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Ryota Murata Training Photos Gallery - Ryota Murata, one of Japan's most revered sporting heroes, is ready to make his debut as a Las Vegas headliner. (photos by Mikey Williams).

Ryota Murata Training Photos Gallery - Ryota Murata, one of Japan's most revered sporting heroes, is ready to make his debut as a Las Vegas headliner. (photos by Mikey Williams).

When WBA 'regular' middleweight champion, Ryoto Murata, faces Rob Brant this Saturday night from the Park Theater in Las Vegas, there will be an interested observer in attendance. Tom Loeffler, who represents former unified middleweight champion, Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs).

Japanese superstar Ryota Murata is taking his talents halfway around the world. Tickets for Murata’s WBA middleweight world title defense against Rob “Bravo” Brant on Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Park Theater at Park MGM go on sale TODAY at 10 a.m. PST. The event is promoted by Top Rank, in association with Teiken Promotions and Greg Cohen Promotions.

Ryota Murata, the fighting pride of Japan, will take his world championship show on the road to the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. Murata will make the second defense of his WBA middleweight world title against Rob “Bravo” Brant on Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Park Theater.

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum recently advised BoxingScene.com that he intends to match WBA "regular" middleweight champion Ryota Murata against undefeated contender Jason Quigley (14-0, 11 KOs). Arum is targeting the date of October 20 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, the purse bid for the mandatory WBA 'regular' middleweight title match-up between champion Ryota Murata and challenger Rob Brant was held on Monday in Panama and won by Greg Cohen Promotions, who handle Brant, with a bid of just over $200,000.

Earlier today in Panama, the World Boxing Association (WBA) held a purse bid for the right to promote the mandatory fight between WBA "regular" middleweight champion Ryota Murata once beaten challenger Robert Brant.

While there have been some rumblings that Ryota Murata, the WBA 'regular' middleweight champion, could be facing Jason Quigley in Las Vegas in October, the WBA has ordered a purse bid for Murata and mandatory challenger Rob Brant. The purse bid is scheduled for Monday August 13th at the WBA offices in Panama. The minimum bid has been set for $200,000 with a 50-50 split between the two.

Las Vegas - Beyond his upcoming fight, Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) is leaning in the direction of WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) as the opponent of choice. Golovkin will defend his WBC, WBA, IBO world titles against Canelo Alvarez in a rematch, which takes place on September 15th from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.