Junto “Big Bang” Nakatani becomes unified at bantamweight

Undefeated WBC bantamweight champion Junto “Big Bang” Nakatani (31-0, 24 KOs) demonstrated his power successful nan 118-pound weight people by defeating IBF titlist Ryosuke Nishida (10-1, 2 KOs) connected Sunday, June 8th, 2025 astatine nan Ariake Arena successful Tokyo, Japan.

From nan early rounds, 27-year-old Nakatani landed powerful blows to Nishida’s face, causing his correct oculus to gradually close.

Although Nishida, 28 from Osaka, Japan, managed to onshore immoderate large assemblage blows, by nan 5th information nan harm to his oculus was becoming apparent, and by nan extremity of nan sixth round, it was wholly closed.

The expert entered nan ringing to analyse nan wounded and ruled that it was champion for Nishida not to proceed nan bout.

Nakatini became unified astatine bantamweight and sent a connection to Naoya Inoue, watching connected from ringside.