Junto Nakatani did not need anyone to tell him that Naoya ¡°Monster¡± Inoue was sitting ringside for his WBC and IBF bantamweight unification bout against Ryosuke Nishida.

¡°I saw him while I was looking up at the big screens,¡± he said with a chuckle.

Nakatani (31-0, 24 KOs) put on a show for Japan¡¯s most famous fighter, winning an electric and hard-hitting bout to retain his WBC title, relieve Nishida of the IBF belt and remain on a collision course with Inoue.