Inoue beats Nakatani by unanimous decision to retain super-bantamweight belts

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Naoya Inoue has retained his undisputed super-bantamweight crown with a unanimous decision victory over Junto Nakatani in one of the biggest bouts in Japanese boxing history.

Two judges scored the fight 116-112, while one had it 115-113, all in favor of Inoue after 12 rounds before a sell-out crowd of 55,000 at the Tokyo Dome.

Inoue (33-0, 27 KOs) kept his WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO belts — and then apologized for not delivering a knockout.

The 33-year-old Inoue, nicknamed “The Monster” and hailed as Japan’s greatest boxer, also praised Nakatani (32-1, 24 KOs).

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Naoya Inoue beats Nakatani