Pictured: Jai Opetaia


On Sunday, June 8, 2025, a lineal world champion and four men ranked by TTR as being among the best fighting in their respective weight classes were in action. Jai Opetaia retained the Lineal World cruiserweight title, Junto Nakatani won the vacant Lineal World bantamweight title by stopping Ryosuke Nishida, and Conor Wallace and Tenshin Nasukawa scored unanimous decision wins.


Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia-

Lineal and Transnational Boxing Rankings Board World Cruiserweight Titles-
Champion Jai Opetaia 28-0, 22 KOs)
TKO-5 0:36
Claudio Squeo (17-1, 9 KOs)
- Opetaia, who was leading by three 40-36 scores going into the fifth round, also retained The Ring and the IBF World cruiserweight titles.

Light Heavyweight Bout-
Conor Wallace (TTR #12; 16-1, 11 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 8
Dylan Colin (14-2, 4 KOs)
- This was a non-title bout. Wallace's WBA Oceania light heavyweight title was not on the line.
- Wallace won by the scores of 77-75, 78-74, and 77-75.

Tokyo, Japan-

Vacant Lineal World Bantamweight Title-
Junto Nakatani (TTR #1, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #1; TTR #10 P4P, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #10 P4P; 31-0, 24 KOs)
TKO-6 3:00
Ryosuke Nishida (TTR #2, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #3; 10-1, 2 KOs)
- This bout was fought for Nakatani's WBC, Nishida's IBF, and the vacant The Ring World bantamweight titles.
- Nakatani came into the bout ranked #1 by The Ring, #1 by ESPN, and #1 by BoxRec.
- Nishida came into the bout ranked #2 by The Ring, #2 by ESPN, and #2 by BoxRec.
- After the bout, BoxRec's rankings were updated. Nakatani remains at #1 while Nishida dropped to #5.
- It should be noted that Nishida was ranked #2 by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board when the bout was signed. Nishida remained at #2 until June 2, six days before the bout would take place, when the TBRB dropped Nishida to #3 and moved Yoshiko Takei up to #2.

Bantamweight Bout-
Tenshin Nasukawa (Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #6, TTR #7; 7-0, 2 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Victor Santillan (14-2, 5 KOs)
- The scores were 99-91, 99-91, and 100-90.