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Total Fights | 19 |
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Wins | 16 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 2 |
Title-Fight KOs | 4 |
KO Wins | 13 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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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.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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19 | Apr 9, 2022 | 36 | Gennady Golovkin | Loss * | TKO9 |
18 | Dec 23, 2019 | 33 | Steven Butler | Win * | TKO5 |
17 | Jul 12, 2019 | 33 | Rob Brant | Win * | TKO2 |
16 | Oct 20, 2018 | 32 | Rob Brant | Loss * | UD |
15 | Apr 15, 2018 | 32 | Emanuele Blandamura | Win * | TKO8 |
14 | Oct 22, 2017 | 31 | Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam | Win * | RTD7 |
13 | May 20, 2017 | 31 | Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam | Loss * | SD |
12 | Dec 30, 2016 | 30 | Bruno Sandoval | Win | KO3 |
11 | Jul 23, 2016 | 30 | George Tahdooahnippah | Win | TKO1 |
10 | May 14, 2016 | 30 | Felipe Santos Pedroso | Win | TKO4 |
9 | Jan 30, 2016 | 30 | Gastón Vega | Win | KO2 |
8 | Nov 7, 2015 | 29 | Gunnar Jackson | Win | UD |
7 | May 1, 2015 | 29 | Douglas Damiao Ataide | Win | TKO5 |
6 | Dec 30, 2014 | 28 | Jessie Nicklow | Win | UD |
5 | Sep 5, 2014 | 28 | Adrian Luna Flores | Win | UD |
4 | May 22, 2014 | 28 | Jesús Ángel Nerio | Win | KO6 |
3 | Feb 22, 2014 | 28 | Carlos Nascimento | Win | TKO4 |
2 | Dec 6, 2013 | 27 | Dave Peterson | Win | TKO8 |
1 | Aug 25, 2013 | 27 | Akio Shibata | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
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.
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.
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.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jul 12, 2019 | Rob Brant | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Oct 22, 2017 | Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | RTD |
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.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Dec 23, 2019 | Steven Butler | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Apr 15, 2018 | Emanuele Blandamura | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Ryōta Murata lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Apr 9, 2022 | Gennady Golovkin | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | TKO |
Oct 20, 2018 | Rob Brant | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | UD |
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.
Murata knocked out 13 of his 19 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 68.4%. Of his total 16 wins, 13 of them were via KO (81.3%).
Murata's first world-title win was the WBA (Regular) belt at middleweight. He defeated Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam via 7 round RTD to win the title.
Murata won two world titles at middleweight.
Murata had a total of four title defense fights. He was successful two times and lost two times.