At at 5-foot-11 and a half and with a 71-inch reach, Nakatani , 32, of Japan, who in 2019 took Lopez the distance in a unanimous-decision loss, has a big height and reach advantage over Lomachenko, who is 5-foot-7 and has a 65.5 inch reach.
Brant , 30, from Saint Paul, Minnesota, won the WBA “regular” title with a unanimous decision victory over Ryota Murata in October 2018 in Las Vegas.