Anyway, Murata had a solid career. He won Olympic Gold, won a world title and fought against a P4P great (Golovkin). I wish him the best.
Ryota Murata has Retired
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Las Vegas boxing guy
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I was hoping Murata would attempt to grab the Japan Middleweight belt before retiring. Current Japan champion Kazuto Takesako (15-0-1, 14 KO's) has made 6 consecutive successful defenses.
Anyway, Murata had a solid career. He won Olympic Gold, won a world title and fought against a P4P great (Golovkin). I wish him the best.
Anyway, Murata had a solid career. He won Olympic Gold, won a world title and fought against a P4P great (Golovkin). I wish him the best.
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That's popular recently. Fight cans all career, challenge a champion, cash out, get beaten and retire.
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Thomastearns
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Unless you're highly talented and determined and have the right support behind you or you're a YouTube celebrity, that's more or less the unwritten career plan for any young prospect these days.
Start off with maybe 3/4 carefully picked 'fights' a year to gain experience and establish a name.
Then settle down to maybe 2 fights every 3 years as you wait to land the big one. You know how long negotiations can take these days.
After that it's just a question of draining the money well truly dry as Mayweather has been demonstrating for years and years.
Floyd Mayweather Jr was a disaster for for fans of boxing but as Canelo will no doubt agree, he's left the best blueprint for success that the sport has ever known.
Money Mayweather indeed!
The only thing that Floyd hasn't done is to quit, and that can be the hardest thing of all.
Good for Murata that he's able to make that decision.
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I love how he avenged those losses against Njikam and Brant. Remembering cheering for him at 2012 olympics 
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Pretty much the way I see it. Carefully matched into an alphabet title belt, fights B-level guys then cashes out getting KO'd by a faded legend. Not unlike a lot of "champions" today but he was popular in Japan and probably made great $$$
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game tough guy, decent watch most of the time
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RYOTA MURATA OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT AT A CEREMONY IN TOKYO
On Tuesday, hugely popular former WBA middleweight titlist Ryota Murata officially announced his retirement at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan.
Murata, now 37, first gained attention for winning silver at the 2011 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan before capturing gold at the 2012 London Olympics. Murata left the amateur scene with a highly respectable record of 119-19 and turned professional under the Teiken Promotions banner in August 2013.
From the beginning, he was matched tough due to his amateur pedigree and moved quickly. The Japanese star was also co-promoted by Top Rank and made his American debut in his eighth fight on the undercard of Tim Bradley-Brandon Rios. He continued to build his brand fighting in America as well as different parts of Asia.
Murata met the experienced Hassan N’dam N’Jikam for the vacant WBA 160-pound title in May 2017. Although N’Jikam was on the floor in Round 4, he recovered to win a controversial 12-round split decision. The WBA ordered a rematch and five months later Murata forced his French opponent to retire after seven-rounds.
The newly minted titleholder made one defense against Emanuele Blandamura (TKO 8) before surprisingly dropping a decision to Rob Brant (UD 12) in Las Vegas. The two met in a rematch in Japan and Murata left no doubt as to who was the better man, stopping the American in two-rounds in July 2019.
Later that year, on the much-celebrated New Years Eve show in Japan, Murata stopped Steven Butler in five-rounds to retain his title.
The Covid-19 pandemic meant Murata didn’t fight for two-years. When he did return, he met IBF titlist Gennadiy Golovkin in a unifcation in April 2022. Although Murata lost, he put up a good effort before he was stopped in a high contact fight in nine-rounds.
Murata, who retires with a mark of 16-3, 13 knockouts, enjoyed a successful amateur and professional career and will be fondly remembered by his people.
On Tuesday, hugely popular former WBA middleweight titlist Ryota Murata officially announced his retirement at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan.
Murata, now 37, first gained attention for winning silver at the 2011 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan before capturing gold at the 2012 London Olympics. Murata left the amateur scene with a highly respectable record of 119-19 and turned professional under the Teiken Promotions banner in August 2013.
From the beginning, he was matched tough due to his amateur pedigree and moved quickly. The Japanese star was also co-promoted by Top Rank and made his American debut in his eighth fight on the undercard of Tim Bradley-Brandon Rios. He continued to build his brand fighting in America as well as different parts of Asia.
Murata met the experienced Hassan N’dam N’Jikam for the vacant WBA 160-pound title in May 2017. Although N’Jikam was on the floor in Round 4, he recovered to win a controversial 12-round split decision. The WBA ordered a rematch and five months later Murata forced his French opponent to retire after seven-rounds.
The newly minted titleholder made one defense against Emanuele Blandamura (TKO 8) before surprisingly dropping a decision to Rob Brant (UD 12) in Las Vegas. The two met in a rematch in Japan and Murata left no doubt as to who was the better man, stopping the American in two-rounds in July 2019.
Later that year, on the much-celebrated New Years Eve show in Japan, Murata stopped Steven Butler in five-rounds to retain his title.
The Covid-19 pandemic meant Murata didn’t fight for two-years. When he did return, he met IBF titlist Gennadiy Golovkin in a unifcation in April 2022. Although Murata lost, he put up a good effort before he was stopped in a high contact fight in nine-rounds.
Murata, who retires with a mark of 16-3, 13 knockouts, enjoyed a successful amateur and professional career and will be fondly remembered by his people.
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Dude weirdly does better in rematches. Honestly, might be able to beat Golovkin if they fought now. He must really not want to box anymore.