Middleweight Ryota Murata, who became Japan’s first Olympic boxing champion in 48 years last summer at the London Games, said Friday he is turning pro. Murata will make his pro debut with Tokyo’s ...

Ryota Murata (last 3 fights) threw an anemic 32 punches per round (23 fewer than the middle. avg.), but landed 40.3% of his total punches, while opponents landed just 14.6%. The economical Murata also ...

Gennadiy Golovkin is a significant favorite to defeat Ryota Murata in their middleweight title-unification bout Saturday in Saitama, Japan, Murata’s home country. That doesn’t meant there aren’t ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's Ryota Murata denied Brazil a first Olympic boxing gold medal on Saturday when he fought smart to win his country's first in the ring for 48 years by beating middleweight ...

The head of the World Boxing Association (WBA) has demanded a rematch after Frenchman Hassan N'Dam won the middleweight title on a controversial split decision over Japan's Ryota Murata. N'Dam took ...

(AP) Middleweight Ryota Murata won the second boxing gold medal in Japan’s Olympic history Saturday night, edging Brazil’s Esquiva Falcao 14-13. Murata is the only Japanese man to win gold in boxing ...

LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Japan's Ryota Murata beat Brazil's Esquiva Falcao Florentino to win the men's Olympic middleweight boxing gold medal on Saturday. Murata claimed a 14-13 victory at the Excel ...