Ryōta Murata (16-3, 13) was born in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan on January 12, 1986. At the age of 27 years on August 25, 2013, he made his professional boxing debut against Akio Shibata, winning the fight via 2nd-round TKO.
On his 13th career fight at 31 years old, Ryōta Murata got a shot at the WBA (Regular) middleweight titles against Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam on May 20, 2017 but lost the fight via 12-round split decision.
He became a middleweight world champion (WBA (Regular)) on October 22, 2017 at the age of 31 years old, on his 14th career fight, after defeating Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam via 7th-round retirement.
Murata's last fight was a middleweight world-title unification fight against Gennady Golovkin on April 9, 2022. He lost the fight via 9th-round TKO and lost the WBA (Super) title. He retired from the sport of boxing following this loss.
Some of Ryōta Murata's best fights have been against Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam, Rob Brant and Steven Butler.
Murata has 3 losses on his boxing record.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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Apr 9, 2022 36 years, 2 months 16-3 (13) | 40 years 41-1-1 (36) | MD | 9 | TKO | LOSS Lost WBA (Super) For IBF | |
Dec 23, 2019 33 years, 11 months 16-2 (13) | 24 years, 3 months 28-1-1 (24) | MD | 5 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) | |
Jul 12, 2019 33 years, 6 months 15-2 (12) | 28 years, 9 months 25-1 (17) | MD | 2 | TKO | WIN Won WBA (Regular) | |
Oct 20, 2018 32 years, 9 months 14-2 (11) | 28 years 23-1 (16) | MD | 12 | UD | LOSS Lost WBA (Regular) | |
15 | Apr 15, 2018 32 years, 3 months 14-1 (11) | Emanuele Blandamura | MD | 8 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
Oct 22, 2017 31 years, 9 months 13-1 (10) | 33 years, 8 months 36-2 (21) | MD | 7 | RTD | WIN Won WBA (Regular) | |
May 20, 2017 31 years, 4 months 12-1 (9) | 33 years, 3 months 35-2 (21) | MD | 12 | SD | LOSS For WBA (Regular) Vacant | |
12 | Dec 30, 2016 30 years, 11 months 12-0 (9) | Bruno Sandoval | 3 | KO | WIN | |
11 | Jul 23, 2016 30 years, 6 months 11-0 (8) | George Tahdooahnippah | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
10 | May 14, 2016 30 years, 4 months 10-0 (7) | Felipe Santos Pedroso | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
9 | Jan 30, 2016 30 years 9-0 (6) | Gastón Vega | 2 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Nov 7, 2015 29 years, 9 months 8-0 (5) | Gunnar Jackson | 10 | UD | WIN | |
7 | May 1, 2015 29 years, 3 months 7-0 (5) | Douglas Damiao Ataide | 5 | TKO | WIN | |
6 | Dec 30, 2014 28 years, 11 months 6-0 (4) | Jessie Nicklow | 10 | UD | WIN | |
5 | Sep 5, 2014 28 years, 7 months 5-0 (4) | Adrian Luna Flores | 10 | UD | WIN | |
4 | May 22, 2014 28 years, 4 months 4-0 (4) | Jesús Ángel Nerio | 6 | KO | WIN | |
3 | Feb 22, 2014 28 years, 1 months 3-0 (3) | Carlos Nascimento | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Dec 6, 2013 27 years, 10 months 2-0 (2) | Dave Peterson | 8 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | Aug 25, 2013 27 years, 7 months 1-0 (1) | Akio Shibata | 2 | TKO | WIN |