Junto Nakatani has held world championships in three weight classes, including the World Boxing Organization flyweight title from 2020 to 2022, the World Boxing Organization junior-bantamweight title in 2023, and the World Boxing Council bantamweight title since February 2024.
30 Facts About Junto Nakatani
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Junto Nakatani is ranked as the world's best active bantamweight by The Ring, ESPN, BoxRec, and by TBRB.
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Junto Nakatani made his professional debut on 26 April 2015, scoring a first-round technical knockout victory over Junichi Itoga at the Industrial Hall in Gifu, Japan.
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Junto Nakatani was scheduled to fight Atiwit Munyapho on February 19,2017, in the opening round of the Japanese flyweight Youth Tournament.
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Junto Nakatani won the fight by a second-round technical knockout.
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Junto Nakatani beat Joel Taduran by a fourth-round technical knockout and Yuma Kudo by majority decision over the next two rounds, before facing Seigo Yuri Akui in the tournament finals.
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Junto Nakatani won his next four fights, before being scheduled to fight Naoki Mochizuki for the vacant Japanese flyweight title.
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Giemel Magramo 8.
Junto Nakatani won the fight by a ninth-round technical knockout.
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Junto Nakatani fought Philip Luis Cuerdo on June 1,2019, and won the fight by a first-round knockout.
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On July 23,2019, Junto Nakatani vacated the Japanese flyweight title.
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Junto Nakatani was scheduled to fight the former IBF and IBO light flyweight champion Milan Melindo on October 5,2019.
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Junto Nakatani was scheduled to fight Giemel Magramo for the vacant WBO flyweight title on 6 November 2020 at the Korakuen Hall.
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Junto Nakatani entered the bout as the favorite to win the title.
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Junto Nakatani dominated the bout, punishing his opponent from range, and landing with more power when Magramo closed in.
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Junto Nakatani was scheduled to make his first title defense against the former WBO light flyweight champion Angel Acosta on May 29,2021, in his native Japan.
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Junto Nakatani broke Acosta's nose in the opening round of the bout, and both the referee and the ringside physician warned Acosta that the fight would be stopped if his nose suffered more damage.
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Junto Nakatani was booked to make his second WBO flyweight title defense against the reigning WBO Asia Pacific flyweight titleholder Ryota Yamauchi on April 9,2022.
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Junto Nakatani won the fight by an eight-round technical knockout, forcing referee Katsuhiko Nakamura to stop the bout with a flurry of punches at the 2:20 minute mark.
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Junto Nakatani is going to face the former WBO super flyweight title challenger Francisco Rodriguez Jr.
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Junto Nakatani scored another knockdown in the eleventh round, before scoring a one-punch knockout in the twelfth round to win the vacant WBO title.
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Junto Nakatani was scheduled to make his first WBO super flyweight title defense against Argi Cortes on September 18,2023, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
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Junto Nakatani dropped Cortes 3 times and won the fight by unanimous decision.
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Junto Nakatani was scheduled to fight Alexandro Santiago for the WBC bantamweight title on 24 February 2024.
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Junto Nakatani won the fight and the championship by TKO in the 6th round.
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Junto Nakatani was scheduled to make the first defense of his WBC bantamweight title against mandatory challenger Vincent Astrolabio at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan on July 20,2024.
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Giemel Magramo 26.
Junto Nakatani won the fight and retained his title, by scoring bodyshot TKO in the first round.
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Junto Nakatani made the second defense of his WBC bantamweight title against Petch Sor Chitpattana on October 14,2024 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Junto Nakatani won the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout.
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Junto Nakatani was scheduled to make the third defense of his WBC bantamweight title against David Cuellar Contreras at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on February 24,2025.
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Junto Nakatani knocked down Cuellar two times and won the fight by knockout in the third round.