Ryōta Murata
Career, Record, Stats
Ryōta Murata (Golden Fist) is a 38-year-old retired Japanese professional boxer. He is a former middleweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 8 years, 7 months, and 15 days, Murata amassed a record of 16-3, which includes 13 wins via KO, 4 of which were in world-title fights.
Ryōta Murata's Boxing Career
Ryōta Murata was born in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan on January 12, 1986. He made his professional debut at the age of 27 years on August 25, 2013 against Akio Shibata. Murata defeated Shibata via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Murata got his first shot at a world title at the age of 31 after 12 professional fights. On May 20, 2017 Murata challenged Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam's WBA (Regular) middleweight title but lost via 12-round split decision.
In his next fight, he got another shot at the middleweight WBA (Regular) (vacant) title. This time he defeated N'Jikam via 12-round split decision, winning his first world title.
Murata's last fight was a 9th-round TKO loss to Gennady Golovkin at age 36, on April 9, 2022, in which he lost his WBA (Super) middleweight title in a unification bout.
Some of Ryōta Murata's best fights have been against Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam, Rob Brant, and Steven Butler. For a complete list of Murata's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Ryōta Murata".
Murata has 3 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Ryōta Murata Losses".
Ryōta Murata's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | Apr 09, 2022 | 36 | 
Gennady Golovkin 40 41-1-1  | loss | TKO 9 |
18 | Dec 23, 2019 | 33 | 
Steven Butler 24 28-1-1 | win | TKO 5 |
17 | Jul 12, 2019 | 33 | 
Rob Brant 28 25-1 | win | TKO 2 |
16 | Oct 20, 2018 | 32 |
Rob Brant 28 23-1 | loss | UD 12 |
15 | Apr 15, 2018 | 32 |  Emanuele Blandamura | win | TKO 8 |
14 | Oct 22, 2017 | 31 | 
Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam 33 36-2 | win | RTD 7 |
13 | May 20, 2017 | 31 |
Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam 33 35-2 | loss | SD 12 |
12 | Dec 30, 2016 | 30 | Bruno Sandoval | win | KO 3 |
11 | Jul 23, 2016 | 30 | George Tahdooahnippah | win | TKO 1 |
10 | May 14, 2016 | 30 | Felipe Santos Pedroso | win | TKO 4 |
9 | Jan 30, 2016 | 30 | Gastón Vega | win | KO 2 |
8 | Nov 07, 2015 | 29 | Gunnar Jackson | win | UD 10 |
7 | May 01, 2015 | 29 | Douglas Damiao Ataide | win | TKO 5 |
6 | Dec 30, 2014 | 28 | Jessie Nicklow | win | UD 10 |
5 | Sep 05, 2014 | 28 | Adrian Luna Flores | win | UD 10 |
4 | May 22, 2014 | 28 | Jesús Ángel Nerio | win | KO 6 |
3 | Feb 22, 2014 | 28 | Carlos Nascimento | win | TKO 4 |
2 | Dec 06, 2013 | 27 | Dave Peterson | win | TKO 8 |
1 | Aug 25, 2013 | 27 | Akio Shibata | win | TKO 2 |