Details have emerged on the middleweight unification bout between IBF and IBO world champion Kazakh Gennady Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) and Japanese WBA Super belt holder Ryota Murata (16-2, 13 KOs), bbabo reports. net.
According to RingPolska, the fight will take place on April 2 or 9 at a boxing evening in Saitama (Japan). Moreover, the fight was originally supposed to take place in December, but was postponed due to the closure of the borders by the Japanese authorities.
"A few weeks ago, Murata's promoters already sent a request to the Japanese Boxing Commission for permission to host the event in the first month of the second quarter. Golovkin has already started training camp and should arrive in Japan in mid-March because his entire staff will have to go through quarantine" , - writes the edition.
The budget of the fight between Golovkin and Murata for three world titles has been announced
The last time Golovkin entered the ring was in December 2020, when he knocked out Pole Kamil Sheremeta (21-1, 5 KOs) in the USA, and defended his world title for a record 21st time.
The 35-year-old Murata was out even longer - in December 2019, he successfully defended his title against Stephen Butler (28-3-1, 24 KOs).
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