Sanchez wants GGG to fight Murata if no Canelo fight in Sep.

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By Sean Jones: Abel Sanchez says he wants WBA ‘regular’ middleweight champion Ryota Murata (14-1, 11 KOs) to be the next opponent for IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) to fight if a rematch against Saul Canelo Alvarez can’t be made for Triple G in September.

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Arum wants Ryota Murata vs. Gennady Golovkin on PPV in fall

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By Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank wants to make a fight between his guy WBA World middleweight champion Ryota Mura (14-1, 11 KOs) and WBA Super World 160 lb. champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) in Japan in the Fall. Murata is Golovkin’s WBA mandatory challenger, and Arum wants to make the fight between them later this year if Saul Canelo Alvarez is unavailable due to him being suspended.

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Ryota Murata cherry picks his way to victory

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By Rishad Marquardt: Tonight, WBA regular middleweight champion Ryota Murata defeated number sixth ranked challenger Emanuel Blandamura by eighth round TKO at the Yokohama Arena.

The bout was largely a game of cat and mouse with Murata spending large portions of the fight chasing the Italian around the ring, trying to close the distance and land a big punch.

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Ryota Murata defeats Hassan N’Dam – Results

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By Chris Williams: Ryota Murata (13-1, 10 KOs) wore down and stopped WBA World middleweight champion Hassan N’Dam (36-3, 21 KOs) at the end of the 7th round to capture his WBA 160 lb. title in their rematch on Sunday night at the Kukugikan in Tokyo, Japan.

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Murata Wins WBA Middleweight Title Via 7th Round TKO

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By Rishad Marquardt: Ryota Murata forced Hassan N’Dam to quit on his stool at the end of round seven in their rematch for the WBA middleweight regular crown. Murata looked bigger going into the fight and his low-volume high-power approach was too much for his Cameroonian-French opponent to endure. N’Dam struggled to keep balance and fend of the big-punching Murata, a pattern that reappeared from their first match earlier in the year.

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Hassan N’Dam vs. Ryota Murata – Weights

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By Allan Fox: WBA World middleweight champion Hassan N’Dam (36-2, 21 KOs) weighed in at 159 ¾ pounds for his rematch this Sunday on October 22 against #1 WBA rated contender Ryota Murata (12-1, 8 KOs) at the Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. Ryota came in at 158 ½ lbs.

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