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Junto Nakatani vs. Ryosuke Nishida live results, round-by-round updates, ring walks, start time for unification fight
Junto Nakatani collides with Ryosuke Nishida on Sunday morning at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan for the WBC and IBF bantamweight titles. ()
Uncrowned has Junto Nakatani vs. Ryosuke Nishida live results, round-by-round updates, highlights, ring walks and start time for the Nakatani vs. Nishida fight card on Sunday morning at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan. WBC champion Nakatani meets IBF belt holder Nishida in a bantamweight title unification bout.
Nakatani (30-0, 23 KOs), Uncrowned's No. 8 male boxer pound-for-pound, is a three-division world champion. He won the WBC bantamweight title with a sixth-round TKO win over Alexandro Santiago in February 2024 and has made three successful title defenses since. Nakatani is heavily linked to a potential all-Japanese superfight with undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue in 2026.
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Nishida (10-0, 2 KOs) captured the IBF bantamweight title with a decision win over Emmanuel Rodriguez in May 2024. He knocked out Anuchai Donsua in seven rounds in his lone title defense in December.
Also on the card, Tenshin Nasukawa (6-0, 2 KOs) — a former kickboxing sensation — takes on Victor Santillan (14-1, 5 KOs) in a 10-round bantamweight bout, as Nasukawa edges closer toward a shot at a world championship.
Nakatani vs. Nishida begins at 4:30 a.m. ET on ESPN+, with main event ring walks expected at 7 a.m. ET.
Follow all of the action with Uncrowned's live results and play-by-play of the main card below.
Main card (4:30 a.m. ET, ESPN+)
WBC, IBF unified bantamweight title: Junto Nakatani vs. Ryosuke Nishida
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Bantamweight: Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Victor Santillan
Bantamweight: Van Thao Tran vs. Tomoya Tsuboi
Bantamweight: Riku Masuda vs. Michell Banquez
Super flyweight: Riku Miyashita vs. Toya Oshima
Atomweight: Rukia Okubo vs. Takumi Yoneya
