Naoya Inoue v Junto Nakatani: undisputed super-bantamweight championship – live updates

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Takuma Inoue, Naoya’s younger brother, has just defended his WBC bantamweight title with a 12-round unanimous-decision win over Kazuto Ioka on the undercard. Ioka recovered nicely from a pair of early knockdowns in the second and third rounds, but the outcome was never in doubt – particularly with the open scoring in use.

The official scores were 118-108, 119-107 and 120-106.

The 37-year-old Ioka fell short in his bid to win a world title in a fifth different weight class, joining Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford, the https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/17/undefeated-boxing-star-terence-crawford-announces-retirement">recently retired American star who is taking in tonight’s fights from ringside.