On December 31, 2016, Takashi Uchiyama and Jezreel Corrales met again in an immediate rematch.
Uchiyama came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 4 days. Corrales was on a 19-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 4 days.
Jezreel Corrales defeated Takashi Uchiyama via split decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA (Super) super-featherweight title. Corrales improves his record to 21-1, while Uchiyama adds a loss to his record at 24-2-1.
On April 27, 2016, the 36-year-old WBA (Super) super-featherweight world champion, Takashi Uchiyama (24-0-1, 20 KOs), faced a 24-year-old Panamanian boxer Jezreel Corrales (19-1, 7 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Uchiyama came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days. Corrales was on a 18-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 10 days.
Jezreel Corrales made very easy work of Takashi Uchiyama, stopping the champion via KO in the 2nd. Corrales improves his record to 20-1 (8 KOs), while Uchiyama adds a loss to his record at 24-1-1.