SAGAMIHARA, Japan -- One is known as “The Monster,” the other “Big Bang.” The bout between champion boxers Naoya Inoue ...

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 ...

Junto Nakatani will make the first defense of his WBC bantamweight world title on Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, where he faces mandatory challenger Vincent Astrolabio.

Three-weight world champion Nakatani (30-0, 23 KOs) is the secondary superstar of Japanese boxing behind Naoya Inoue and talk of a mouth-watering matchup between the two will continue to simmer ...

Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez will step into the ring for the first time in 2025 when he faces fellow super-flyweight champion ...

Japanese star Junto Nakatani has enjoyed a huge year, but 2025 is likely to get even bigger. The pound-for-pound hero scored important victories over Alexandro Santiago (six rounds), Vincent ...

The conveyor belt of boxing talent in Japan has produced another superstar for tomorrow. Meet Junto Nakatani, a 22-year-old baby-faced assassin who mercilessly destroyed Giemel Magramo in a ...

There’s no debating that pound-for-pound star Naoya Inoue is the biggest attraction in Japanese boxing today. However, Teraji and Nakatani, along with four-weight world champion Kazuto Ioka, are ...

Junto Nakatani is a three-weight world champion and a pound-for-pound entrant. However, if the Japanese star wants to become undisputed, then he must cross swords with his own.

Junto Nakatani, 26, ... The deal would see Top Rank teaming up with Teiken Promotions and M.T Boxing Gym to co-promote the three-division pound-for-pound Japanese star.