WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani is going through the large Puncher Vincent Astrolabio this Saturday, July twentieth, in a battle that’s anticipated to finish with a knockout on the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Nakatani vs. Astrolabio occasion will likely be proven stay on ESPN+. Astrolabio possesses the ability to attain a one-punch knockout of Nakatani if he can land cleanly one in every of his pictures.
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Nakatani (27-0, 20 KOs) is seen as a star on the rise along with his latest knockouts of Alexandro Santiago and Andrew Moloney. Nevertheless, he’s not confronted a Puncher like Astrolabio (19-4, 14 KOs) throughout his nine-year skilled profession, and it’s going to be attention-grabbing to see how Nakatani holds up beneath the firepower.
The closest Nakatani has come to going through somebody as highly effective as Astrolabi was when he fought Francisco Rodríguez Jr. in November 2022, a 10-round battle. Nakatani took a whole lot of heavy pictures however couldn’t budge Rodriguez Jr. along with his energy.
WBC bantamweight world champion, three-division king, and rising pound-for-pound celebrity Junto Nakatani will defend his belt towards Filipino contender Vincent Astrolabio this Saturday, July 20, on the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
Nakatani captured his third division world title final February, knocking out Alexandro Santiago within the sixth spherical to win the WBC bantamweight belt in Tokyo. A 12 months in the past, Nakatani knocked out Andrew Moloney within the twelfth spherical to win the vacant WBC tremendous flyweight belt.
The boxing public had hoped that Nakatabi would keep at 115 to battle Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez, however the curiosity wasn’t there from his aspect to face him. So, Nakatani moved on and captured the WBC 118-lb belt.
Astrolabio fought for the vacant WBO bantamweight title towards Jason Moloney final 12 months in Might however got here up quick, shedding a twelve-round majority determination in Stockton, California. In Astrolabio’s final battle, he bounced again with an Eleventh-round knockout win over Nawaphon Kaikanha in August 2023 in Thailand.
