{"id":645885,"date":"2026-05-03T21:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/645885\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:55:10","slug":"inoue-defeats-nakatani-in-an-epic-classic-for-the-connoisseurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/645885\/","title":{"rendered":"Inoue defeats Nakatani in an epic classic for the connoisseurs\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inoue defeats Nakatani in an epic classic for the connoisseurs\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Majestic.Naoya Inoue defeated Junto Nakatani at the Tokyo Dome in one of the most keenly and eagerly anticipated and awaited fights of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0A booming, zooming clash between brilliant undefeated champions atop the summit of Japanese boxing. With this victory, Maestro Inoue retains his undisputed super bantamweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>From the outset Inoue imposed his rhythm with speed, agility, precision, offense, governed by meticulous defense tempered with power, landing the more precise\u00a0 combinations against a Nakatani who looked to respond with straight punching intelligence. The difference became more evident as the fight progressed, thanks to Inoue\u2019s Strict control of distance and diverse boxing repertoire. He was watchful and sublime.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the bout, Inoue maintained command during the key moments, securing the scorecards with a solid and consistent performance against a high-level opponent.<\/p>\n<p>The victory further reinforces Inoue as. a superstar in world boxing and a blazing sun on the WBC constellation chart, thanks to an historic night for the sport in Japan.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_182213\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"182213\" style=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inoue defeats Nakatani in an epic classic for the connoisseurs\u00a0 Majestic.Naoya Inoue defeated Junto Nakatani at the Tokyo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-645885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}