Inoue and Nakatani lead packed Japan card — Who's Boxing Tonight
Who's boxing tonight stretches across nearly 24 hours, and the sharpest attraction is Naoya Inoue versus Junto Nakatani in Japan. The undisputed clash was set to headline a packed card on the article's publication day, while fans in the UK also had Conah Walker against Sam Eggington and Gilberto Ramirez against David Benavidez to follow.
Inoue and Nakatani in Japan
The first fights on the Inoue-Nakatani card were scheduled for 8am UK time, with the headline bout expected at 1pm. That gives fans an early start for the Japan show and puts the biggest fight of the day squarely in the middle of the afternoon for UK viewers.
DAZN was carrying the card, and the fights were free for subscribers. The Japan show is the anchor of the day because it opens the longest stretch of boxing action and leads directly into two more featured bouts later on.
Walker and Eggington in the Midlands
Conah Walker and Sam Eggington were set to get underway just after 10.30pm UK time on a card with seven fights. That main event sits late enough to catch the end of a full day of boxing, and it comes with Walker still leaning into the path he described before the bout.
“It’s been a journey. It’s been a rollercoaster from start to end. In only my fourth fight, I fought an undefeated fighter. Then I fought another undefeated fighter in my fifth fight. It’s just the way I've done things. I don’t like to take the easy route and there were easier options on the table for this. I wanted Sam. I was asking for him last year. Not because I’ve got anything against Sam [Eggington]. I think he’s a great fighter and we get on well outside the ring but business is business.”
Eggington framed the matchup from his side by pointing to the grind of staying active at the top level. “I’ve had a lot of fights. I’ve won a lot of belts. I love my job and my motivation is to keep the job I love. The more you lose, you’re going to have to pack it in. So, the fact is I need to carry on winning to keep doing the job I love doing. I get up and I love what I do. It gives me the freedom with my family and stuff like that. So that’s why it is my motivation. I always think the runners in the boxing world is a hard night – but the people who want to come and have a go is meat and drink. I love that stuff and I know Conah is very much the same.”
Ramirez and Benavidez overnight
Gilberto Ramirez was due to defend his world title against David Benavidez in a cruiserweight clash around 5am on Sunday in the UK. Benavidez was moving up 25lb from light-heavyweight, which adds another layer to a card already built around big names and long viewing hours.
For fans, the schedule is simple: start early with Japan, stay with the Midlands card late at night, then carry on into the early hours for Ramirez-Benavidez. DAZN had the rights across the fights mentioned, and subscribers could move from one main event to the next without leaving the platform.
