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Unbeaten WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani (30-0, 23 KOs) made simple work of beforehand undefeated #6-ranked contender David Cuellar (28-1, 18 KOs), knocking him out within the third spherical on Monday evening in a straightforward title protection on the Ariake Enviornment, Koto-Ku in Tokyo, Japan.
The stork-like 5’8″ Nakatani, 27, used his pawing jab to arrange Cuellar with an enormous left hand that put him down within the third spherical. Cuellar was too harm to return to his ft, and referee Michael Griffin halted the competition. The official time of the stoppage was at 3:04 of the third.
Cuellar No Match
There actually wasn’t a lot to the combat, as Cuellar had little or no energy and was dashing ahead, throwing weak combos. Nakatani was selecting him off with straight lefts as he would cost ahead. It was like taking pictures geese. It was No competitors in any respect. The 118-lb division is fairly weak at this level, so that is what quantities to be the perfect opposition for Nakatani to combat by way of contenders.
With the victory, Nakatani will focus subsequent on combating IBF belt-holder Ryosuke Nishida (10-0, 2 KOs) in a unification. That is one other instance of how barren of high quality the bantamweight division is correct now. Nishida, 28, solely has 10 fights beneath his belt, but he’s the IBF world champion at 118.
Nakatani goals to change into undisputed on this division earlier than transferring as much as 122 to problem undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue for his 4 belts. Nonetheless, it’s unclear whether or not it’s price it for Nakatani to remain at 118 to gather all of the straps as a result of it might take a pair extra years until his promoters throw some huge cash on the three champions.
Getting old The Monster
One constructive that would come out of Nakatani’s time-consuming aim of making an attempt to change into undisputed on this barren of expertise weight class is that it’ll age Inoue extra. He’s 31 now, however by the point Nakatani finishes capturing all of the belts, he’ll be 33 or 34, older, slower, and extra weak. It’s intelligent on Junto’s half to age ‘The Monster’ but in addition pathetic in a approach and never brave.
