Overview
- Inoue, the undisputed super bantamweight champion, enters 32-0 with 27 KOs and says this will be his seventh title defense.
- Nakatani is also 32-0 with 24 KOs after a unanimous-decision win over Sebastian Hernandez in his super bantamweight debut in Riyadh.
- Nakatani says his body is adapting to the new division and that he will refine tactics and the game plan with his team.
- Inoue last fought in December in Riyadh, defeating Alan Picasso in his fourth bout of 2025, and acknowledges he was tired afterward but expects to be ready.
- The undercard features WBC bantamweight titleholder Takuma Inoue facing former multi-division champion Kazuto Ioka in an all-Japanese matchup.