Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani are on a collision course, but their converging roads take parallel detours. Inoue and Nakatani will compete in separate bouts at "The Ring V: Night of the Samurai" on Dec. 27.

Inoue defends his undisputed super bantamweight championship against David Picasso at Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The co-main event features Nakatani's super bantamweight debut against Sebastian Hernandez Reyes. Ring Magazine announced the six-fight card, which DAZN streams globally, on Thursday.

Inoue (31-0, 27 KOs) is booked for his fourth fight of the year after dominating Murodjon Akhmadaliev on Sunday. Picasso (32-0-1, 17 KOs) is the WBC's No. 1 contender coming off a majority decision win over Kyonosuke Kameda on the Manny Pacquiao-Mario Barrios undercard in Ju

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