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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The conveyor belt of <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> talent in Japan has produced another superstar for tomorrow.</li><li>Meet <keyword id="10253066" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="junto-nakatani">Junto Nakatani</keyword>, a 22-year-old baby-faced assassin who mercilessly destroyed Giemel Magramo in a flyweight championship fight at the storied Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Friday.</li><li>Nakatani advanced his undefeated pro boxing record to 21 wins (16 knockouts) and then put the 112-pound division on notice by saying he wants unification bouts against fellow titleholders.</li><li>Insider has two Japanese boxers ranked in our list of the top-15 fighters in the world today, and it may not be long before a youngster like Nakatani edges himself closer to those wildly-decorated champions.</li></ul>A baby-faced assassin from Japan could be the next big thing in boxing's lighter weight classes after he smashed a ranked contender to smithereens.22-year-old Junto Nakatani is already the WBO world flyweight champion with an undefeated pro record of 21 wins (16 knockouts0, and on November 6 he laid down a marker.His knockout win at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo was noteworthy as it was struck against Giemel Magramo — a fighter who had never been stopped in his pro career and was ranked within the top five at 112-pounds.Nakatani showed an expert appreciation of range and dictated the pace throughout a bout in which he lasered a variety of punches onto Magramo's liver, ribs, and skull.His ability to rarely be seen off-balance while creating angles to pepper his opponent with pin-point punches is a skillset that could see him continue to impress against tough opposition.Nakatani finished the Filipino in the eighth round with a sequence of left hands, after also knocking him down in the seventh.Magramo's recovery will no doubt be long and painful as he wakes up this week with headaches before clutching his body and cursing Nakatini. But the youngster will care little, as he looks at what is next for him."I landed some good punches in the first round," Nakatani said <a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201106/p2g/00m/0sp/155000c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Mainichi</a>, which is one of Japan's major newspapers."Magramo is a good fighter but I had a good approach. He is really tough, but I was able to establish a good distance from him and in that sense I felt I boxed well."Nakatani said on the night that, now he's a champion in the flyweight division, he will actively seek out other titleholders for major challenges at 112-pounds."I have to look toward other objectives, and one of those is to win a title unification fight," he said.Boxing website <a href="https://www.badlefthook.com/2020/11/6/21553212/junto-nakatani-beats-down-giemel-magramo-claim-wbo-flyweight-title-boxing-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bad Left Hook</a> was so blown away by Nakatani's performance that it opened its fight report by remarking: "Japan could have a real star on its hands."It later highlighted the fighter's movement, the timing of his punches, and a mean streak which could see him become one of his country's most prominent boxers.<h2>Nakatani hails from the land of the rising boxer</h2><div type="image" title="Naoya Inoue pound for pound" height="1488" width="2000" msid="79149583" hostid="261"></div>Japan has long been regarded as a conveyor belt of top tier talent in the lighter weight classes.Only a few fights carry international broadcast partners, though, which means boxing fans in territories like the US and UK rely on social media accounts, trusted websites, and YouTube clips for intel on who's hot and who's not.Regardless of the low visibility of Japan's fighters in the west, the country still produces athletes who challenge the division's best.Two <a href="https://www.insider.com/who-are-the-best-pound-for-pound-boxers-in-the-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Japanese fighters already populate Insider's list of the top-15 boxers</a> in the world today.Our world No.15 boxer, Kosei Tanaka, is a three-weight world boxing champion at 25, and <a href="https://www.asianboxing.info/asian-news/kazuto-ioka-vs-kosei-tanaka-is-official-for-new-years-eve" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AsianBoxing.info</a> recently announced that the fighter will move into the super flyweight division to challenge for a title in a fourth weight class when he takes on Kazuto Ioka, the WBO's champion at 118-pounds.The fight will take place inside Tokyo's Ota-City General Gymnasium on December 31 — the most celebrated date on the Japanese combat <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> calendar.Insider also has Naoya Inoue ranked as our No.2 — second only to Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.Inoue is a World Boxing Super Series champion in the bantamweight division, has an obscene amount of technical skill to compliment his punching power, and recently demolished Jason Maloney in only his second fight in America.Inoue this year signed with the Las Vegas-based Top Rank promoter, one of the most powerful boxing companies on the planet, and his visibility will now likely increase substantially.With Tanaka, another top-tier talent Kenshiro Teraji, and rising star Nakatani, Inoue may well be joined inside the world's top-10 fighters by one of his countrymen in the near future.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/video-meng-bo-poleaxes-opponent-with-fierce-one-punch-knockout-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A 24-year-old fighter poleaxed her opponent with a manipulative one-punch knockout, stealing the One Championship show</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-max-pain-griffin-almost-rips-ufc-opponents-ear-off-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An American fighter nicknamed 'Pain' almost ripped his opponent's ear off during a UFC fight, and we've got photos to prove it</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-predicts-hell-demolish-dustin-poirier-in-january-fight-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC confirms Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier's fight is official, and the Irishman is already predicting a 1st round KO</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/chatri-sityodtong-talks-about-buchecha-marcus-almeida-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chatri Sityodtong says 'Buchecha' Almeida could compete in 2 One Championship divisions at once, marveling at his biggest 2020 signing</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-naoya-monster-inoue-scores-scary-knockout-on-halloween-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Naoya Inoue, nicknamed 'Monster,' scored a scary knockout on Halloween boxing against Jason Moloney</a>

