Alexandro Santiago vs Junto Nakatani: Live Stream, Betting Odds & Fight Card

Boxing returns to Japan on Saturday, which means Top Rank will be streaming the event in the early morning hours for those watching in the States. WBC bantamweight champion Alexandro Santiago (28-3-5, 14 KOs) will defend his title against two-division champion Junto Nakatani (26-0, 19 KOs). The oddsmakers are leaning heavily toward Nakatani, who will make his bantamweight debut and attempts to earn his third title in three different weight classes.

Although he doesn’t have a fantastic record, the champion Santiago is a tough fighter who is coming off a career-defining victory over the future hall of famer Nonito Donaire in July. Santiago is traveling to Japan to defend his title, but winning against Donaire has given him the confidence of a champion. Can Santiago derail the Nakatani train that seems to be gaining more speed after every fight?

Nakatani is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Argi Cortes in September, where he made a successful title defense. That was at super flyweight, and during the WBO conference, Nakatani gave the sanctioning body the courtesy of letting them know he was considering a move up in weight classes. A few months later, the announcement was made that the Santiago fight was signed, and now Nakatani will look to continue his run at winning titles in different divisions.

ALEXANDRO SANTIAGO VS. JUNTO NAKATANI BETTING ODDS

Per BetMGM, Junto Nakatani is the favorite at -700, and Alexandro Santiago is the underdog at +500.

ALEXANDRO SANTIAGO VS. JUNTO NAKATANI DATE, START TIME

• Date: Saturday, February 24
• Start time: 4 a.m. ET / 1 a.m. PT
• Main event ringwalks (approx): 6:00 a.m. ET / 3:00 a.m. PT

These timings could change due to the length of the undercard fights. 

WHAT CHANNEL/STREAM IS ALEXANDRO SANTIAGO VS. JUNTO NAKATANI?

• U.S.: ESPN+
• UK:   TBA

ALEXANDRO SANTIAGO VS. JUNTO NAKATANI FIGHT CARD 

• Alexandro Santiago vs. Junto Nakatani, 12 rounds, for Santiago’s WBC bantamweight title
• Takuma Inoue vs. Jerwin Ancajas, 12 rounds, for Inoue’s WBA bantamweight title
• Kosei Tanaka vs. Christian Bacasegua, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO junior bantamweight title
• Jonas Sultan vs. Riku Masuda, 8 rounds, bantamweights

Abraham Gonzalez

Abraham Gonzalez is the founder of FightsATW. His journalistic work has been published and used across several platforms to include online, network TV and promotional companies. He is an American Public University alumnus and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). Abraham was the Managing Editor for NYFights, Big Fight Weekend, contributed to FanSidedMMA and ProBoxTV.

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