Comments Thread For: Junto Nakatani targets bantamweight unification, calls out Naoya Inoue

[Nightfall]

Let them fight in out in the Tokyo Dome

[Idunnoshet]

As someone who hates the American style "marinate and wait 6 years to fight", wierd as it may be coming from me if this fight is to happen it is still too early just yet...not wait 5 years but as in, one more year would make it ideal.

Assuming he keeps his schedule trend, Inoue clears out MJ and Goodman in December and next May after Doheny this September. Hell if it is after those two and Inoue wants another stay busy fight in between, throw Casimero to be a fodder in September. In the mean time given all the rumors I'm reading, assuming Takuma fights Tsutsumi on November and wins while already confirmed Takei fights Higa in September, Nakatani hopefully can manage to fight Nishida on November crossing fingers Teiken can convince them (longshot dream). Spring next year Takuma and Nakatani fights for three belts and winner (Nakatani) fights winner of Takei/Higa or whoever has WBO at that point in the fall.

Then December 2025, Tokyo Dome redux. Naoya Inoue age 32 vs Junto Nakatani few days before 28, both still in prime and the battle of undefeated undisputed bantam and undefeated undisputed superbantam. I think Inoue will still win if end of next year, but the loss won't change Nakatani's value IMO. Regardless after that, Inoue goes up to feather and Nakatani moves up to superbantam.

In reality though given that Nishida is promoted by Kameda which doesn't cooperate with Teiken/Ohashi, he probably won't be in the loop. So the next best dream would be Inoue take care of MJ/Goodman in Dec/May 2025 while Nakatani stays busy and fights Takuma in spring 2025 and then fight Naoya on fall 2025 before he goes up to feather. I don't see Bam and Nakatani being able to fight given they Teiken.

Good post.

The plan is for Inoue and Junto to fight New Years eve 2025.

Not sure yet which route they will take for unification.
From what I heard. Takuma's team is not interested in the fight.
But he's getting pressured to take it so the storyline can be set up.

Junto beats Takuma.
Unifies.
Then the story is set.

Inoue seeks redemption of his brother by fighting Junto for the 122 lbs. titles.

[JOITATS]

Junto just arrived at 118. He’s not fighting Inoue anytime soon.
Takuma, Nishida is next. Takei cant compete at Junto’s level. I think Junto wipes out 118 easily. After a year, he got a couple options.
Inoue will prob be at 126 by then.
But Bam is a lot more realistic at 118.

[Airtioteclint]

I've been getting a lot of Junto recommendations on youtube lately and I don't think he's ready. I don't see the power everybody else is seeing and he looks awkward a lot of times. Monster will take advantage of all those moments. It wouldn't even go to six.

I think MJ has a better chance.

[Tibburon245]

Someday some fighter will get The Monster. Likewise Crawford, or any fighter. There is no Superman. Mayweather sc****d by with no losses but he only had 50 fights total, while guys like Sugar Ray Robinson had 199, Duran 119, Chavez 115. Sorry, only a robot is unbeatable.

[S4f786]

Junto is good, but I don't see inoue fighting him, inoue is going to do a few defences, probs 2/3 fights and then move up a division