Nasukawa vs Santillan

Who won Nasukawa vs Santillan?

Tenshin Nasukawa beat Victor Santillan by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Sunday, June 8th, 2025, at Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 99-91, 99-91, 100-90 in favor of winner Tenshin Nasukawa.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Junto Nakatani beating Ryosuke Nishida for the IBF World Bantamweight and WBC World Bantamweight championship. Also on the undercard Van Thao Tran lost to Tomoya Tsuboi.

Nasukawa vs Santillan stats

Tenshin Nasukawa stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Victor Santillan made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 5 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Santillan had a slight advantage in power over Nasukawa, with a 36% knockout percentage compared to Nasukawa's 33%.

Tenshin Nasukawa was the younger man by 3 years, at 26 years old.

Santillan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nasukawa.

Both Tenshin Nasukawa and Victor Santillan fought out of a southpaw stance.

Nasukawa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2023, 5 years later than Santillan, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 52 fewer professional rounds, totaling 50 compared to Santillan's 102.

Tenshin Nasukawa went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBA, 1 by the WBC, 2 by the WBO, and 4 by the IBF at bantamweight.

Victor Santillan was ranked number 6 by the WBA in the 118lb division.

Nasukawa vs Santillan form

Nasukawa remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 2 of his recent opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Jason Moloney on February 24, 2025, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku, Japan.

Prior to that, he had beaten Gerwin Asilo on October 14, 2024, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jonathan Rodriguez on July 20, 2024, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Kokugikan, Tokyo.

Before that, he had beaten Luis Robles Pacheco on January 23, 2024, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka.

He had been beaten by Floyd Mayweather Jr on December 31, 2018, by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama City, United States.

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Nasukawa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 8 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 3 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 27 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.4 rounds on average.

What time did Nasukawa vs Santillan start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at Ariake Arena, Tokyo, 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 Nasukawa vs Santillan?

The fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN+.

What were the odds on Nasukawa vs Santillan?

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