Inoue vs Nakatani Tokyo Dome Showdown Set

This showdown pits two of Japan's pound-for-pound best against each other, both boasting undefeated records. Naoya Inoue, known as "The Monster," holds a record of 32-0 with 27 knockouts, while Junto Nakatani also stands at a perfect 32-0, with 24 knockouts. This clash is being hailed as one of the biggest all-Japanese fights in the nation's history. The fight marks a significant return of big-time boxing to the 57,000-seat Tokyo Dome. The venue famously hosted Mike Tyson's shocking loss to James "Buster" Douglas in 1990. More recently, Inoue himself defended his undisputed super bantamweight title there in May 2024 against Luis Nery, scoring a sixth-round knockout after suffering the first knockdown of his professional career. Inoue, 32, is a four-division world champion and one of only three male boxers to become the undisputed champion in two different weight classes in the four-belt era. He currently holds all four major belts at super bantamweight and is widely considered one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world. The challenger, Junto Nakatani, is a formidable three-division world champion, having held titles at flyweight, super flyweight, and bantamweight. The 28-year-old is moving up to the 122-pound division specifically for this super-fight, aiming to become a four-division champion. Both fighters appeared on the same card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December 2025. On that night, Inoue defeated Alan David Picasso by a wide unanimous decision, while Nakatani made his super bantamweight debut with a unanimous decision win over Sebastian Hernandez. The undercard is also stacked with Japanese talent, featuring a significant world title bout. Naoya's younger brother, Takuma Inoue, will defend his WBC bantamweight title against former four-division world champion Kazuto Ioka. A victory for the 37-year-old Ioka would make him the first male Japanese boxer to win world titles in five different weight classes.