Gennadiy Golovkin vs. Ryota Murata | DAZN - April 9, 2022

[Thomastearns]

Good to see Golovkin showing his hosts the due respect.

Murata is also a class act, nice to see him looking relaxed.

There's simply no need to hype this one up.

I think we all have a good idea of what they're bringing to this epic fight. Five or six years ago Murata would have had little chance, but this is a 40 year old Golovkin he's now facing.

There's simply no way of avoiding the fact this 2022 GGG would probably not survive 12 rounds against his 2016 counterpart, nevermind the one from 2012.

[apollo creed]

Golovkin looks very shredded.

I think he'd stop Murata in 10-11 rounds.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

Murata is no spring chicken either and hes been inactive a long time

[adislav123]

Murata is no spring chicken either and hes been inactive a long time

but he's just no good fighter, man! you gotta understand! fornicate the olympic gold! fornicate that he's a champ! crude mismatch! murata a bum! you got to get da knowledge man!

[margaret thatcher]

at the moment of posting this, 1/8 is the widest anyone has for ggg on the aforementioned oddschecker, not the average.

there's even 3/10 being offered if we wwanna cherry pick the other way.

out of 20 bookies, only 2 have it as wide 1/8. aint it funny how that was the number to show up

3/10
2/9 (x5)
1/5
2/11 (x3)
1/6 (x6)
2/13 (x2)
1/8 (x2)

[margaret thatcher]

anyone know when the main event is expected to start

[Ruthless-RKO]

anyone know when the main event is expected to start

Noon

[margaret thatcher]

thx homeslice

[Enlightened-One]

at the moment of posting this, 1/8 is the widest anyone has for ggg on the aforementioned oddschecker, not the average.

there's even 3/10 being offered if we wwanna cherry pick the other way.

out of 20 bookies, only 2 have it as wide 1/8. aint it funny how that was the number to show up

3/10
2/9 (x5)
1/5
2/11 (x3)
1/6 (x6)
2/13 (x2)
1/8 (x2)

The odds are obviously changing all the time, but forgive me if I’m wrong, in terms of implied probably… aren’t some of those fractions you’ve cited very similar to each other?

1/8 = 89%
2/11 = 85%
1/6 = 86%
2/13 = 87%
1/5 = 84%

[margaret thatcher]

oh sure, im just giving more context, 1/8 is the widest there......obviously geej is a solid fave though no matter the odds

[Enlightened-One]

oh sure, im just giving more context, 1/8 is the widest there......obviously geej is a solid fave though no matter the odds

I’ve just checked one of my old posts and it seems GGG is as heavily-favoured to beat Murata as Mayweather Jr. was to defeat McGregor.

To be honest, whilst I expect GGG to beat the Japanese fighter with consummate ease, the betting odds are still too wide for my liking.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Date: Saturday April 9, 2022
Location: Saitama Super Arena - Saitama, Japan
TV: DAZN

Start Times
DAZN: 5 am ET / 2 am PT / 10 am BST / 7 pm AEST (Main Card)

Promoted by: Teiken & GGG Promotions

Fight Card

Unified IBF, IBO & WBA (Super) World Middleweight Championship
Gennadiy Golovkin vs. Ryota Murata

WBO Asia Pacific Lightweight Championship
Shuichiro Yoshino vs. Masayuki Ito

WBO World Flyweight Championship
Junto Nakatani vs. Ryota Yamauchi

6 Round Super Bantamweight Bout
Kazuki Anaguchi vs. Ryuji Yamamoto

4 Round Welterweight Bout
Hiroka Amaki vs. Taiga Kato

[Ruthless-RKO]

Stats and Stakes

Gennadiy Golovkin

Age: 40
Titles: IBF/IBO Middleweight (2019-Present, 1 Defense)
Previous Titles: WBA Middleweight (2013-18, 14 Defenses*); WBC Middleweight (2014-18, 7 Defenses); IBF Middleweight (2015-18, 4 Defenses); IBO Middleweight (2013-18, 14 Defenses)
Height: 5’10 ½
Weight: 160 lbs.
Stance: Orthodox
Hails from: Los Angeles, California (Hails from Kazakhstan)
Record: 41-1-1, 36 KO
Press Rankings: #1 (TBRB, Ring), #2 (ESPN)
Record in Major Title Fights: 16-1-1, 14 KO (22-1-1, 20 KO including interim or sub-title fights)
Last Five Opponents: 138-5-3 (.955)

Notable Outcomes, TBRB/Ring Rated Foes: Grzegorz Proksa TKO5; Gabriel Rosado TKO7; Matthew Macklin TKO3; Curtis Stevens RTD8; Daniel Geale TKO3; Marco Antonio Rubio KO2; Martin Murray TKO11; David Lemieux TKO8; Kell Brook TKO5; Daniel Jacobs UD12; Saul Alvarez D12, L12; Sergiy Derevyanchenko UD12; Kamil Szeremata RTD7

Additional Current/Former Titlists Faced: Kassim Ouma TKO10

*Golovkin initially won the WBA’s interim title in 2010, upgraded to their sub-title, and made five defenses before becoming the primary WBA titlist.

vs.

Ryota Murata

Age: 36
Titles: WBA Middleweight (2021-Present, 1st Attempted Defense*)
Previous Titles: None
Height: 6’0
Weight: 160 lbs.
Stance: Orthodox
Hails from: Tokyo, Japan
Record: 16-2, 13 KO
Press Rankings: #4 (ESPN), #5 (Ring)
Record in Major Title Fights: 0-0 (4-2, 4 KO including WBA sub-title fights)
Last Five Opponents: 139-7-1 (.949)
Notable Outcomes, TBRB and/or Ring Rated Foes: Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam L12, RTD7; Rob Brant TKO2
Additional Current/Former Titlists Faced: None

[Cent0089]

I remembering year 2012, when GGG debuted in USA against Gregor Proksa and Murata won gold in London. Time flies :(

[lazboy]

I remembering year 2012, when GGG debuted in USA against Gregor Proksa and Murata won gold in London. Time flies :(

It does indeed. Who else is watching, the event has started.

[Fightnight Scores]

We're away! If you're scoring: https://fight-score.com/fight/shuichiro ... sayuki-ito

[lazboy]

Competitive first rd. Ps I won’t be doing rbr - just some comments here and there.

[lazboy]

Loving this fight so far. Hard, clean punches landed by both. Yoshino getting the best of it.

[lazboy]

Brutal fight…they do it differently in Japan.

[Fightnight Scores]

Really fun so far! 2 tough guys slugging it out!

[Fightnight Scores]

Guess interest in the UK is limited and the Americans have only set their alarm for the main event

[NoScoutingReports]

Great watch, that. Fantastic action throughout, Ito's face was in a bad bad way afterwards christ.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Brutal fight stopped in round 11 after a clash of heads left Masayuki Ito unable to continue, Shuichiro Yoshino wins a technical decision (106-103, 107-102, 107-102). Great opener.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Next up is the co-feature!


Junto Nakatani (22-0, 17 KO) vs Ryota Hamauchi (8-1, 7 KO), flyweights, 12 rounds, for Nakatani’s WBO title