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Ryōta Murata Record

16-3
Total Fights19
Wins16
Losses3
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins2
Title Defenses2
Title-Fight KOs4
KO Wins13
KO Losses1
Ryōta Murata Record & Stats
Ryōta Murata's Record
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      What is Ryōta Murata's boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning eight years and seven months, Ryōta Murata fought 19 times with 16 wins and 3 losses.

      Murata retired from professional boxing with a record of 16-3, which included two middleweight world-title wins and two successful title defense fights. He had a 68.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 13 of his total 19 fights being knockout wins, four of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Murata's career was a 9th round TKO loss to Gennady Golovkin in a middleweight title fight.

      His last fight was a 9th round TKO defeat to Gennady Golovkin on April 9, 2022. Murata lost the middleweight WBA (Super) title to Golovkin in this fight.

      Some of Murata's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam, Steven Butler, Rob Brant, Emanuele Blandamura, Bruno Sandoval, George Tahdooahnippah, and Akio Shibata.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      19Apr 9, 202236Gennady GolovkinLoss *TKO9
      18Dec 23, 201933Steven ButlerWin *TKO5
      17Jul 12, 201933Rob BrantWin *TKO2
      16Oct 20, 201832Rob BrantLoss *UD
      15Apr 15, 201832Emanuele BlandamuraWin *TKO8
      14Oct 22, 201731Hassan N'Dam N'JikamWin *RTD7
      13May 20, 201731Hassan N'Dam N'JikamLoss *SD
      12Dec 30, 201630Bruno SandovalWinKO3
      11Jul 23, 201630George TahdooahnippahWinTKO1
      10May 14, 201630Felipe Santos PedrosoWinTKO4
      9Jan 30, 201630Gastón VegaWinKO2
      8Nov 7, 201529Gunnar JacksonWinUD
      7May 1, 201529Douglas Damiao AtaideWinTKO5
      6Dec 30, 201428Jessie NicklowWinUD
      5Sep 5, 201428Adrian Luna FloresWinUD
      4May 22, 201428Jesús Ángel NerioWinKO6
      3Feb 22, 201428Carlos NascimentoWinTKO4
      2Dec 6, 201327Dave PetersonWinTKO8
      1Aug 25, 201327Akio ShibataWinTKO2

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Ryōta Murata (Golden Fist) is a 38-year old retired Japanese professional boxer. He was born in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan on January 12, 1986. He is a former middleweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 8 years — from 2013 to 2022.

      Murata made his professional boxing debut against Akio Shibata at the age of 27 on August 25, 2013, defeating Shibata via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 11 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 8 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 31 on May 20, 2017 after 12 professional fights, against Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam for the WBA (Regular) (vacant) title. He lost to N'Jikam via 12 round split decision.

      Murata has won two world titles at middleweight. For all the details about Murata's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Murata had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a middleweight title unification bout against Kazakhstani boxer Gennady Golovkin on April 9, 2022. Murata lost the fight via 9th round TKO — and lost his WBA (Super) title. It's been 2 years and 9 days since this fight.

      Championships

      Murata had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and two successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost three.

      Title Wins

      Ryōta Murata fought for middleweight world titles in four fights and won two of these fights, both of them via stoppage. In total, he won two middleweight belts.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Jul 12, 2019Rob BrantMiddleweightWBA (Regular)TKO
      Oct 22, 2017Hassan N'Dam N'JikamMiddleweightWBA (Regular)RTD

      Title Defenses

      Ryōta Murata had four middleweight world-title defense fights. He won two of them and lost two times.

      Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Dec 23, 2019Steven ButlerMiddleweightWBA (Regular)TKO
      Apr 15, 2018Emanuele BlandamuraMiddleweightWBA (Regular)TKO

      Title Losses

      Ryōta Murata lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Apr 9, 2022Gennady GolovkinMiddleweightWBA (Super)TKO
      Oct 20, 2018Rob BrantMiddleweightWBA (Regular)UD

      Highlights

      Murata fought a total of 19 times during his professional career, which includes 7 world-title fights at the middleweight division. These four fights are the highlight of his career.

      • May 20, 2017: In his first world-title fight, Ryōta Murata loses to Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam via 12 round split decision. He was fighting for the WBA (Regular) (vacant) middleweight title.

      • October 22, 2017: Murata wins the WBA (Regular) middleweight title from Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam, by beating N'Jikam via 7th round RTD.

      • July 12, 2019: Murata wins the WBA (Regular) middleweight title from Rob Brant, by beating Brant via 2nd round TKO.

      • December 23, 2019: Murata successfully defends the WBA (Regular) middleweight title against Steven Butler, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.

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