On February 24, 2024, Alexandro Santiago (28-3-5, 14 KOs), the bantamweight WBC champion, defends his title against the reigning WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani (26-0, 19 KOs).
Alexandro Santiago is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Nonito Donaire, 6 months and 26 days ago. Junto Nakatani is on a 26-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Argi Cortes, 5 months and 6 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Junto Nakatani at 99-1 winning odds. Alexandro Santiago really doesn't have much to present against Nakatani.
Junto Nakatani stopped the champion via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC bantamweight champion. Nakatani improves his record to 27-0 (20 KOs), while Santiago adds a loss to his record at 28-4-5.