Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam vs Ryota Murata

Hassan N'Dam and Ryota Murata fight Saturday at the Ariake Colosseum for the WBA World middleweight title. Hassan N'Dam enters this fight with a 35-2 record that includes 21 knockouts. N'Dam has won his last four fights and is coming off a December win over Alfonso Blanco. N'Dam had a very successful 4-0 2016 and hasn’t lost since his bout with David Lemieux for the IBF middleweight title. N'Dam has won his last three fights by knockout, which is a good sign for a fighter who I’ve said lacks a killer instinct at times. N'Dam often does just enough to win fights, as he controls the ring well and has a very effective jab to go along with above-average defense. Besides his loss to Lemieux, Peter Quillin is the only fighter to beat N'Dam. This will be N'Dam’s first fight in Japan. Ryota Murata enters this fight with a 12-0 record that includes nine knockouts. This will be Murata’s fifth fight since 2016 and is coming off a December win over Bruno Sandoval. Murata has a well decorated amateur career that includes a 2012 olympic gold medal, but this will be the biggest test of his young pro career. Murata stands in at 5’11”, has a 72 inch reach and is a smart boxer who does a nice job of getting in and out with his combinations and displays good head movement. This is going to be a fun fight between two polished boxers who are well accomplished and in that second tier of quality boxers in a loaded middleweight division. http://www.boxen.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/NDAm-vs-Murata-1-590x835.jpg Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam Higlights Ryota Murata Highlights