The full Naoya Inoue vs Nakatani results throughout the full card in Tokyo in boxing today in what was a terrific show.
Boxing results today in Tokyo have been busy. Now that the dust is settled on the card here’s the full roundup today.
Main Card Results — Tokyo Dome
- Naoya Inoue def. Junto Nakatani by UD 12 — retained WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Ring super bantamweight titles
- Scorecards for Inoue vs Nakatani: 116-112, 116-112, 115-113
- Judge breakdown: Steve Morley 116-112 Inoue, Robert Pelayo 116-112 Inoue, Tony Caiz Sr. 115-113 Inoue
- Round breakdown: Morley/Pelayo had Inoue up 6-2 after 8, gave Nakatani 9 & 10; Caiz gave Nakatani 6, 8, 9, 10, 12
- Records after: Inoue 33-0 (27 KOs), Nakatani 32-1 (24 KOs)
- Takuma Inoue def. Kazuto Ioka by UD 12 — retained WBC bantamweight title
- Scorecards for Takuma Inoue vs Ioka: 120-106, 119-107, 118-108
- Knockdowns: Takuma dropped Ioka in round 2 and round 3
- Records after: Takuma Inoue 22-2 (5 KOs), Kazuto Ioka 32-5-1 (17 KOs)
- Yoshiki Takei def. DeKang Wang by MD 8 — Super Bantamweight
- Scorecards for Takei vs Wang: 77-75, 77-75, 76-76
- Records after: Takei 12-1 (9 KOs), Wang 9-2 (3 KOs)
- Jin Sasaki def. Sora Tanaka by SD 10 — Welterweight
- Scorecards for Sasaki vs Tanaka: 97-93, 96-94, 94-96
- Records after: Sasaki 21-2-1 (18 KOs), Tanaka 5-1 (5 KOs)
- Toshiki Shimomachi def. Reiya Abe by MD 10 — Featherweight
- Scorecards: Not published, listed as majority decision
- Records after: Shimomachi moved up, Abe took loss
- Kosuke Tomioka drew with Shogo Tanaka by SD 10 — Flyweight
- Scorecards: Split draw, individual cards not published
- Records after: Tomioka and Tanaka remain with draw on record
- Yuito Moriwaki def. Deok No Yun by SD 10 — Super Middleweight
- Scorecards: Split decision, individual cards not published
- Records after: Moriwaki win, Yun loss
Additional Fight Facts
- Attendance: 55,000 sellout at Tokyo Dome
- Head clash: Round 10 of main event caused cut outside Nakatani’s left eye
- CompuBox: Inoue landed 20 body shots in rounds 1-3, led power punches 26-18 at halfway
- CompuBox: Nakatani out-landed Inoue 48-34 in rounds 8-10; Inoue out-landed him 32-17 in power punches rounds 11-12
- Takuma vs Ioka open scoring: 40-34 after 4 rounds, 80-70 and 79-71 after 8 rounds
All 7 bouts went the distance.
No KOs/TKOs on the card — strangely.
That usually never happens but the bouts you must remember were mostly in the small weight classes as well.
Not like heavyweight where knockouts are a bit more regular.
Overall it was solid action and the main event looked to have went alright in the eyes of most fans.
That’s what counts.
Inoue won today and goes to pound for pound number one in boxing for us.
Boxing won again as a sport as well today.
55,000 sell out at the Tokyo Dome.
Another win for boxing.
Again.
