Ryota Murata, a middleweight super champion of the WBA = World Boxing Association, who was postponed due to the influence of the new coronavirus, met on the 9th of next month and said, "Thank you for being able to do it. I want to show the performance. "
WBA, Middleweight Super Champion Murata was planning a unified title match with IBF = International Boxing Federation Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan last December.
However, the match was postponed because new foreigners were suspended from entering the country in principle due to the government's border measures due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
On the 3rd, it was announced that Murata will play a unified title match with Golovkin at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City on the 9th of next month.
At the press conference, Murata said, "I was disappointed once the match flew, but I am grateful that it can be achieved. I want to show the best performance in the match, so please look forward to it." Showed enthusiasm.
Regarding the effect of the postponement of the game, I thought positively, "In the end of the year, the sparring period was short for me, so I was able to take that period sufficiently."
Murata will be the first match in 2 years and 4 months since December 2019, and will be a remarkable match with Golovkin, who once had the experience of unifying the three-group title.
In addition, on the 9th of next month, WBO = World Boxing Organization, flyweight champion Junto Nakatani will hold a championship defense battle with Ryota Yamauchi, who is second in the world ranking.
Murata "I can only pray for peace"
After the press conference, Ryota Murata said, "I can only pray for peace" about Russia's military invasion of Ukraine.
Murata was a middleweight gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics, where Vasiliy Lomachenko of Ukraine won the light weight and Olexandre Usyk won the heavyweight gold medal. ..
Lomachenko and Usyk repeatedly send messages calling for peace on SNS.
Regarding this situation, Murata said, "I can't say what the administration is talking about or what the measures are. I just want peace, don't die, and want the war to end sooner." I did.