Nakatani vs Yamauchi

Who won Nakatani vs Yamauchi?

Junto Nakatani beat Ryota Yamauchi by technical knockout in the 8th round on Saturday, April 9th, 2022, at Super Arena, Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 kg).

This contest was for the WBO flyweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin beating Ryota Murata for the WBA Super World Middleweight and IBF World Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Shuichiro Yoshino beat Masayuki Ito.

Nakatani vs Yamauchi stats

Back in April 2022, Junto Nakatani stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 22 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Ryota Yamauchi made his way to the ring with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Yamauchi had an advantage in power over Nakatani, with a 88% knockout percentage compared to Nakatani's 77%.

Junto Nakatani was the younger man by 3 years, at 24 years old.

Nakatani had a height advantage of 2 inches over Yamauchi.

Junto Nakatani fought out of the southpaw stance, while Ryota Yamauchi was an orthodox fighter.

Nakatani was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 years and 2 months earlier than Yamauchi, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 89 more professional rounds, totaling 143 compared to Yamauchi's 54.

Ryota Yamauchi was ranked number 2 by the WBA, 2 by the WBO, and 8 by the IBF in the 112lb division.

Nakatani vs Yamauchi form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Angel Acosta on September 10, 2021, by technical knockout in the 4th round in their WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Tucson, Arizona, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had beaten Philip Luis Cuerdo on June 1, 2019, by knockout in the 1st round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Before that, he had won against Naoki Mochizuki on February 2, 2019, by technical knockout in the 9th round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

He had beaten Shun Kosaka on October 6, 2018, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Activity check

Nakatani's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 3 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 8 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

What time did Nakatani vs Yamauchi start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at Super Arena, Saitama, Japan, which was 6:00 AM EST or 3:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Nakatani vs Yamauchi?

Nakatani vs Yamauchi was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Nakatani vs Yamauchi?

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