1. Takashi Uchiyama is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2016, having held the WBA super-featherweight title from 2010 to 2016.
10 Facts About Takashi Uchiyama
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Takashi Uchiyama was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, and lives in Tokyo.
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Takashi Uchiyama turned professional in 2005, and won his debut via the first round knockout on 16 July.
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On September 8,2007, Takashi Uchiyama captured the OPBF super featherweight title, then defended it five times.
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Takashi Uchiyama has been called by a nickname KO Dynamite in Japan.
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Takashi 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.
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On 31 December, 2015, Takashi Uchiyama was slated to fight his eleventh title defense in a row.
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Takashi Uchiyama fought methodically in the opening rounds, and managed to land some big shots on his opponent.
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Takashi Uchiyama 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.
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Corrales was aggressive from the opening bell, and shocked Takashi Uchiyama by dropping him three times in just two rounds.