{"id":321432,"date":"2026-04-20T01:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=321432"},"modified":"2026-04-20T01:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:36:06","slug":"bam-rodriguez-says-one-punch-decides-inoue-nakatani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/bam-rodriguez-says-one-punch-decides-inoue-nakatani\/","title":{"rendered":"Bam Rodriguez Says One Punch Decides Inoue-Nakatani"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cThat\u2019s a fantastic fight. I feel like whoever lands the primary big punch will turn into the winner,\u201d Rodriguez said to Boxing News.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The skepticism surrounding Junto Nakatani is at an all-time high following his 122-pound debut against Sebastian Hernandez in December. He was outlanded 179 to 155 in the ultimate six rounds and looked physically \u201chuman\u201d for the primary time.<\/p>\n

Moving to super bantamweight appeared to rob Nakatani of the fluid, giant-among-men movement he had at 118. He was a stationary goal for Hernandez\u2019s body attack.<\/p>\n

Hernandez showed that when you bully Nakatani and force him right into a phone booth, he abandons his height advantage and tries to out-muscle people, which plays right into Naoya Inoue\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n

When Bam says \u201cwhoever lands first wins,\u201d he\u2019s likely taking a look at Nakatani\u2019s specific anatomical benefits quite than his recent form. Even on a foul night, Nakatani has that eraser power. His punches are whipping and long. If Inoue gets reckless attempting to close the gap, he could walk right into a shot he never sees.<\/p>\n

Inoue is extremely technical and fast, but Nakatani is a natural southpaw who knows easy methods to use his lead hand to blind opponents.<\/p>\n

If Nakatani fights the best way he did in December, flat-footed and willing to trade, Inoue will likely stop him inside six rounds.<\/p>\n

Inoue, 33, is arguably the most effective body puncher in boxing, and Hernandez already provided the roadmap for easy methods to tenderize Nakatani\u2019s midsection.<\/p>\n

Bam is giving Nakatani the puncher\u2019s likelihood respect, but unless Nakatani was just having a foul night or battling a one-time weight acclimation issue, he looks a step behind \u201cThe Monster\u201d in every technical category.<\/p>\n

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Robert Segal is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24 with greater than a decade of experience covering fight news, previews, and evaluation. Known for his straightforward reporting and ringside perspective, he delivers authoritative coverage of champions, contenders, and emerging talent worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s a fantastic fight. I feel like whoever lands the primary big punch will turn into the winner,\u201d Rodriguez said to Boxing News. The skepticism surrounding Junto Nakatani is at an all-time high following his 122-pound debut against Sebastian Hernandez in December. He was outlanded 179 to 155 in the ultimate six rounds and looked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":321433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[2647,11921,50784,4872,7440],"class_list":["post-321432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bam","tag-decides","tag-inouenakatani","tag-punch","tag-rodriguez"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321432"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321435,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321432\/revisions\/321435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}