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Ryōta Murata (村田 諒太, Murata Ryōta, born 12 January 1986) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2013 to 2022. He held the WBA (Regular) middleweight title twice between 2017 and 2021, and the WBA (Super) middleweight title from 2021 to 2022.
Pro debut for the 2012 middleweight Olympic Gold Medalist Murata. ©BoxRec is the official record keeper for 410 sports authorities worldwide, it is not under direct control of any single authority. Data may be incomplete/inaccurate.
Gennadiy "GGG" Golovkin entered the ring for the first time in almost 16 months against Ryota Murata. The IBF middleweight king stopped Japan's WBA champion in nine to set up a third fight with...
Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs), Ring Magazine’s No. 1-rated middleweight (for nearly seven years), will put his IBF and world title on the line against two-time WBA kingpin Ryōta Murata (16-2, 13 KOs), The Ring’s No. 5-rated middleweight, in a title unification fight, it was announced via press release on Thursday.
Mar 28, 2023 · Ryota Murata, the first Japanese boxer to win both Olympic gold and a professional world championship, confirmed Tuesday that he was hanging up his gloves "with no regrets."
Feb 23, 2023 · Ryota Murata, the first Japanese boxer to win both an Olympic and professional world championship, said Wednesday that he has effectively retired. The 37-year-old middleweight lost his WBA super...
Apr 9, 2022 · With Murata's offense stifled, Golovkin continued to unload, forcing Murata to battle not only with being hurt but clearly tiring as a result of the brutal and high-output war.
