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Golovkin vs. Murata: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In a unification world title fight, Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) and Ryōta Murata (Golden Fist) put their middleweight belts on the line. Golovkin brings the IBF belt. Murata brings the WBA (Super) belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
40
May 6, 2006
41-1-1
23
36 (83.7%)
179 cm
178 cm
-1 cm
Orthodox
Dec 18, 2020
1y, 3m, 22d
3
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
36
Aug 25, 2013
16-2
6
13 (72.2%)
183 cm
191 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Dec 23, 2019
2y, 3m, 17d
2
WBAWBCIBF
MD
e1
d19
MD
e1
d4
MD
w2
d5
WBA
MD
w2
d2
middleweight
Saturday, 9 Apr 2022
Super Arena, Saitama, Japan
v0.1.9-beta 2024-04-23
Gennady Golovkin vs. Ryōta Murata

Date

This fight between Gennady Golovkin and Ryōta Murata took place on at the Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Tale of the Tape

At 183 cm, Ryōta Murata is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Gennady Golovkin is 179 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 191 cm, Murata also has a significant reach advantage of 13 cms over Golovkin's 178 cm. On top of that, Murata also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Golovkin.

Golovkin is coming in to this fight with a record of 41-1-1 (36 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 3 months, and 22 days ago against Kamil Szeremeta, which he won via 7th round RTD.

Kamil Szeremeta's boxing career

Murata comes in with a record of 16-2 (13 KOs). His last fight was 2 years, 3 months, and 17 days ago against Steven Butler, which he won via 5th round TKO.

Steven Butler's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Golovkin will be 40 years old. Murata will be 36 years and 2 months old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 62-38 in favor of Ryōta Murata. Here is the prediction for Golovkin vs Murata.

Ryōta Murata is likely to win. Unless Gennady Golovkin puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Gennady Golovkin defeated Ryōta Murata via 9th round TKO to win the WBA (Super) middleweight title and retain the IBF middleweight title. Murata's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Golovkin advances his win streak to 4. Golovkin is now 42-1-1, and Murata 16-3.

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