Junto Nakatani is a 27-year-old Japanese professional boxer. He is the reigning WBC bantamweight world champion. 9 years, 8 months, and 17 days into his career, Nakatani remains undefeated with a record of 29-0, which includes 22 wins via KO, 7 of which were in world-title fights.
Junto Nakatani was born in Inabe, Mie Prefecture, Japan on January 2, 1998. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on April 26, 2015 against Junichi Itoga. Nakatani defeated Itoga via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Nakatani became a world champion at the age of 22 after 20 professional fights. He challenged Giemel Magramo for the vacant WBO flyweight title and stopped Magramo in the 8th of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully conquer the super-flyweight (WBO) and bantamweight (WBC) divisions as well to become a three-division world champion.
Nakatani's latest fight was a 6th-round KO victory over Tasana Salapat at age 26, on October 14, 2024, in which he successfully defended his WBC bantamweight championship.
Junto Nakatani Next Fight: He is next scheduled to fight David Cuellar (28-0, 18 KOs) on February 24, 2025. He will be defending his WBC bantamweight title. On the day of the fight, he will be 27 years old, and Cuellar 23.
Some of Junto Nakatani's best fights so far have been against Tasana Salapat, Alexandro Santiago, Ryota Yamauchi, Ángel Acosta, Seigo Yuri Akui, Andrew Moloney, and Masamichi Yabuki. For a complete list of Nakatani's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Junto Nakatani".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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30 | Feb 24, 2025 | 27 | David Cuellar 23 28-0 | NA | NA
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29 | Oct 14, 2024 | 26 | Tasana Salapat 30 76-1 | win | KO 6 |
28 | Jul 20, 2024 | 26 | Vincent Astrolabio 27 19-4 | win | KO 1 |
27 | Feb 24, 2024 | 26 | Alexandro Santiago 28 28-3-5 | win | TKO 6 |
26 | Sep 18, 2023 | 25 | Argi Cortes 28 25-3-2 | win | UD 12 |
25 | May 20, 2023 | 25 | Andrew Moloney 32 24-2 | win | KO 12 |
24 | Nov 01, 2022 | 24 | Francisco Rodríguez Jr. 29 36-5-1 | win | UD 10 |
23 | Apr 09, 2022 | 24 | Ryota Yamauchi 27 8-1 | win | TKO 8 |
22 | Sep 10, 2021 | 23 | Ángel Acosta 30 22-2 | win | TKO 4 |
21 | Nov 06, 2020 | 22 | Giemel Magramo | win | TKO 8 |
20 | Oct 05, 2019 | 21 | Milan Melindo 31 37-4 | win | TKO 6 |
19 | Jun 01, 2019 | 21 | Philip Luis Cuerdo | win | KO 1 |
18 | Feb 02, 2019 | 21 | Naoki Mochizuki | win | TKO 9 |
17 | Oct 06, 2018 | 20 | Shun Kosaka | win | UD 8 |
16 | Jul 07, 2018 | 20 | Dexter Alimento | win | KO 3 |
15 | Apr 15, 2018 | 20 | Mario Andrade | win | TD 8 |
14 | Jan 20, 2018 | 20 | Jeronil Borres | win | KO 1 |
13 | Aug 23, 2017 | 19 | Seigo Yuri Akui 21 11-0-1 | win | TKO 6 |
12 | May 16, 2017 | 19 | Yuma Kudo | win | MD 6 |
11 | Apr 16, 2017 | 19 | Joel Taduran | win | TKO 4 |
10 | Feb 19, 2017 | 19 | Atiwit Munyapho | win | TKO 2 |
9 | Dec 23, 2016 | 18 | Masamichi Yabuki 24 3-0 | win | UD 4 |
8 | Nov 13, 2016 | 18 | Daisuke Yamada | win | TKO 1 |
7 | Oct 04, 2016 | 18 | Satoshi Tanaka | win | RTD 2 |
6 | Jul 27, 2016 | 18 | Shu Muramatsu | win | TKO 2 |
5 | Apr 28, 2016 | 18 | Anirut Chomyong | win | TKO 1 |
4 | Jan 28, 2016 | 18 | Tetsuya Tomioka | win | TKO 3 |
3 | Nov 22, 2015 | 17 | Magnum Nishida | win | UD 4 |
2 | Jul 17, 2015 | 17 | Akira Kokubo | win | TKO 4 |
1 | Apr 26, 2015 | 17 | Junichi Itoga | win | TKO 1 |
Junto Nakatani has won 3 world championships in 3 world-title fights across 3 weight classes: flyweight, super-flyweight, and bantamweight.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Won | Method | Round |
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1 |
Feb 24, 2024 | Alexandro Santiago | Bantamweight | WBC | TKO | 6 |
2 |
May 20, 2023 | Andrew Moloney | Super-flyweight | WBO | KO | 12 |
3 |
Nov 06, 2020 | Giemel Magramo | Flyweight | WBO | TKO | 8 |
Nakatani has successfully defended his world titles 5 times across 3 weight classes: flyweight, super-flyweight, and bantamweight.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Defended | Method | Round |
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1 |
Oct 14, 2024 | Tasana Salapat | Bantamweight | WBC | KO | 6 |
2 |
Jul 20, 2024 | Vincent Astrolabio | Bantamweight | WBC | KO | 1 |
3 |
Sep 18, 2023 | Argi Cortes | Super-flyweight | WBO | UD | 12 |
4 |
Apr 09, 2022 | Ryota Yamauchi | Flyweight | WBO | TKO | 8 |
5 |
Sep 10, 2021 | Ángel Acosta | Flyweight | WBO | TKO | 4 |