Junto Nakatani knocked out the mandatory challenger

WBC lightweight champion Junto Nakatani scored a sixth-round knockout victory over Thailand's number one ranked Petch Sor Chitpattana on October 14 in Tokyo. Chitpattana, also known as Petch C.P. Freshmart and Tasana Salapat (real name) was on the ring floor twice in the sixth round.

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This is the third early victory for the 26-year-old Nakatani this year and he is already being touted as a possible future opponent for absolute world featherweight champion Naoya Inoue. Also on this October 14 boxing night in Tokyo, South African boxer Phumelele Kafu scored a surprise split decision victory over local favorite and WBO featherweight champion Kosei Tanaka. And WBO featherweight champion Anthony Olasquaga retained his title against former world featherweight champion Jonathan Gonzalez. The referee stopped the fight in the first round due to a dissection by the challenger and the fight was ruled a no contest.

Tenshin Nasukawa, a very popular kickboxer in Japan, who started professional boxing last year, won the WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title in his fifth fight, defeating Jerwin Asilo (9-0, 4 KOs) of the Philippines. On October 13, four more title fights took place at the same Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Naoya Inoue's brother Takuma Inoue lost to his compatriot Seiya Tsutsumi by unanimous decision and lost the WBA lightweight title. Former world champion Kenshiro Teraji won the vacant WBC flyweight title with an eleventh round technical knockout of another former world champion Christopher Rosales, with Eddie Reynoso and Saul Alvarez in his corner.

WBA flyweight champion Seigo Yuri Akui defended his title against Tananchai Charunpak, winning by split decision of the judges. And Japanese boxer Shokichi Iwata won the vacant WBO featherweight title by knocking out Hiro Noriega in the third round.