{"id":631054,"date":"2026-04-26T01:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631054\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T01:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:20:08","slug":"what-japanese-media-are-saying-about-junto-nakatanis-chances-in-naoya-inoue-fight-of-the-century-what-japanese-media-is-saying-about-junto-nakatanis-chances-vs-naoya-inoue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631054\/","title":{"rendered":"What Japanese Media Are Saying About Junto Nakatani&#8217;s Chances in Naoya Inoue &#8216;Fight of The Century&#8217; What Japanese Media is Saying About Junto Nakatani&#8217;s Chances vs Naoya Inoue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though Gilberto \u2018Zurdo\u2019 Ramirez and David Benavidez\u2019s upcoming Cinco de Mayo cruiserweight unification headliner is starting to dominate boxing\u2019s headlines in Western media, there is another super-fight taking place on the same date, May 2, from the Tokyo Dome in Japan \u2014 the all-Japanese banger between Junto Nakatani and Naoya Inoue.<\/p>\n<p>And, if you look at Japanese media in recent weeks, there are reports from that region that give Nakatani a chance for one reason \u2014 his fight-finishing power, combined with Inoue\u2019s up-and-down victories; that is, climbing off the canvas to scoop wins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkansports.com\/battle\/news\/202604230000417.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkan Sports<\/a>, for example, report on inside information from Nakatani\u2019s camp, through Hideyuki Ohashi, the President of the Ohashi Gym and head of the Inoue camp, who said: \u201cJudging by the muscle definition in [Nakatani\u2019s] legs, it\u2019s clear he has been undergoing an extremely rigorous training regimen to build his conditioning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ohashi\u2019s observations were seemingly from a public Nakatani workout in which he drilled three rounds of shadow boxing, mitt work, and heavy bag work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looks to be in excellent form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hideyuki Ohashi, head of Naoya Inoue\u2019s camp, on Junto Nakatani<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has a large physique and stands quite tall,\u201d Ohashi said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis punches\u2014whether the right hand, the left straight, or the left uppercut\u2014are all formidable.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ohashi said that, regardless, he is still getting a grasp of Nakatani\u2019s tactical approach to the fight, saying with what Nikkan Sports said was a grin, he was 95% there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a completely different fighter now compared to [before]; his presence and aura are on a whole other level.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On his own fighter, he added: \u201cInoue is also in top form, so both fighters will be stepping into the Tokyo Dome ring in peak physical condition. I\u2019m truly looking forward to the match,\u201d before lauding it the \u201cfight of the century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxing-social.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ ALL OF BOXING SOCIAL\u2019S NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Though Gilberto \u2018Zurdo\u2019 Ramirez and David Benavidez\u2019s upcoming Cinco de Mayo cruiserweight unification headliner is starting to dominate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-631054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}