A Japanese boxer is being tipped for stardom after the 22-year-old smashed a ranked contender to smithereens

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9054105" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ryan-garcia">Ryan Garcia</keyword> is one of world <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword>'s youngest stars.</li><li>The 22-year-old is rising in popularity and stature in the fight game and competes in the biggest fight of his life Saturday when he takes on Luke Campbell in Dallas.</li><li>Garcia told Insider that Christmas is his favorite holiday because it conjures up magical memories from his childhood, but he sacrificed the holiday season to focus on fight night.</li><li>Victory means sweeter Christmases in the future and tees up big-money bouts against three of the sport's other popular young kings — Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney, and Gervonta Davis.</li><li>Garcia has a dream to fight them all, and win, when they are all in their athletic primes.</li><li>But before he gets there, he has to make a statement this weekend.</li></ul>Gen-Z superstar Ryan Garcia, 22, endured a Christmas period like no other he had experienced before.The Garcia family tradition involves gingerbread houses, Santa costumes, and festive spirit throughout December. It's the fighter's favorite holiday.Garcia even recalled to Insider his fondest Christmas memory. "Back when I was younger, I finally got this video game 'Rock Band' where you become a band member, and I got my family to play drums, guitar, and somebody sings."I wanted that game so bad and we all spent hours playing it. That was the best Christmas."The Californian told us he normally "turns things up" around New Year's Eve, and even traveled to New York City to meet the singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes so the pair could usher in 2020 together, one year ago.These days, things are completely different. Garcia knew all along he'd avoid leftovers on Christmas Day as his diet is so strict, and likely have an early night December 31.There'd be no party in The Big Apple with Canada's newest music sensation this year, as he'd instead be in Texas, ready to make weight at 135-pounds. "It sucks," he told us.But that's the life a fighter sometimes has to live when they're training for the biggest bout of their life.And Garcia's first big fight arrives Saturday as he takes on the former gold medal-winning Olympian boxer Luke Campbell at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, which is a Golden Boy-promoted event that'll be broadcast on <keyword id="6970799" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="DAZN">DAZN</keyword>.Victory over Campbell would mark Garcia's coming-out party as a world-level fighter, and tee-up big-money showdowns against other young boxers like Gervonta Davis, Devin Haney, and Teofimo Lopez.Golden Boy hopes Garcia can be the athlete to carry the company, and the sport, forward throughout the 2020s.The stakes, this weekend, are high.<h2>The Campbell fight will be a coming-out party as a championship-caliber fighter, Garcia said</h2><div type="image" title="Ryan Garcia boxing" height="1333" width="2000" msid="80062790" hostid="261"></div>Garcia has had to make sacrifices during the holiday season because of the scheduling of his January 2 fight, but he says it's not all bad because he sees Saturday as the beginning of a new chapter in his career.Campbell is a step-up in class for Garcia, who <a href="https://www.insider.com/ryan-garcia-knocks-opponent-out-with-single-punch-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took the industry by storm when he bounced his opponent's head off the canvas</a> with a left hook knockdown 11 months ago.The DAZN commentator Sergio Mora tweeted "a new star is born" at the time, and even Mayweather Promotions boss Leonard Ellerbe - who represents Garcia's rival Gervonta Davis - was impressed.Garcia has not fought since then but he is tipped to win when he returns to the ring for the Campbell match, which will be "a very important moment" in Garcia's career to date, the fighter said."I took Christmas as just another day as I'm focused on January 2. There'll be a lot of good Christmases when I come out on top."I just have to give this my all, and my family and everybody around me understand that because they know what my dream is. I'm not in the best Christmas spirit, I'm hungry - they understand."When asked if a Campbell win marks his coming-out party as a championship-caliber fighter ready for his lightweight rivals like Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney, and Gervonta Davis, Garcia said: "I definitely see it as that."He added: "This is a moment that will be very defining in my career, and probably the most important in my career so far."This is gonna set me up for the fights that can make me a legend one day, so I have to win this fight. I've put my whole heart into this. This is it. Guys, I'm so excited."Campbell is a good fighter, a good boxer. I like how he fights and the tools he has. He obviously doesn't have the power, or the best speed, in my opinion. But he's a very good technical fighter."Garcia said he's spotted flaws in Campbell's fighting style through his losses to Yvan Mendy in 2015 and Jorge Linares two years later.These are things Campbell cannot fix, Garcia told us. "I see little things and I'll see in the ring a little better. I might see a shot even faster than I thought. I think this fight can potentially bring that dog out of me. And if I've got to take it to him to win this fight, I will. So, whatever I've got to do, I'll go in and do it."