On October 14, 2024, Junto Nakatani (28-0, 21 KOs), the bantamweight WBC champion, defends his title against Thai challenger, Tasana Salapat (76-1, 53 KOs).
Junto Nakatani is coming in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round KO victory over Vincent Astrolabio, 2 months and 24 days ago. Tasana Salapat is on a 28-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over GuiMing Li, 2 months and 14 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Junto Nakatani at 99-1 winning odds. Tasana Salapat really doesn't have much to present against Nakatani.
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.