On April 9, 2022, Junto Nakatani (22-0, 17 KOs), the flyweight WBO champion, defends his title against fellow Japanese challenger, Ryota Yamauchi (8-1, 7 KOs).
Junto Nakatani is coming in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round TKO victory over Ángel Acosta, 6 months and 30 days ago. Ryota Yamauchi is on a 4-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, with his last fight being a 7th round TKO win over Yuta Nakayama, 9 months and 16 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Junto Nakatani at 99-1 winning odds. Ryota Yamauchi really doesn't have much to present against Nakatani.
Junto Nakatani stopped Ryota Yamauchi via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO flyweight title. Nakatani improves his record to 23-0 (18 KOs), while Yamauchi adds a loss to his record at 8-2.