Uchiyama vs Walters next year

don't know if this has been posted already Top Rank CEO Bob Arum told USA TODAY Sports on Thursday that the winner of the junior lightweight bout on HBO will face Japan’s Takashi Uchiyama next spring in America. Arum says he made a deal with Uchiyama’s promoter for the bout, which would see the WBA’s 130-pound champion make his long-awaited U.S. debut. http://boxingjunkie.com/2015/12/17/bob-arum-nicholas-walters-jason-sosa-winner-takashi-uchiyama/

Comments (19)

NUCLEAR

uchiyama was good but his chin seems suspect to me just like most of the japanese fighters.

10y ago

The_Big_Dunn

Good for Walters. Fight the best out there. Hope fully he can keep winning. He'd better look bad if he ever hopes to fight Lomanchenko.

10y ago

John_Locke

Oooh, somebody's gonna take a nap!

10y ago

285Kid

This is great news, but Sosa is supposed to be a live dog vs Walters. Saturday fight is not a guarantee victory for Walters

10y ago

NEETzsche

this is a top fight. uchiyama is the best active japanese fighter to me and a solid top 10 pound-for-pounder

10y ago

bojangles1987

F*ck yes, great fight.

10y ago

EspinozaBoxing

Would be a good fight! :boxing:

10y ago

Zaroku

Uchiyama is the Japanese Shaft, he's one bad MoFo! Walters is bad too! I enjoyed watching him in that war with Donaire. Donaire still isn't back. It is gonna be a war!!!

10y ago

SplitSecond

I haven't paid any attention to Takashi in a while, but the guy must be pretty passed it now so I'd favor Walters to stop him.

10y ago

Hougigo

jamie mcdonnell...... he beat tomoki kameda twice... tomoki kameda retired. thus yamanaka avenges kameda... WOuldn't put it past Haymon to make that in the States, but I think he's moving up now

10y ago

nivek535

I don't know who Yamanaka would/could fight... but i'll gues a Haymon fighter who wants to win a belt. So maybe Tomoki or Warren jamie mcdonnell...... he beat tomoki kameda twice... tomoki kameda retired. thus yamanaka avenges kameda...

10y ago

Hougigo

uchiyama beats walters, avenges miura. yamanaka avenges kameda. good way to begin their USA Careers I don't know who Yamanaka would/could fight... but i'll gues a Haymon fighter who wants to win a belt. So maybe Tomoki or Warren

10y ago

nivek535

Yamanaka planning on coming here next year too... but it sucks because both him and Uchiyama coming later than they should have... but better late than never I guess uchiyama beats walters, avenges miura. yamanaka avenges kameda. good way to begin their USA Careers

10y ago

Hougigo

the japanese are here to take over!!!! Yamanaka planning on coming here next year too... but it sucks because both him and Uchiyama coming later than they should have... but better late than never I guess

10y ago

nivek535

the japanese are here to take over!!!!

10y ago

Hougigo

Ummm I dont see Uchiyama fighting in the US but if it does happen I think someone is getting KO'ed. Lol I think he does. Last year there were a ton of Japanese guys fighting in the States on main events, most of them on Haymon's network. But each time they put up a great outing..... Kamegai probably did the worst out of the televised bunch. This is gonna be here and this will be a good fight

10y ago

_JSFD26_

Ummm I dont see Uchiyama fighting in the US but if it does happen I think someone is getting KO'ed. Lol

10y ago

Eastcoast

This is great news, but Sosa is supposed to be a live dog vs Walters.

10y ago

Rip_Chudd

Let's do it!!! I won't get my hopes up, but would be a good fight if it happened.

10y ago