On October 14, 2024, a 30-year-old Tasana Salapat (76-1, 53 KOs) got a shot at the bantamweight WBC title held by 26-year-old Japanese boxer Junto Nakatani (28-0, 21 KOs).
Salapat came in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 14 days. Nakatani was on a 28-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 24 days.
Junto Nakatani stopped Tasana Salapat via KO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC bantamweight title. Nakatani improves his record to 29-0 (22 KOs), while Salapat adds a loss to his record at 76-2.
On December 30, 2018, a 25-year-old Tasana Salapat (48-0, 33 KOs) and a 23-year-old Japanese boxer Takuma Inoue (12-0, 3 KOs) met in the ring in a bantamweight bout.
Salapat came in to the fight on a 48-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 9 days. Inoue was on a 12-fight win streak with a 25% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 19 days.
Takuma Inoue defeated Petch Sor Chitpattana via unanimous decision in the 12-round bantamweight fight. Inoue improves his record to 13-0, while Salapat adds a loss to his record at 48-1.