Middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata have chosen not to take interim fights before their December 28th unification clash in Saitama, Japan.
Eddie Hearn would like Gennadiy Golovkin to fight in September against Demetrius Andrade in a unification before his December clash against Ryota Murata in Japan.
For a number of months, Gennady Golovkin and Ryota Murata have been looking at fighting one another. Now, as has been reported by multiple sites, with Mike Coppinger breaking the news, the two have “an agreement in principle,” with the fight to take place in Japan on December 28th.
The ink now dry on his signed contract with Team Sauerland, Chris Eubank Jr is looking for a big fight. Having gained a ton of knowledge and even more confidence due to the time he has spent working with the great Roy Jones (who, Eubank Jr said when speaking with RingTV.com,
Now that Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin has gotten the mandatory defense of his IBF middleweight title out of the way against Kamil Szeremeta, he has a potential fight in the works against Jaime Munguia in the sprint.
Ryota Murata (16-2, 13 KOs) may be the next opponent for Canelo Alvarez for when he returns to the ring. Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez says Canelo Alvarez wants to fight abroad in Japan, and WBA World middleweight champion Murata, 34, is the guy who is the ideal guy for him to face.
Fight fans have been reading, or hearing, for some time now how Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez might face Japanese warrior Ryota Murata next (and not Billy Joe Saunders or Callum Smith, these being the other two fighters being seriously considered by Canelo and his team).
Ryota Murata has replaced Billy Joe Saunders as the likely opponent for Saul Canelo Alvarez to fight next on May 2 on DAZN in Japan.
Two days before Christmas, American fight fans will be treated to a special fistic stocking stuffer, a world championship tripleheader plus the return of the former pound-for-pound king and future Hall of Famer, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez.
It was a case of swift revenge in Japan earlier today, as Ryota Murata regained the “regular” version of the WBA middleweight title from the man he lost it to back in October in Rob Brant.