Uchiyama to defend crown against Parra

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Super Featherweight Takashi Uchiyama will defend his title against Jaider Parra on May 6th in Tokyo.

“I wish to keep winning until my ultimate confrontation with another interim titlist, Yuriorkis Gamboa,” said Uchiyama, who is coming off an eighth-round knockout of then-undefeated interim titlist Bryan Vasquez on Dec. 31.