Background
He was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, and lives in Tokyo.
内山 高志
He was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, and lives in Tokyo.
Takushoku University.
Nicknamed "KO Dynamite", he carries devastating one punch knockout power. Uchiyama reached a peak of #10 in The Ring (magazine) Pound for pound listings. He has been called by a nickname KO Dynamite (Knockout Dynamite) in Japan.
On May 17, 2010, he defeated Venezuelan Angel Granados via a sixth round TKO for his first defence at the Saitama Super Arena.
On September 8, 2007, Uchiyama captured the OPBF super featherweight title, then defended it five times.