Junto Nakatani will look to become a three-division world champion.
Despite Nakatani holding the WBO super flyweight title, now he will target Alexandro Santiago for the WBC bantamweight title.
The bout will take place on February 24th at the Ryogoku Kokugikan National Sumo Arena in Tokyo, Japan. This will be Nakatani's first fight at bantamaweight.
Nakatani won the vacant WBO super flyweight with a career-defining KO of Andrew Moloney. Nakatani folloewed that up with a decision win over Argi Cortes.
Santiago won the vacant WBC bantamweight world title against Nonito Donaire. The fight occurred on the Errol Spence Jr. versus Terence Crawford pay-per-view undercard.
Also, featured on the undercard will be Takuma Inoue versus Jerwin Ancajas. The bout will be a WBA bantamweight title fight.
