Inoue Nakatani: Naoya Inoue defeated Junto Nakatani in Tokyo to go uncontested.

After winning the bantamweight division, Inoue moved up to super-bantamweight in July 2023 and became the undisputed champion later that year.

He made seven successful defenses to that point but quickly ran out of strong opponents, leading to speculation that another divisional change could be on the cards.

A move to featherweight is an option, but the division lacks household names and a jump to super-featherweight could be a step up.

Going down to the bottom seems to be the most likely path for Ino and the first one Discussion is ongoing., External to fight pound-for-pound star Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez.

American Rodriguez, 26, makes his bantamweight debut against Antonio Vargas on June 13 for the WBA title.

Rodriguez is the reigning flyweight and super-flyweight unified champion, and has an unbeaten 23-fight record -16 within the distance.

“I’ve been very busy and I’ve had too many days, so please give me a break,” said Inu, who has fought five times in the past 15 months.