Comments Thread For: Hassan N'Dam-Ryota Murata Rematch Lands on ESPN

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The world title rematch between World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight champion Hassan N'Dam (36-2, 21 KOs), of France, and No. 1 contender Ryta Murata (12-1, 9 KOs), of Japan, will be televised live to the U.S. from Tokyo, on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, Sunday, October 22, at 7:00 a.m. ET.
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[Vegemil]

Hassan N'Dam is like wonderbread.

[Mammoth]

Hassan N'Dam is like wonderbread.

He is pretty white...

[DuckAdonis]

Let's see if the real winner wins this time

[Boxing Logic]

Nice. If Murata can dominate the rematch the way Lemieux and other top middleweights have dominated N'Dam, then hopefully he can get a top opponent on ESPN to really prove he's on the upper level. Someone like Derevanchenko, or Jermall Charlo, would be great, and then whoever wins those fights will have earned himself a shot at the top 4 of GGG, Canelo, Jacobs, and Lemieux.

That's how a sport is supposed to function, anyway, where the guys ranked 5 - 10 in a division all fight each other to see who deserves to jump into the top 5, and who deserves to stay where they are until they improve, get another shot at someone in the top 10, and win to prove they're top 5.

160 is a division that needs sorting out in that way right now, and 175 is especially such a division, so I hope we see that happen in the next six months or sooner, because as talented as these divisions are, most the fighters are reaching the end of their primes, so the time is now.

[sammybee]

Ndam fights the same way always so I expect the same fight. I hope the judges correct their mistake this time.

[ceylon mooney]

ndam is not WBA world
champion.

golovkin is.

ndam holds the regular belt, which means he is definitely not the world champion.

hire an editor and a fact
checker already

[Pandur]

Thats great. Boxing on TV is always a good thing.

But realistically who in the USA are gonna watch the fight live on a saturday morning at 7 am?

[Mammoth]

Thats great. Boxing on TV is always a good thing.

But realistically who in the USA are gonna watch the fight live on a saturday morning at 7 am?

I am. War Murata!!!

[ShoulderRoll]

ndam is not WBA world
champion.

golovkin is.

ndam holds the regular belt, which means he is definitely not the world champion.

hire an editor and a fact
checker already

Right! The WBA regular belt holder is not the real world champion.

And this applies to Golovkin's chasing the middleweight record for title defenses too.