Q&A: Takashi Uchiyama
THE RING’s No. 1-rated junior lightweight Takashi Uchiyama looks to defend his WBA title on New Year’s Eve for the fifth consecutive year against Oliver Flores. If successful, Uchiyama wants to unify major belts.
read moreDougie’s Monday mailbag
Fans from around the globe share their thoughts on Guillermo Rigondeaux, Naoya Inoue, Takashi Uchiyama and the stacked Japanese shows they fought on last week, as well as Freddie Roach’s place among the great trainers, and some meaty mythical matchups, in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!
read moreTakashi Uchiyama demolishes Israel Perez in Tokyo to keep title
In a grinding and entertaining bout, Japanese junior lightweight Takashi Uchiyama kept his WBA belt with a superb display of skills and power against Argentina’s Israel Perez.
read moreIsrael Perez looks to even the score for Argentina in Japan
Argentine veteran Israel Perez is motivated to beat THE RING’s No. 1-rated junior lightweight Takashi Uchiyama, for the Japanese standout’s WBA title, in Tokyo on Wednesday, especially after his respected countryman Omar Narvaez was stopped by Nayoya Inoue on Tuesday.
read moreTakashi Uchiyama, Shinsuke Yamanaka return
Takashi Uchiyama and Shinsuke Yamanaka return to the ring, ready to defend their junior lightweight and bantamweight titles on Dec. 31 and Oct. 22, respectively.
read moreDougie’s Friday mailbag
Fans share their thoughts on Danny Garcia and the lack activity among today’s elite boxers, the Garcia-Salka, Hopkins-Kovalev and Porter-Brook matchups, Takashi Uchiyama, Mikey Garcia, Jorge Linares, and much more in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!
read moreDougie’s Friday mailbag
Fans share their thoughts on what 2014 has in store for Miguel Cotto, Amir Khan, Sergio Martinez, Gennady Golovkin, Kell Brook, Takashi Uchiyama and Mikey Garcia among other boxing standouts in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!
read moreRing Ratings Update: Junior lightweight rankings shake up
Although there was not a lot of action this past week, THE RING Ratings Panel made some significant changes to the junior lightweight rankings, which experienced a shake-up thanks to the advancement of beltholders Rances Barthelemy and Takashi Miura.
read moreIoka, Uchiyama, Miura retain titles in Japan; Miyazaki upset
Japan’s best talents rang in the New Year on separate cards on opposite ends of the country. WBA junior lightweight titleholder Takashi Uchiyama scored a unanimous decision over Daiki Kaneko and WBC 130-pound titleholder Takashi Miura stopped Dante Jardon in the ninth round in Tokyo. WBA junior flyweight titleholder Kazuto Ioka outpointed Felix Alvarado in Osaka.
read moreJapan rings in New Year with Uchiyama, Ioka defenses
While much of the world will spend their New Year’s Eve watching the ball drop in Times Square or catching a local fireworks display, Japan continues a yearly tradition of having its best fighters defend their world titles in dueling events on opposite ends of the country.
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