Comments Thread For: Photos: Ryota Murata Grinds Hard For Gennadiy Golovkin Unification

[Mammoth]

Haven't seen Murata fight but he's lost to Rob Brant and Hassan N'Dam. Nuff said.

Does he even make it past round 5?

His loss to N'Dam shouldn't have been a loss. The Brant loss was weird because I'm thinking Rob's win over Murata will be the only decent thing he'll ever achieve.

[AKAcronym]

Is it me or do those sparring shots look too set up?

[MeanestNiceGuy]

Starched Brant in round 2 of their rematch and retired N’dam in their second going. Even in his losses he was merely outboxed. I’m not sure if GGG has enough left to stop him in the early rounds. Should be an interesting fight between two old guys with fantastic chins and heavy hands

Just saw the Brant rematch. I'm not all that sold on Murata....seems kinda robotic. Who knows though...."robotic" may be the plan to throw GGG off. Can't wait to see how he fairs against an older Golovkin.

[MeanestNiceGuy]

His loss to N'Dam shouldn't have been a loss. The Brant loss was weird because I'm thinking Rob's win over Murata will be the only decent thing he'll ever achieve.

N'Dam can still makes fights ugly, so I'll take your word for it in the meantime. I just thought N'Dam was spent and past it, but I could be wrong. As far as Brant...I just remember guys clowning him around here recently, saying he packed it in during his most recent fight. Doesn't sound like he has "the goods" but his style seemed to have given Murata a run for his money the first time around.

[Poeticman7]

Starched Brant in round 2 of their rematch and retired N’dam in their second going. Even in his losses he was merely outboxed. I’m not sure if GGG has enough left to stop him in the early rounds. Should be an interesting fight between two old guys with fantastic chins and heavy hands

Murata's chin is great, but will his body be able to stand up to a committed body attack from GGG?
I know GGG has been a jab machine more recently,
But if he decides to commit again to the body,
Murata may not hear the final bell.

[SplitSecond]

Murata's chin is great, but will his body be able to stand up to a committed body attack from GGG?
I know GGG has been a jab machine more recently,
But if he decides to commit again to the body,
Murata may not hear the final bell.

Bodyshots are always the way around an iron chin.

[Zaroku]

I’m happy it will be on Japanese TV for free—live!