Ryosuke Nishida literally had his eyes on the prize. The unbeaten IBF bantamweight titlist is locked in for his upcoming unification clash with three-division and reigning WBC 118lbs king Junto ...

Top Rank announced that undefeated WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani will face fellow undefeated IBF bantamweight champion Ryosuke Nishida on June 8 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

On Sunday, June 8, at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Junto Nakatani vs Ryosuke Nishida will headline a Top Rank fight card in association with Teiken Promotions and M.T Boxing Gym.

Junto Nakatani had to go through three weight divisions just to get to his first unification bout, so it was a sigh of relief when Ryosuke Nishida accepted right away.

This card will see the WBC champion Junto Nakatani (30-0, 23 KOs) return to action and face the IBF title holder Ryosuke Nishida (10-0, 2 KOs) in a unification bout.

Junto Nakatani (117.5lbs) vs. Ryosuke Nishida (117.7lbs) 10 rounds, bantamweight Tenshin Nasukawa (117.7 lbs) vs. Victor Santillan (118lbs) 10 rounds, bantamweight ...

After all, if Nishida were to derail any penciled-in plans for Nakatani, yet another Japanese fighter would find themselves injected into the sport’s highest tier of competitors.

His most recent victory came this past weekend on June 8, when he unified the WBC and IBF bantamweight titles by forcing Ryosuke Nishida to retire after six rounds due to severe swelling around ...

Junto Nakatani knocked out Ryosuke Nishida in the sixth round to become the WBC and IBF Bantamweight Champion as we look at his next steps. The win extended Nakatani’s undefeated record to 31-0 ...

Live from the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Junto Nakatani vs Ryosuke Nishida headlines a Top Rank promotions card in association with Teiken promotions. These two undefeated fighters collide in a WBC ...

Japanese boxing sensation Naoya "The Monster" Inoue is undoubtedly the most popular active boxer out of Asia, becoming a ...

Boxing fever was hot with the packed crowd of 10,000 at the Ariake Coliseum for the WBC and IBF bantamweight unification title match between Nakatani and Ryosuke Nishida last month.