On February 24, 2025, a 23-year-old David Cuellar (28-0, 18 KOs) got a shot at the bantamweight WBC title held by 27-year-old Japanese boxer Junto Nakatani (29-0, 22 KOs).
Cuellar came in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 24 days. Nakatani was on a 29-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 10 days.
Junto Nakatani made easy work of David Cuellar, stopping the challenger via KO in the 3rd. Nakatani improves his record to 30-0 (23 KOs), while Cuellar adds a loss to his record at 28-1.