Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani collide in a boxing super fight in Tokyo today.
The biggest Japanese stars in the sport - both unbeaten at 32-0 - clash in front of a sold-out crowd on home soil as Inoue defends his status as the undisputed super-bantamweight champion of the world.
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It is a remarkable seventh defence of his full set of 122-pound titles for four-weight world champion ‘The Monster’, a pound-for-pound great and one of boxing’s most feared knockout artists who also previously reigned supreme as the undisputed king of the bantamweight division.
But he faces a tough test against a three-weight world champion in Nakatani, who vacated his unified bantamweight belts before stepping up to super-bantamweight for a difficult win over Sebastian Hernandez in Riyadh in December, on the same card as Inoue then brushed aside Alan David Picasso.
Saturday’s undercard at the 55,000-capacity Tokyo Dome sees Naoya’s younger brother Takuma Inoue, himself a two-time bantamweight world champion, make the first defence of his WBC belt against the legendary veteran Kazuto Ioka, a vastly experienced four-weight world champion.
How to watch Inoue vs Nakatani
TV channel and live stream: In the UK, Inoue vs Nakatani is being shown live on DAZN.
The event can be watched with a regular DAZN subscription and is not being broadcast via their pay-per-view service. A monthly flexible pass for DAZN currently costs £25.99.
An annual super saver subscription, meanwhile, is available for an up-front payment of £119.99, or £15.99 per month.
The fight can be watched on the DAZN website and app, which is available on smart TVs, laptops, phones and tablets.
Live blog: Follow the fight as it happens today with Standard Sport’s live blog.
