Underdog Jezreel Corrales (20-1-1, 8 KOs) dethroned previously unbeaten WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama (24-1-1, 20 KOs) by a second round KO on Wednesday night at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
The Panamanian challenger knocked down Uchiyama three times in the second round to end the Japanese fighter’s six-year title reign.
Corrales hurt Uchiyama with some hard shots in the first round and then drooped him with a left hand to the head in the second.
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