Junto Nakatani is the WBA’s No. 1 junior featherweight

Nakatani was slotted first at junior featherweight in the WBA’s latest ratings update, which was released on September 1. He supplanted Ramon Cardenas, who dropped Naoya Inoue and gave the undisputed champion some trouble in May before Inoue took over and won an eighth-round stoppage. Cardenas is now positioned at No. 2, and several other fighters were also pushed down a slot.