Andres Ferrari Apr 30, 2026, 07:47 AM ET

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Andres Ferrari is ESPN.com's boxing and MMA senior editor.

One of boxing's elite returns to the ring Saturday for what could be his toughest test yet. Naoya Inoue defends his undisputed junior featherweight championship against Junto Nakatani (DAZN, 3 a.m. ET) at Tokyo Dome.

Nakatani will be making his second appearance at junior featherweight in an all-Japanese showdown between two of the sport's most dangerous punchers. Both are multidivision champions and ranked among ESPN's pound-for-pound best , Inoue at No. 2 and Nakatani at No. 6.…