One is known as “The Monster,” the other “Big Bang.”The bout between champion boxers Naoya Inoue (30-0-0, 27 KOs) and Junto ...

One is known as “The Monster,” the other “Big Bang.” The bout between champion boxers Naoya Inoue (30-0-0, 27 KOs) and Junto Nakatani (31-0-0, 24 KOs) is already being billed as Japan’s “fight of the ...

Nakatani’s walkout music is a defiant rendition by aging rocker Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, vowing to give up a smug existence and instead be brave and selfless like the World War II kamikaze pilots.

Nakatani said he chose that song to express gratitude to past generations, who sacrificed so much to give his generation peace. It happens to be one of his dad’s favorite songs. Nakatani is taking it ...

Both Nakatani and Inoue have at least one fight before their dream match. But no one is expecting either of them to lose. “That’s the way boxing works.

Nakatani’s father sent him to karate school when he was in third grade because he was always playing video games. He later switched to boxing, where he fared better because of the weight classes.