win15–0Angel GranadosTKO6 (12), May 17, 201014Win14–0Juan Carlos SalgadoTKO12 (12), Jan 11, 201013Win13–0Aaron MelgarejoTKO7 (12), Oct 3, 200912Win12–0Thong Por ChokchaiTKO5 (12), May 2, 200911Win11–0Byung-Joo MoonTKO4 (12), Nov 1, 200810Win10–0Hero BandoUD12Jun 12, 20089Win9–0Akira YamazakiTKO10 (12), Feb 2, 20088Win8–0Nedal HusseinKO8 (12), Sep 8, 20077Win7–0Seung Won BaekKO3 (8), Jun 2, 20076Win6–0Muangfahlek KiatwichianUD10Feb 10, 20075Win5–0Moses SeranKO3 (8), Dec 9, 20064Win4–0Tomoya Endo8Sep 13, 20063Win3–0Man Deuk Park1 (8), Nov 19, 20052Win2–0Takamasa UenoKO1 (6), Sep 29, 20051Win1–0Chandet Sithramkamhaeng1 (6), Jul 16, 2005
Awards Amateur 2002 Amateur: Effort Award 2003 Amateur: Valuable Player Award Professional Fighter of the Year in Asia (WBA Annual Awards Dinner, 2010) Boxer of the Month for March, 2011 (WBA)
See also List of WBA world champions List of super featherweight boxing champions List of Japanese boxing world champions Boxing in Japan
References
External links
プロボクサー内山高志 Official Web Site Takashi Uchiyama - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live