is a super featherweight

Super Featherweight

Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....

 boxer

Boxing

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 from Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 and the current WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 Super Featherweight

Super Featherweight

Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....

 Champion. He was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama

Kasukabe, Saitama

is a city in eastern Saitama, Japan, approximately north of Tokyo. It was formerly located in Kitakatsushika and Minamisaitama districts. Kasukabe once prospered as part of the Nikkō Kaidō highway, an important trade route that linked Edo with Nikkō.-Overview:...

, and lives in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

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Uchiyama compiled an amateur record of 91-22 (59 KOs), including his accomplishments of winning four lightweight

Lightweight

Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....

 titles. He turned professional in 2005, and won his debut via the first round knockout on 16 July. On September 8, 2007, Uchiyama captured the OPBF

Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation

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 super featherweight

Super Featherweight

Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....

 title, then defended it five times. He has been called by a nickname KO Dynamite (Knockout Dynamite) in Japan.

Uchiyama won the WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 super featherweight title from Mexican Juan Carlos Salgado

Juan Carlos Salgado

Juan Carlos Salgado is a Mexican professional boxer in the Super Featherweight division. He is the former WBC FECARBOX, WBC Continental Americas Featherweight, and WBA Super Featherweight Champion...

 via a twelfth round TKO in the latter's first title defence in Tokyo at the Tokyo Big Sight

Tokyo Big Sight

is the popular nickname for the , a Japanese convention center that opened in April 1996. Located in Odaiba, Tokyo Bay, the center is one of the largest convention venues within the city, and its most iconic representation is the visually distinctive Conference Tower.-Construction:Contracted by the...

 on January 11, 2010. On May 17, 2010, he defeated Venezuelan Angel Granados via a sixth round TKO for his first defence at the Saitama Super Arena

Saitama Super Arena

is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan. Its spectator capacity is 37,000 at maximum settings.This main arena capacity is between 19,000-22,500 when events such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey, gymnastics, boxing, mixed martial arts and...

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Titles

• Amateur
  • The 71st All Japan Amateur Boxing Championships, Lightweight
    Lightweight
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     Champion
  • The 72nd All Japan Amateur Boxing Championships, Lightweight Champion
  • The 73rd All Japan Amateur Boxing Championships, Lightweight Champion
  • The 57th National Sports Festival
    National Sports Festival of Japan
    is the national premier sports event of Japan. The abbreviated name is Kokutai . The 65th National Sports Festival of Japan was held in October 2010 in Chiba Prefecture.- Emperor's Cup and Empress Cup Champions :...
    
    , Boxing, Adult, Lightweight Champion
• Professional
  • The 35th OPBF Super featherweight
    Super Featherweight
    Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....
    
     Champion (Defense: 5 times)
  • The 41st WBA World Super featherweight Champion (Defense: 2 times)

Professional boxing record

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Jorge Solís

Jorge Iván Solís Pérez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former holder of various minor and regional titles including, the Jalisco State Featherweight title, WBC Latin America title, Mexican Super Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions and WBA Fedecentro titles...

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Juan Carlos Salgado

Juan Carlos Salgado is a Mexican professional boxer in the Super Featherweight division. He is the former WBC FECARBOX, WBC Continental Americas Featherweight, and WBA Super Featherweight Champion...

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Awards

• Amateur
  • 2002 Amateur: Effort Award
  • 2003 Amateur: Valuable Player Award
• Professional
  • Fighter of the Year in Asia (WBA Annual Awards Dinner, 2010)
  • Boxer of the Month for March, 2011 (WBA)

See also

• List of WBA world champions
• List of super featherweight boxing champions
• List of current world boxing champions

External links

• プロボクサー内山高志 Official Web Site