Boxing Results: China’s China claims a bantamweight unification victory over Nishida Ren

WBC Bantamweight Champion Nakatani (31-0, 24 Kos) recorded his sixth technical knockout victory on Sunday night, and his sixth technical knockout victory at Japan’s Ariake Korosho, with a simple task for the bright IBF Champion (10-1, 2 Kos) at West 118 pounds. Along with the IBF belt, Nakatani captured the Bantamweight strap from Ring Magazine.

Nishida’s eyes and shoulders

The official stop time was 3:00 in Round 6. Nakatani was ahead of all three of the judge’s scorecards by score 59-55, 58-56, and 58-56.

Initially, Nishida fought well in the first round, landing his left hand and holding back the bigger, stronger and more talented Nakatani. But from the second round it was all Nakatani, smacking Nishijima with a hard left hand on the right side of his face.

By the fifth round, the 28-year-old’s rim appeared to be beaten, closed his right eye and was completely exhausted. His horn would have been solid to him if they were waving the white flag of surrender, as he had no chance to win. Junto used him as a punching bag.

At the end of the sixth, Nishida’s Kaku stopped the fight as his right eye was completely closed. He had left hand from Southpaw Nakatani all night, but he was given up in all divisions and he couldn’t do much to make it a competitive fight.

Southpaw Nishida also suffered a right shoulder injury during the fight, and he was forced to fight on his left alone. Even if he worked with both hands, he still couldn’t do much against Nakatani as he was hammered with a big power shot coming non-stop from Junto.

The dream of unification has come true

“Since the flyweight class, I really wanted to unify my title. Finally, at the bantamweight class, I was able to unify the title. I’m happy now,” Nakatani said after the fight.

Boxing fans want to see Nakatani move to super bantamweight now and challenge Naoya Inoue for his title. However, Junto may choose to stay at 118 to chase the WBA and WBO belts needed to become an indisputable champion. These titles are held by weak belt holders that Nakatani would not have any problems hitting the be.

The downside is that these two champions are invisible to fans, complete unknowns, and less thought out by fans who know who they are, so he doesn’t get much credit. If Nakatani had a straight head, he forgot to quest for validation and now moved to super bantamweight to fight Inoue before leaving the 122-pound division and going up to featherweight.

Fear of “monsters”

If Nakatani believes in himself, he discards the superficial goal of being uncontroversial at the bantamweight level and faces Inoe up to 122. Given that Junto stayed at 118 and chose not to gain weight Naoya, it is a clear indication that self-confidence is not there. He doesn’t want to be exposed to “monsters.”

If he could implant his head from a part of the sport’s brave fighter and sew it into Nakatani’s body in an experiment like Frankenstein, he could achieve something great potential. I don’t see it happening. My body is happy, but my mind is weak.

Nishida’s IBF title has been questioned

What I want to know is that Nishida first won the IBF title on Earth. The 118 pound division is one of the weakest divisions in the sport. Nishida won the IBF belt in 2024, beating veteran Emmanuel Rodriguez with a narrow 12-round decision.