Here's everything you need to know about the Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Masayoshi Nakatani Barrios boxing fight, including the Lomachenko vs. Nakatani start time, PPV price, location, and how to watch the boxing match. This Saturday, Vasyl Lomachenko will face Japanese boxer Masayoshi Nakatani in Las Vegas. It is on the resume of pound-for-pound icon Lomachenko, who lost last October to Teofimo Lopez, but Nakatani faces a challenge. Follow our guide on how to watch a Lomachenko vs Nakatani live stream, no matter where you live. Watch Now: Lomachenko vs. Nakatani Live As Ukrainian Lomachenko attempts to regain his WBA, WBO, and IBF titles, Top Rank promotions is presenting another unmissable bill of live boxing this weekend. Lomachenko hasn't competed since losing to Lopez by decision last year, a crushing defeat that saw him lose every belt he owned. After having shoulder surgery, the Ukrainian is now ready to fight at 135 pounds. Japanese fighter Nakatani is a rock-solid oppone
Lomachenko batters Nakatani, scores 9th-round TKO in return
Vasiliy Lomachenko is back, and in vintage form. The former three-weight world champion was successful in his return to the ring, stopping Japanese veteran Masayoshi Nakatani in the ninth round Saturday night.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) Vasiliy Lomachenko is back, and in vintage form.
The former three-weight world champion was successful in his return to the ring, stopping Japanese veteran Masayoshi Nakatani in the ninth round Saturday night.
With Nakatani’s left eye closed after eight devastating rounds, Lomachenko (15-2, 11 KOs) used a flurry of battering lefts in front of an announced sellout crowd of 2,072 inside Virgin Hotel’s The Theater, to finish off his much taller opponent in a statement return in his first bout since an upset loss to Teofimo Lopez in October.
By: Sean Crose
Rising Kazakh middleweight Zhanibek Alimkhanuly was on the Vasyl Lomachenko – Masayoshi Nakatani card on Saturday night, aiming to improve his record to 10-0 when by facing the 26-2 Rob Brant. The opening round of the scheduled 10 round middleweight affair saw Brant move and jab effectively. Alimkhanuly, however, was able to counter well. The undefeated fighter controlled the ring in the second. He landed hard on Brant in the third, and appeared to be breaking him down. Brant didn’t seem to be able to do much to keep from being dominated in the fourth.
Brant tried to jab his way inside the fifth, but wasn’t particularly successful. Brant went down at the beginning of the sixth. He got to his feet, but still continued to take powerful shots. The fight had become a one sided beating. Brant, perhaps motivated by his corner’s threatening to stop the fight, battled more aggressively in the seventh. But was it enough? The eighth saw Alimkhanuly banging away at w