Nakatani vs Kosaka

Who won Nakatani vs Kosaka?

Junto Nakatani beat Shun Kosaka by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday 6th October 2018 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 80-71, 79-72, 80-71 in favor of winner Junto Nakatani.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 KG).

Nakatani vs Kosaka stats

Junto Nakatani stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Shun Kosaka made his way to the ring with a record of 15 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 4 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Nakatani had a massive power advantage over Kosaka, boosting at 75% knock out percentage over Kosaka's 27%.

Junto Nakatani was the younger man by 3 years, at 25 years old.

Nakatani had a height advantage of 3 inches over Kosaka.

Junto Nakatani fought out of the southpaw stance, while Shun Kosaka was an orthodox fighter.

Nakatani was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 3 less fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 year and 4 months later than Kosaka, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 118 to Kosaka's 114.

Nakatani vs Kosaka form

Nakatani remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Francisco Rodriguez Jr on 1st November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beat Ryota Yamauchi on 9th April 2022 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had won against Angel Acosta on 10th September 2021 by technical knockout in the 4th round in their WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Tucson, Arizona, United States.

Before that, he had beat Giemel Magramo on 6th November 2020 by knockout in the 8th round in their WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

He had defeated Philip Luis Cuerdo on 1st June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

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Nakatani's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.2 rounds on average.

What time did Nakatani vs Kosaka start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 PM UTC at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan, which was 8:00 AM EST or 5:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Nakatani vs Kosaka?

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