Naoya Inoue beats Junto Nakatani by unanimous decision to retain super-bantamweight belts‎

Naoya Inoue defended his undisputed super-bantamweight crown against Junto Nakatani by unanimous decision on Saturday in one of the biggest bouts in Japanese history. Two judges scored the fight 116-112, while one had it 115-113, all in favor of Inoue after 12 rounds before a sell-out crowd of 55,000 at the Tokyo Dome. The 33-year-old Inoue, hailed as Japan's greatest boxer, also praised Nakatani (32-1, 24 KOs).