Inoue, the undisputed junior featherweight champion, weighed in at 127.64 pounds while Nakatani was not too far away at 127.53, the WBC announced.

“The WBC recognizes the professionalism of both fighters, who completed their 14-day pre-weigh-in, demonstrating that they are in excellent condition for this important bout,” the sanctioning body said in a statement.

The WBC conducts several weigh-in checks throughout the fights it sanctions, including 30-day, 14-day and 7-day weigh-ins. During the WBC weight checks, a fighter cannot weigh more than 10% of a contracted weight at 30 days, 5% at 14 days and 3% at seven days.

Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) is The Ring's No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter and is coming off a unanimous decision against David Picasso to headline a Ring event on December 27 in Saudi Arabia.

In the co-main event of “The Ring V: Night of the Samurai” show, Nakatani (32-0, 24 KOs), the No. 7 P4P fighter, made his 122-pound debut and outlasted Sebastian Hernandez in a firefight by unanimous decision.

Manouk Akopyan is The Ring’s lead writer. Follow him on X and Instagram: @ManoukAkopyan