Former middleweight champion Ryota Murata, one of the most popular and accomplished boxers from Japan in recent memory, told the Japanese media Wednesday that he was effectively retiring from the ...

Middleweight Ryota Murata, who became Japan’s first Olympic boxing champion in 48 years last summer at the London Games, said Friday he is turning pro. Murata will make his pro debut with Tokyo’s ...

Olympic gold medal winner Ryota Murata of Japan, who lost his WBA "regular" middleweight title in October, announced Tuesday that he will continue his career. Following his defeat by unanimous ...

Ryota Murata (last 3 fights) threw an anemic 32 punches per round (23 fewer than the middle. avg.), but landed 40.3% of his total punches, while opponents landed just 14.6%. The economical Murata also ...

Former two division champion Sergio Martinez, 45-years-old, does not rule out the possibility of one day going after a world title. But all of that will depend on what he's capable of doing in his ...

London Olympic middleweight champion Ryota Murata has set up the longest fight of his pro boxing career—a 10-round bout—although if it’s like his three previous fights, it will be over long before ...

There has been a lot of controversy over the middleweight title fight which took place on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. Hassan N'Dam survived a fourth-round knockdown on and went on to a split-decision ...

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. -- Next Monday in Los Angeles, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum and Todd duBoef, CEO and president of Top Rank, respectively, will host a news conference luncheon to announce the ...

Ryota Murata is ready to take his professional career to the next level after his victory over American Dave Peterson. Murata is set to fight in Top Rank's card in Macau on February 22, having signed ...

TOKYO - Japan's London Olympic champion Ryota Murata will fight Hassan N'Dam for the vacant World Boxing Association "regular" middleweight crown next month, his gym said Monday. The 31-year-old's ...