By Joe Koizumi
Photographs by Naoki Fukuda
Although lengthy rumored, Ohashi Promotions has lastly introduced a extremely anticipated tremendous combat between undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) and three-division titlist Junto Nakatani (32-0, 24 KOs) at Tokyo Dome on Could 2. Additionally publicly introduced was a WBA bantamweight title bout that includes Naoya’s brother Takuma Inoue (21-2, 5 KOs) towards four-division champion Kazuto Ioka (32-4-1, 17 KOs) on the identical invoice. This can be a mouth-watering card for aficionados.
“Monster” Inoue mentioned, “I’ll be in my easiest form so as to defeat Nakatani. Could 2 will turn into a really important milestone in Japanese boxing historical past.” Nakatani replied, “By beating Inoue, I want to show that I’m the perfect. I’m certain I’ll be victorious.”
On the undercard of this massive present on the Dome (which has a capability of 55,000) are the next bouts:
Former WBO bantamweight ruler Yoshiki Takei (11-1, 9 KOs) will face WBA Asia tremendous bantamweight champion and WBA #15 contender Dekang Wang (13-1, 7 KOs) of China over eight rounds.
OPBF welterweight champion and former newbie star Sora Tanaka (5-0, 5 KOs) will defend his regional belt towards Jin Sasaki (20-2-1, 18 KOs), a former world title challenger towards Brian Norman Jr., over ten rounds.
OPBF and WBO Asia Pacific tremendous middleweight champion Deok-No Yun (10-2-1, 8 KOs) of Korea will put his belts on the road towards former Olympian, six-footer Yuito Moriwaki (1-0-1) over ten rounds. This can be a grudge combat since their first encounter resulted in a technical draw, with Yun struggling a nasty gash from an unintended headbutt.
IBF world featherweight contenders Reiya Abe (28-4-2, 10 KOs) and former nationwide champion Toshiki Shimomachi (22-1-3, 12 KOs) will collide over ten rounds in a survival bout.
The curtain-raiser can be a WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title bout, with defending titlist Kosuke Tomioka (11-4, 8 KOs) dealing with former newbie star Shogo Tanaka (5-0, 3 KOs) over ten rounds.
The very best ringside seat on the Dome will value 330,000 Japanese yen (2,130 USD). The pay-per-view cost on Lemino can be 6,050 yen (39 USD). All bouts are anticipated to be extremely aggressive matchups for combat followers.
The promoters are Ohashi Promotions (presided over by former WBC and WBA minimumweight champion Hideyuki Ohashi) in affiliation with Teiken Promotions (headed by Corridor of Famer Akihiko Honda).
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