Comments Thread For: Ryota Murata Wins Pro Debut; Linares Stops Sanchez

[JakeNDaBox]

By Jake Donovan - Ryota Murata enjoyed a successful pro debut, cutting straight to the chase in stopping veteran Akio Shibata inside of two rounds Sunday evening in Tokyo, Japan.

The bout was the first for Murata since capturing Olympic gold for Japan in the 2012 Summer Olympics. With promoter Bob Arum at ringside, the 27-year old middleweight didn't disappoint, sending Shibata (now 21-8-1, 9KO) to the canvas in the opening round before finishing him off at 2:34 of round two. [Click Here To Read More]

[Aztekkas]

Good stuff, hope to see Jorge back in action at an elite level soon.

[any craic lad?]

Good to see Jorge staying busy and a nice win for Murata hopefully he can stay active over the next year

[kadyo's]

Thanks for the heads up, Jake. Guess people were too engrossed with the Gonzales KO win we didn't notice that Linarez was fighting. Good news on that japanese gold medalist's middleweight pro debut profight. Btw, was shiming a 3 time olympic gold medalist or 2 time?

[JakeNDaBox]

Thanks for the heads up, Jake. Guess people were too engrossed with the Gonzales KO win we didn't notice that Linarez was fighting. Good news on that japanese gold medalist's middleweight pro debut profight. Btw, was shiming a 3 time olympic gold medalist or 2 time?

Two-time Gold medalist, three-time overall medalist (also won bronze in 2004 Athens Games)

[gingerbreadman]

Good win for Murata, not heard of the guy he fought but from his record he's no pushover. More excited about Murata than Shiming, that's for sure