Five of the six title fight participants did their job at the scales.
Junto Nakatani is set for the first defense of his WBC bantamweight title. The 26-year-old southpaw was 117 ¼ pounds, while mandatory challenger Vincent Astrolabio was 117 ½ pounds.
Their scheduled 12-round bout headlines a title fight tripleheader Saturday from the famed Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
Nakatani (27-0, 20 knockouts) is The Ring’s No. 1-rated bantamweight and No. 10 pound-for-pound fighter. He...