WBC bantamweight champion Nakatani (31-0, 24 KO) completed the hit easily, and the little-known IBF 118 lbs 118 lbs champ Nishida (10-1, 2 KOS), won the sixth round of technical knockout at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday night. Nakatani captured the Ring magazine BantamWeight strap with the IBF belt.
Nishida’s eyes and shoulders
The official time for the shutdown is 3:00 in the sixth round. Zhongtani leads the scorecards of all three judges by scores 59-55, 58-56 and 58-56.
Initially, Nishida had a good fight in the first round, landing with her left hand and blocking the bigger, stronger, more talented Nakatani. However, from the second round, it was all Nakata who hit Nicida in the face with his hard hands.
By the fifth round, 28-year-old Ryosuke looked beaten, his right eye closed, completely exhausted. If they don’t have a chance to win, his corner will bring him solid stability. Junto used him as a punching bag, marking his closed right eye with his left and right eyes at the rear.
At the end of the sixth time, Nishida’s corner stopped fighting as her right eye completely closed. He ate his left hand all night from Southpaw Nakatani, something he couldn’t do made it a competitive battle as he was defeated in every division.
During the battle, Southpaw Nishida also suffered right shoulder damage, forcing him to fight only with his left hand. Even though he was working both hands, he still did too much to Nakatani as he kept hitting big shots against Junto.
The dream of unity has come true
“Since the lightweight level, I really wanted to unify my titles and, finally, at the lightweight level, I was able to unify my titles. I’m very satisfied now,” nakatani said after the war.
Boxing fans want to see Nakatani now enter the super lightweight class to challenge Naoya Inoue’s title. However, Junto may choose to stay at 118 to follow the WBA and WBO belts he needs to be the undisputed champion. These titles are held by weak belt holders, and there is no doubt that nakatani.
The downside is that he won’t get much honor because these two championships are invisible to fans, completely unknown people, and don’t know much about fans who know who they are. If Nakatani heads straight for him, he will forget his proof pursuit and upgrade to super lightweight, fighting Naoya Inoue before leaving the 122-pound division to the lightweight.
Fear of “monsters”
If Nakatani believes in himself, he will remove his superficial goal, i.e., undisputed in the blistering weight, and raise it to 122 times facing Inoue. Given that Junto chose to stay at 118 instead of following Naoya’s weight, this is a clear sign that confidence doesn’t exist. He doesn’t want to be exposed by the “monster”.
If a man could transplant a head from some brave fighters in the sport and sew it onto Nakata’s body through experiments like Frankenstein, he could accomplish great things. I can’t see it happening. The body is willing, but the mind is weak.
Nishida’s IBF title question
What I want to know is that Nishida won the IBF title first because he looked terrible throughout the fight. The 118-pound division is one of the weakest divisions in the sport. Nishida took over the IBF belt in 2024 and defeated veteran Emmanuel Rodriguez through a narrow 12-round decision.
Last updated on June 8, 20125
