14 Facts About Yasutsune Uehara

Yasutsune Uehara is a former professional boxer and former WBA and lineal super featherweight champion.

Yasutsune Uehara is one of the few Japanese boxers to have won the world title fighting outside Japan.

Yasutsune Uehara was already touted as the next Japanese world champion when he announced his decision to turn professional.

Yasutsune Uehara suffered his first professional loss in his second fight.

Yasutsune Uehara returned to Japan after five fights in the United States.

Yasutsune Uehara won nine fights in a row after returning to Japan, including seven victories by knockout.

Yasutsune Uehara returned to the United States in August, 1974 to challenge WBA super featherweight champion Ben Villaflor, but lost by second-round knockout.

Yasutsune Uehara won the Japanese super featherweight title on July 21,1971, knocking out his opponent in the first round.

Yasutsune Uehara defended the title a total of ten times, a considerable number of defenses for a regional title.

Yasutsune Uehara was ranked as the number one WBA super featherweight challenger in 1980, and challenged Samuel Serrano for the Lineal and WBA super featherweight titles on the undercard of Thomas Hearns' win over Jose Cuevas in Detroit.

Yasutsune Uehara was losing on all three judges' scorecards before connecting with a right hook to knock out the defending champion in the sixth round.

Yasutsune Uehara's victory was named The Ring's 1980 upset of the year.

Yasutsune Uehara defended his title in November 1980, before meeting Serrano for the second time in April 1981.

Yasutsune Uehara lost the rematch by unanimous decision, and announced his retirement shortly afterwards.