JAKARTA - The true super bantamweight boxing world champion, Naoya Inoue (33-0, 27 KO), defended his belt after winning 116-112, 116-112, and 115-113 against Junto Nakatani (32-1, 24 KO). The fight was held at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan on Saturday (2/5/2026).
It is recorded that as many as 55,000 spectators crowded the arena. The fight was very tactical between the KO artist (Inoue) and the left-handed boxer who was good at ending the match (Nakatani). Inoue (33), pressed his opponent from the start.
He stalked Nakatani who was about 7 cm taller, but Nakatani (28) carefully avoided the champion's attack. In the 11th round, Inoue tried to speed up his attack to catch up with his left-handed and agile opponent.
Throughout the round of fighting, Nakatani was almost able to avoid every attack from the champion. The barter blows they made until the end of the match were really exciting. Although there was no knockdown, the audience seemed satisfied with their performance.
"I have fought very hard to show my best performance, but Nakatani is a tough and tenacious boxer. As for the next plan, I have to discuss it first with promoter Hideyuki Ohashi and my father," Inoue said after the match, as quoted by Fightnews.
The match between Inoue vs Nakatani was headed by referee Robert Hoyle from the United States.
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