Naoya Inoue v Junto Nakatani: undisputed super-bantamweight championship – live updates

Tokyo Dome hosts biggest fight in Japanese history Naoya Inoue is the greatest show in sports today Inoue and Nakatani slated for 1pm BST/8am EDT Reach out to Bryan on Bluesky or by email Takuma Inoue, Naoya’s younger brother, has just defended his WBC bantamweight title with a 12-round unanimous-decision win over Kazuto Ioka on the undercard. Ioka recovered nicely from a pair of early knockdowns in the second and third rounds, but the outcome was never in doubt – particularly with the open scoring in use. The official scores were 118-108, 119-107 and 120-106. The 37-year-old Ioka fell short in his bid to win a world title in a fifth different weight class, joining Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford, the recently retired American star who is taking in tonight’s fights from ringside. Continue reading...

Takuma Inoue, Naoya’s younger brother, has just defended his WBC bantamweight title with a 12-round unanimous-decision win over Kazuto Ioka on the undercard. Ioka recovered nicely from a pair of early knockdowns in the second and third rounds, but the outcome was never in doubt – particularly with the open scoring in use. The official scores were 118-108, 119-107 and 120-106. The 37-year-old Ioka fell short in his bid to win a world title in a fifth different weight class, joining Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford, the recently retired American star who is taking in tonight’s fights from ringside. Tokyo Dome hosts biggest fight in Japanese history Naoya Inoue is the greatest show in sports today Inoue and Nakatani slated for 1pm BST/8am EDT Reach out to Bryan on Bluesky or by email Takuma Inoue, Naoya’s younger brother, has just defended his WBC bantamweight title with a 12-round unanimous-decision win over Kazuto Ioka on the undercard.

Ioka recovered nicely from a pair of early knockdowns in the second and third rounds, but the outcome was never in doubt – particularly with the open scoring in use. The official scores were 118-108, 119-107 and 120-106. The 37-year-old Ioka fell short in his bid to win a world title in a fifth different weight class, joining Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford, the recently retired American star who is taking in tonight’s fights from ringside. Continue reading... Naoya Inoue v Junto Nakatani: undisputed super-bantamweight championship – live updates