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Junto Nakatani: Who is boxing’s new ‘Monster’? Will he fight Naoya Inoue and other key questions | Boxing News
Junto Nakatani takes on Vincent Astrolabio in an exciting world title defence, live on Sky Sports, on Saturday morning. We ask the key questions ahead of the fight and bantamweight contender Charlie Edwards gives his expert view. Who is Junto Nakatani? Junto Nakatani, from Kanagawa in Japan, is the WBC bantamweight world champion. He is…
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Xander Zayas dazzles in New York as Bruce Carrington wins in front of Naoya Inoue | Boxing News
Junior middleweight phenom Xander Zayas underlined his glistening potential as he dominated Patrick Teixeira in front of his Puerto Rican fans at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Zayas cruised past the former world champion to claim a unanimous decision win after a 10-round main event to kick off Puerto Rican Day Parade weekend. The 21-year-old…
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Naoya Inoue shakes off early scare, knocks out Luis Nery
Japan’s Naoya Inoue (R) knocks out Mexico’s Luis Nery (C) to win their undisputed super bantamweight title boxing match at the Tokyo Dome in Japan on May 6, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) Japan’s undisputed super bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue survived an early scare to stop Mexico’s Luis Nery in the sixth…
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Naoya Inoue, Luis Nery make weight for Tokyo Dome title fight
Japan’s Naoya Inoue (L) and Mexico’s Luis Nery stare each other down during the official weigh-in in Tokyo on May 5, 2024 ahead of their super-bantamweight title boxing match. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) Japan’s undisputed super bantamweight world champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue and Mexican challenger Luis Nery both made weight Sunday for their…
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Naoya Inoue to face Luis Nery for super-bantamweight world titles
Japan’s WBC and WBO super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) Japan’s undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue on Wednesday promised a “white-hot fight” as he announced a title defense against Mexico’s Luis Nery at the Tokyo Dome on May 6. The unbeaten Inoue, nicknamed “Monster”, will be back in action…
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Ancajas the underdog looking for convincing win over Inoue
Former IBF junior-bantam- weight champion Jerwin Ancajas. —DENISON REY A. DALUPANG There will be plenty of reasons for Jerwin Ancajas to win his latest match, but nothing compares to the one he has been holding on to since he began his professional career nearly 15 years ago. “If you are truly a fighter, a boxer,…
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Inoue hunger not yet sated even after unifying second weight division with KO of Tapales
Marlon Tapales (front) is waved off by the referee after getting struck down by Naoya Inoue (back turned). —CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS/WENDELL ALINEA TOKYO—Japan’s Naoya Inoue said he was still as hungry as ever after becoming an undisputed world champion in a second weight class on Tuesday, knocking out Marlon Tapales to claim all four super bantamweight…
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Inoue puts super bantam division under one rule, stops Tapales in 10th
Japan’s WBC and WBO super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (L) fights with Philippines’ WBA and IBF super bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales (R) during their four-belt world super bantamweight title unification match at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) Naoya Inoue is an undisputed champion for the second time…
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Inoue knocks out Tapales, becomes undisputed champion anew
Japan’s WBC and WBO super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Philippines’ WBA and IBF super bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales after their four-belt world super bantamweight title unification match at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) Japan’s Naoya Inoue became an undisputed world champion at a…
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Despite bravado, Tapales faces ‘monster’ odds vs Inoue
Naoya Inoue (left) is a massive favorite against Filipino Marlon Tapales in their title bout on Tuesday in Tokyo. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/WENDELL ALINEA All the prefight statements crafted to create a semblance of dauntlessness have had little effect on the odds Marlon Tapales has to overcome on Tuesday. “You should be worried about the one that…
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