Murata gets vindication; Retires N'Dam

[Ruthless-RKO]

Ryota Murata made sure the judges weren’t a factor in the outcome of his middleweight championship rematch with Hassan N’Dam.

Five months after N’Dam came to Tokyo and won a controversial split decision against him, the Japanese star avenged his lone loss by scoring a technical knockout win against N’Dam after the seventh round Sunday in Tokyo. The 31-year-old Murata (13-1, 10 KOs) was the more aggressive, effective fighter throughout their bout and wobbled Cameroon’s N’Dam (36-3, 21 KOs) several times with right hands prior to the stoppage.

N’Dam, 33, had not lost by knockout or technical knockout in 38 professional bouts before Murata stopped him Sunday. N’Dam won a controversial split decision over Murata in their 12-round fight to win the then-vacant WBA world middleweight title May 20 at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo.

A completely one-sided seventh round convinced N’Dam that he shouldn’t continue in a fight Murata was winning easily at Ryogoku Sumo Hall.

A Murata right hand backed N’Dam into the ropes about a minute into the sixth round. Murata affected N’Dam with two more right hands later in a sixth round he dominated.

N’Dam appeared tired as he walked back to his corner following a fifth round in which Murata landed the cleaner, more effective punches.

N’Dam held after an accurate Murata tattooed him with consecutive overhand rights less than 30 seconds into the fourth round.

Murata landed a stiff jab that snapped back N’Dam’s head with about 20 seconds to go in the third round. Murata drilled N’Dam with a right uppercut about 40 seconds into the third round that left N’Dam holding.

In the second round, an aggressive Murata continued to land the harder punches that backed up N’Dam. Murata connected with another overhand right in the second round that bothered N’Dam in a corner.

Murata landed a solid overhand right that knocked N’Dam off balance with about 20 seconds to go in the first round. Murata and N’Dam began banging away at each other from close distances in the center of the ring as soon as their fight started.

From the opening bell, Murata was a different fighter than he was in their first fight five months ago.

[Jip]

Never looked 160 so good

[Cent0089]

That robbery in first fight was good for Murata. Now he has dominant TKO victory over decent oponent instead of lackluster decision win.

[Oiky]

Quality performance

[Andrew]

Much better fight this time.

Still think Murata is still that fringe level but I'd like to see him again.

These contenders need to fight each other. Murata v Devrachenko would be a quality fight.

[TheBeast]

Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam 36 2 0
vs
Ryota Murata 12 1 0
WBA World Middleweight Title

N'Dam RTD
https://twitter.com/the13thround/status ... 3386041345



FULL CARD HIGHLIGHTS HERE:
http://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/view ... 5&t=125642

ENJOY!!

[Boxing Prospect]

Show did huge numbers on Fuji. Averaging well over 10,000,000 viewers despite the other things going on on the same day. The best Fuji rating since 2000.

[jamamb]

is murata the heaviest japanese champion

[Boxing Prospect]

is murata the heaviest japanese champion

Tied with Shinji Takehara

[boxing_rocks]

is murata the heaviest japanese champion

Except he is not really a champion. The real WBA belt belongs to Golovkin.

[jamamb]

is murata the heaviest japanese champion

Tied with Shinji Takehara

i browsed his record and saw that he beat ken shiros dad. i wonder what its like to have a father who is a foot taller than you. i guess ken had a short mum

[boxing_rocks]

The fight did phenomenal TV ratings:
http://www.fightopinion.com/2017/10/24/ ... vkin-plan/

[PsychoGamerTwo]

From beating Stevens & going distance with Lemieux/Quillin & a KOTY 2016 to losing to a jap.

Goodbye N'dam

[Ruthless-RKO]

From beating Stevens & going distance with Lemieux/Quillin & a KOTY 2016 to losing to a jap.

Goodbye N'dam

Let's not forget he got knocked out in the Olympics

[jamamb]

points i thought