On October 20, 2018, Ryōta Murata (14-1, 11 KOs), the middleweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against American challenger, Rob Brant (23-1, 16 KOs).
Ryōta Murata is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO victory over Emanuele Blandamura, 6 months and 5 days ago. Rob Brant is on a 1-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Colby Courter, 7 months and 2 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Ryōta Murata at 99-1 winning odds. Rob Brant really doesn't have much to present against Murata.
Rob Brant defeated Ryōta Murata via unanimous decision and wins the WBA (Regular) title — in his first world-title fight. Brant improves his record to 24-1, while Murata adds a loss to his record at 14-2.