Yasutsune Uehara boxer

Yasutsune Uehara boxer
bouts
32
won
27
lost
5
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
super featherweight
Debut
1972-11-14
Height
5′ 5″/165cm
Reach
-
Age
-
Born
1949-10-12
Death
-
Nationality
Japan

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Yasutsune Uehara (上原 康恒, Uehara Yasutsune, born October 12, 1949 in Okinawa, Japan) is a former professional boxer and former WBA and lineal super featherweight champion. He is one of the few Japanese boxers to have won the world title fighting outside Japan.Uehara was born in Naha, Okinawa. He won the inter-high school boxing tournament in his senior year in high school, and moved on to Nihon University, where he won amateur titles in two weight classes, compiling a distinguished amateur record of 117–8 (87RSC). He was already touted as the next Japanese world champion when he announced his decision to turn professional.Uehara made his debut on November 14, 1972, with a fourth-round knockout in Honolulu, Hawaii. He suffered his first professional loss in his second fight. He returned to Japan after five fights in the United States.He won nine fights in a row after returning to Japan, including seven victories by knockout. Uehara returned to the United States in August, 1974 to challenge WBA super featherweight champion Ben Villaflor, but lost by second-round knockout.Uehara won the Japanese super featherweight title on July 21, 1971, knocking out his opponent in the first round. He defended the title a total of ten times, a considerable number of defenses for a regional title.Uehara was once again ranked as the number one WBA super featherweight challenger in 1980, and challenged Samuel Serrano for the Lineal and WBA super featherweight titles on the undercard of Thomas Hearns' win over José Cuevas in Detroit. Uehara was losing on all three judges' scorecards before connecting with a right hook to knock out the defending champion in the sixth round. Uehara's victory was named The Ring's 1980 upset of the year.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1981-04-09 Samuel Serrano WWWWLW Prefectural Gymnasium, Wakayama LOST
Unanimous decision
1980-11-20 Leonel Hernandez WWWLWW Kokugikan WIN
Split-decision
1980-08-02 Samuel Serrano WWWWWW Joe Louis Arena, Detroit WIN
KO
1980-03-18 Blazer Okubo WWLWLW WIN
KO
1979-11-10 Kojiro Sasaki LLDDWL Naha WIN
KO
1979-07-12 Yoshitaka Ikehara WDWLLW Korakuen Hall WIN
Points
1979-02-27 Yasuhide Takahashi LWWWLW WIN
KO
1978-11-25 Hideyoshi Horinaga WWLWWW Korakuen Hall WIN
KO
1978-08-09 Tatsuya Moriyasu LLLWLW Omiya WIN
KO
1978-04-28 Ryu Fukita WWWWWL WIN
KO
1977-12-04 Tadashi Akiyama WLWWLW Korakuen Hall WIN
Corner retirement
1977-09-09 Suketoshi Maruyama LLLLWL Nagoya WIN
KO
1977-05-29 Shoji Okano LWDLWL Onoyama Gym, Naha WIN
KO
1976-11-25 Joe Lim WLL Manila LOST
Points
1976-07-29 Masa Ito DWLWWW WIN
Points
1976-04-23 Masa Ito WWDWLW Tokuyama LOST
Points
1975-12-09 Susumu Okabe WLWLLD WIN
KO
1975-10-19 Masa Ito WLWWDW City Gymnasium, Okinawa WIN
KO
1975-07-21 Susumu Okabe LWWLWL Korakuen Hall WIN
KO
1974-11-30 Freddie Mensah WLWLLL Akita City WIN
Points
1974-08-24 Ben Villaflor LWWWDW Honolulu International Center, Honolulu LOST
KO
1974-05-28 Masaharu Tsuchiya DWLLWL Korakuen Hall WIN
KO
1974-03-26 Kae-Shik Yuh debut Nagoya WIN
KO
1973-11-29 Ricardo Arredondo WWWLLW Onoyama Gym, Naha WIN
Unanimous decision
1973-10-28 Tokikazu Ichikawa LLL WIN
KO
1973-08-04 Ricky Sawa WWLLWL Naha WIN
KO
1973-06-14 Noriaki Yoshimura LWLLD WIN
KO
1973-03-12 Danny Campos LLLWWL Honolulu International Center, Honolulu WIN
Technical knockout
1973-02-13 Rogelio Tulunghari LLLWLL Honolulu International Center, Honolulu WIN
Technical knockout
1972-12-12 Shichiro Saito DDWLL Honolulu International Center, Honolulu WIN
Points
1972-11-21 Mar Yuzon LLWLLL Honolulu International Center, Honolulu LOST
Points
1972-11-14 Sam Fraticelli LLWW Honolulu International Center, Honolulu WIN
Technical knockout

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