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By Kenneth Friedman: Former WBA middleweight champion Ryota Murata (15-2, 12 KOs) made easy work of WBA ‘regular’ 160 pound champion Rob Brant (25-2, 17 KOs) in stopping him in the second round with a barrage of punches on Friday night at the EDION Arena in Osaka, Japan.  → read full story

Before hometown hero and WBO No. 1 featherweight contender Shakur Stevenson headlines against Alberto Guevara at Newark’s Prudential Center on Saturday evening (ESPN and ESPN Deportes, 10:30 p.m.  → read full story

By Chris Williams: Rob Brant and Ryota Murata will be facing each other in less than two weeks from now in a rematch on July 12 on ESPN+ at the EDION Arena Osaka, in Osaka, Japan.  → read full story

Mark Eisner: WBA ‘regular’ middleweight champion Rob Brant could be facing former WBO 147 pound champion Jeff Horn in his next title defense if he beats former WBA 160 lb champion Ryota Murata this Friday night on Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ from the EDION Arena Osaka, in Osaka, Japan.  → read full story

By Chris Williams: Despite having been easily beaten last October by American Rob Brant in a one-sided 12 round fight, Ryota Murata (14-2, 11 KOs) has decided to face Brant in a rematch on July 12 on ESPN at the EDION Arena Osaka, in Osaka, Japan.  → read full story

Rob “Bravo” Brant and Ryota Murata have a painful shared history.  → read full story

By Mike Smith: Former WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn could be moving up to middleweight to challenge WBA ‘regular’ 160 lb champion Rob Brant in this winter in Brisbane, Australia.  → read full story

By Sean Jones: Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) is in a position right now where there aren’t any big fights available to him for his next fight.  → read full story

By Eric Thomas: WBA World middleweight champion Rob Brant (25-1, 17 KOs) used his high work rate and excellent technical skills to defeat the young 21-year-old challenge Khasan Baysangurov (17-1, 7 KOs) by an 11th round knockout on Friday night in his maiden title defense on ESPN at the Grand Casino Hinckley in Hinckley, Minnesota.  → […]

Rob “Bravo” Brant crashed the world boxing scene last October with a dominant decision over Ryota Murata to win the WBA middleweight title.  → read full story