<h2>Garcia harnessed the power of social media to become as popular as he is today</h2> Combined with his unbeaten boxing record of 20 wins (17 knockouts), Garcia has amassed a substantial following on multiple social media channels.<ul><li>He has 7.8 million followers on Instagram</li><li>3.1 million followers on Tik Tok</li><li>751,000 subscribers on YouTube</li><li>470,000 followers on Twitter</li><li>And 402,000 followers on Facebook</li></ul>"There's definitely a key to success on social media, and it's all about finding it," Garcia told Insider. "What's your thing on social media? [Whatever it is] you can't be afraid of what people say because there'll always be negative comments."Maybe that stops a lot of young fighters from doing it. As people say, 'Oh, you're just this, you're just that,' but that's not going to stop me from working hard or being successful in the ring."You just have to battle through it, and you'll gain your supporters. It all benefits you because the more people who know about you, the better it is for your fights when you win and become bigger."You have to have tough skin when it comes to social media. When I was first coming up, they tried to bash me, tried to say I'm overrated, and that's just because they're scared of what I will become."Slowly, they'll be more scared as I keep winning.""My favorite platform is starting to become YouTube because you don't have to be on it so much, and can relax and put out good content. Make sure it does good, promote it."But then my second [favorite] is Instagram. And my third is Tik Tok because it's fun."Garcia is one of the few fighters to really embrace the power of social media, and told us it's "an untapped resource" as he speaks directly to other people in his generation - all of whom are potential fans."This is this generation," he said. "This is what we're about. We learn everything through social media. We don't learn it that much from the regular media anymore."That's how kids nowadays gets their news. They didn't know the new President became President through the TV, but because they saw a post where somebody on Instagram said that. That's just how it is."<h2>Garcia is one of a number of youngsters who can carry the sport through the 2020s</h2><div type="image" title="Ryan Garcia boxing Luke Campbell win" height="1404" width="2000" msid="80062794" hostid="261"></div>The most exciting thing in world boxing is the presence of dozens of young athletes who are years away from their respective primes, but are approaching world championship status if they aren't title-holders already.There's the Puerto Rican teenager Xander Zayas, a Floyd Mayweather protege in Richardson Hitchins, and top tier prospects like Charles Conwell and Elvis Rodriguez.There's the flyweight champion Junto Nakatani, flashy slickster Chris Colbert, and first-round knockout artist Edgar Berlanga.There's also Erickson Lubin, Jaron Ennis, Vergil Ortiz, Jaime Munguia, Shakur Stevenson, and David Benavidez.The list, as you can see, goes on and on before we've even gotten to the the most interesting thing about this new generation.The pound-for-pound talent Teofimo Lopez, ticket-selling attraction Gervonta Davis, and unbeaten Matchroom pro Devin Haney all compete in and around the 135-pound weight class - the division that is Garcia's current home.Should boxing politics not get in the way, it would mean this fabulous foursome - Lopez, Davis, Haney, and Garcia - can fight one another again and again when they are all in their 20s, in the roaring 2020s.This is not lost on Garcia, who wants to beat Campbell this weekend in style, and then lure "Tank" Davis into the ring so the pair can build on one of boxing's great modern day rivalries."I have a dream to beat four fighters in their prime," Garcia said."I want to beat Luke Campbell, who says he's in his prime right now."I want to beat Gervonta Davis who is in his prime, I want to beat Teofimo Lopez in his prime, and I want to beat Devin Haney in his prime."This would help make my case as one of the greatest fighters of my time, not beating these guys at the right time but at the time when people are saying, 'Damn, you probably shouldn't fight that guy.'"The more pressure, the better chance I have of becoming a diamond. I want to be up there with Muhammad Ali on the Mount Rushmore of all-time great boxers."It's exciting times," he said. "I have the chance to do something great and all four of us do if we all get into the ring pretty soon."We have social media and can a fight get hot real quick - I know how to do it. I can make these fights happen, and I refuse to wait. I want to get this done."I won't be in the sport long and I just want to make the biggest statements straight away against these deadly fighters."A knockout on Saturday against Campbell would be the first of those big statements. After that, few may bet against him from doing it again and again.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/shawn-porter-fancies-wbo-title-fight-with-terence-crawford-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shawn Porter fancies a fight with Terence Crawford but says he has other welterweight world title options, too</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-probably-skeptical-about-fighting-in-covid-white-said-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor was 'probably' skeptical about competing when the UFC said it would hold events through COVID, Dana White said</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/richardson-hitchins-is-proof-logan-vs-mayweather-creates-boxing-fans-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A red-hot boxing prospect says he's living proof that Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul exhibitions can create new boxing fans</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/pfl-hopes-to-reimagine-combat-sports-with-new-season-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PFL MMA hopes to continue its mission of reimagining the world of combat sports when its new season begins in April 2021</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/weve-entered-a-golden-era-of-boxing-exhibitions-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We've officially entered a golden era of showbiz boxing, and it's all down to Mike Tyson, Jake Paul, and Floyd Mayweather</a>

Gen-Z superstar Ryan Garcia sacrificed Christmas so he can try and take the world by storm in the biggest bout of his life

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