On July 12, 2019, Rob Brant (25-1, 17 KOs), the middleweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against former world champion Ryōta Murata (14-2, 11 KOs).
Rob Brant is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate; his last fight was a 11th round TKO victory over Khasan Baysangurov, 4 months and 27 days ago. Ryōta Murata is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 68% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Brant, 8 months and 22 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 98-2 in favor of Ryōta Murata. Rob Brant won't be able to do much against Murata.
Ryōta Murata made very easy work of Rob Brant in the rematch, stopping the champion via TKO in the 2nd. Murata improves his record to 15-2 (12 KOs), while Brant adds a loss to his record at 25-2.