On April 27, 2016, Takashi Uchiyama (24-0-1, 20 KOs), the super-featherweight WBA (Super) champion, defends his title against Panamanian challenger, Jezreel Corrales (19-1, 7 KOs).
Takashi Uchiyama is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round TKO victory over Oliver Flores, 3 months and 27 days ago. Jezreel Corrales is on a 18-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, with his last fight being a 11th round RTD win over Juan Antonio Rodríguez, 4 months and 10 days ago.
The winning odds are at 79.6-20.4 in favor of Jezreel Corrales. It is going to be a competitive fight and Takashi Uchiyama will put up a very good fight, but Corrales will prevail.
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.