Ryota Murata’s career has been characterized by ups and downs. However, the super middleweight champion has always shown his quality in the ring and this Saturday he will live one of the biggest challenges of his career. 

The Japanese will have a great opportunity when he steps into the ring at the Saitama Super Arena to face Gennady Golovkin.  The first point in his favor is that he will be in front of his home crowd and another important aspect is the quality of the opponent he will face, so a victory would mean a lot for his career. 

Murata has always shown great control of the ring, good use of distance and a fearsome punch. Tools that he has been able to take advantage of in most of his fights. 

However, he has had some bad moments such as when he lost to Rob Murata in the US and was unable to show his best in that fight but in the 2019 rematch he finished the American in just three rounds, which was a demonstration of his resilience.

The Japanese has been waiting for this big unification fight and wants to show his best version, the one that will allow him to make a definitive leap but first he will have to beat a living legend of the sport.