Junto Nakatani v Tasana Salapat

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Junto Nakatani will fight Tasana Salapat on Monday, October 14th, 2024, at Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

The fight will take place over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which means the weight limit will be 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 kg).

This contest is for the WBC bantamweight championship of the world.

Also on the undercard will be Anthony Olascuaga's and Jonathan Gonzalez's contest for the WBO World Flyweight championship, and Kosei Tanaka's and Phumelele Cafu's bout for the WBO World Junior Bantamweight belt.

Junto Nakatani steps into the ring with an undefeated record of 28 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Tasana Salapat will make his way to the ring with a record of 76 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 53 of those wins by knockout.

Nakatani remains undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he won against Vincent Astrolabio on July 20, 2024, by knockout in the 1st round in their WBC World Bantamweight championship fight at Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to that, he had won against Alejandro Santiago on February 24, 2024, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBC World Bantamweight championship fight at Kokugikan, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Argi Cortes on September 18, 2023, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku.

Before that, he had defeated Andrew Moloney on May 20, 2023, by knockout in the 12th round in their WBO World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

He had won against Francisco Rodriguez Jr on November 1, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

https://box.live/fights/nakatani-vs-salapat/

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kosei tanaka v phumelele cafu, very good fight
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junto nakatani v petch cp freshmart
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Japan's Kosei Tanaka - the quickest fighter to win world titles in four weight divisions - has retired from boxing because of repeated eye injuries.

The 29-year-old collected WBO belts at strawweight, light-flyweight, flyweight and super-flyweight in just 21 fights.

However, speaking on his Instagram, he explained how impaired vision in his last fight in October contributed to losing his super-flyweight title to underdog Phumelele Cafu.

"Both eyes were in bad condition before the match," he said.

"Just after the start, I lost [vision] in my right eye and in the third round all the light completely disappeared."

He underwent an operation on both eyes after the contest but said that "vision in my right eye is distorted and I can't focus with both eyes".

Tanaka said the eye injuries stem in part from a hernia operation on his neck in 2021 and repeated surgery on his eyes, and that he is unable to spar anymore.

He won his first world title in five bouts to set a Japanese record and he is tied with Ukraine's Vasyl Lomachenko as the quickest fighter to win world titles in three weights (12 bouts). He then surpassed Oscar De La Hoya's four-weight record when he collected the WBO super-flyweight belt in February 2024.

Tanaka was 18 years old when he made his professional debut and has two defeats in 22 fights, having been beaten by South Africa's Cafu last year and by domestic rival Kazuto Ioka in 2020.

He fought his entire career in Japan and will go down as one of the country's greatest ever boxers, with a historic resume to match.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/a...s/c6294pwv612o

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kosei has secured a place among japanese boxing history. he's twenty nine but has been in many wars & not looked good his last few fights. happy retirement