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

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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’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.

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Junto Nakatani had to go through three weight divisions just to get to his first unification bout, so it was a sigh of relief when Ryosuke Nishida accepted right away. Log In.

Nakatani said: “I am coming, so please stick around for me." Inoue's promoter Bob Arum previously stated the fight - eyed for May 2026 - could be as big as Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford.

Junto Nakatani and Ryosuke Nishida (Credit: Naoki Fukuda) While, at the age of 27, there are still plenty more years left for him to flourish, Nakatani has, in equal measure, immersed himself in ...