Who won Corrales vs Uchiyama?

Jezreel Corrales beat Takashi Uchiyama by split decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 31st December 2016 at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 113-114, 117-110, 115-112 in favor of winner Jezreel Corrales.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 KG).

This contest was for the vacant WBA super featherweight championship of the world.

Corrales vs Uchiyama stats

Jezreel Corrales stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 0  draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Takashi Uchiyama made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, with 20 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Uchiyama had a massive power advantage over Corrales, boosting at 83% knock out percentage over Corrales' 40%.

Jezreel Corrales was the younger man by 12 years, at 31 years old.

Uchiyama had a height advantage of 2 inches over Corrales. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Jezreel Corrales fought out of the southpaw stance, while Takashi Uchiyama was an orthodox fighter.

Corrales was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 less fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 year and 6 months later than Uchiyama, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 201 to Uchiyama's 171.

Corrales vs Uchiyama form

Jezreel Corrales had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Takashi Uchiyama on 27th April 2016 by knockout in the 2nd round in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had defeated Juan Antonio Rodriguez on 17th December 2015 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBA Interim World Super Featherweight championship fight at Arena Roberto Duran, Panama City, Panama.

Going into that contest, he had beat Felix Sabez on 23rd July 2015 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Panama City.

Before that, he had won against Edgar Guillen on 19th December 2014 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Gimnasio Los Naranjos, Boquete.

He had beat Walter Estrada on 20th November 2014 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Hotel RIU, Panama City.

Uchiyama had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jezreel Corrales on 27th April 2016 by knockout in the 2nd round in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had defeated Oliver Flores on 31st December 2015 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jomthong Chuwatana on 6th May 2015 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

Before that, he had defeated Israel Hector Enrique Perez on 31st December 2014 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

He had beat Daiki Kaneko on 31st December 2013 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jezreel Corrales had been fighting more than Takashi Uchiyama.

Going to this contest, Jezreel Corrales had last fought 6 years, 11 months and 4 days ago, while Takashi Uchiyama's last outing had been 6 years, 11 months and 4 days ago.

Corrales' last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 4 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Uchiyama's last 5 fights had come over a period of 9 years and 3 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.6 rounds on average.

What time did Corrales vs Uchiyama start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM UTC at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM GMT in the UK.

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