Naoya “Monster” Inoue vs Junto “Big Bang” Nakatani full fight details
Naoya “Monster” Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) will defend his undisputed super-bantamweight championship against Junto “Big Bang” Nakatani (32-0, 24 KOs), in what will be the biggest fight in Japanese boxing history, with 64 wins and 51 KOs between them.
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Naoya Inoue became world champion for the first time in 2014 when he knocked out Adrian Hernandez. On that occasion, he won the WBC light flyweight title.His first undisputed championship came in 2022 when he defeated Paul Butler, securing the remaining bantamweight belt and after that victory, he sought a new challenge.
The following year, the Japanese superstar captured the undisputed super bantamweight championship.
This will be his seventh defence of his crowns. Inoue holds an undefeated record of 32 wins, 27 by knockout.
Junto Nakatani became a world champion at bantamweight in 2020, but his first Green and Gold Belt came in 2024.
In July 2024, southpaw Nakatani took the WBC bantamweight title from Alexandro Santiago. The Japanese fighter defended his title four times.
At the end of 2025, Junto vacated the bantamweight world title to pursue Inoue’s undisputed super-bantamweight championship. Nakatani also has an undefeated record of 32 wins, with 24 KOs.
Fight Details
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2026
Venue: The Tokyo Dome, Japan
Time: From 7am GMT
How to Watch
Japan: Lemino
UK & ROW: DAZN
Times
UK: 7am GMT
United States: 3am ET
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras: 1am CT
Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama: 2am
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican, Venezuela: 3am
Argentina, Uruguay, Chile: 4am
Spain: 9am
Japan: 4pm
Undercard
Takuma Inoue vs Kazuto Ioka
12×3 WBC bantamweight title
Kokusei Tomioka vs Shogo Tanaka
10×3 WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title
Toshiki Shimomachi vs Reiya Abe
10×3 Featherweight
Sora Tanaka vs Jin Sasaki
10×3 Oriental & Pacific welterweight title
Deok No Yun vs Yuito Moriwaki
10×3 WBO Asia Pacific super-middleweight title
& Oriental & Pacific super-middleweight title
Yoshiki Takei vs DeKang Wang
8×3 Super-bantamweight
