Tanaka vs Sasaki

Who won Tanaka vs Sasaki?

Jin Sasaki beat Sora Tanaka by split decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026, at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 97-93, 96-94, 96-94 in favor of winner Jin Sasaki.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Naoya Inoue beating Junto Nakatani for the The Ring Junior Featherweight, WBC World Super Bantamweight, IBF World Junior Featherweight and WBO World Junior Featherweight championship. Also on the undercard Yoshiki Takei beat DeKang Wang, Takuma Inoue defeated Kazuto Ioka for the WBC World Bantamweight title, Kosuke Tomioka was victorious over Shogo Tanaka, and Reiya Abe lost to Toshiki Shimomachi.

Tanaka vs Sasaki stats

Sora Tanaka stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 5 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Jin Sasaki made his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw.

Sora Tanaka was the same age as Jin Sasaki, at 24 years old.

Sasaki had a height advantage of 4 inches over Tanaka. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Sora Tanaka and Jin Sasaki fought out of an orthodox stance.

Tanaka was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2024, 5 years and 10 months later than Sasaki, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 77 fewer professional rounds, totaling 27 compared to Sasaki's 104.

Tanaka vs Sasaki form

Sasaki had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Brian Norman Jr on June 19, 2025, by knockout in the 5th round in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to that, he had won against Shoki Sakai on January 24, 2025, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Qamil Balla on September 3, 2024, by technical knockout in the 7th round at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku.

Before that, he had defeated Joe Noynay on May 16, 2024, by technical knockout in the 5th round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

He had won against Keita Obara on April 8, 2023, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku.

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Sasaki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 32 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.4 rounds on average.

What time did Tanaka vs Sasaki start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:20 AM UTC at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, which was 5:20 AM EST or 2:20 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:20 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Tanaka vs Sasaki?

Tanaka vs Sasaki was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Tanaka vs Sasaki?

Sora Tanaka was a 17/20 (-120) underdog going into the contest, while Jin Sasaki made his way into the ring at 17/20 (-120) with oddsmakers.