GGG will have a fight this year! (BOXING)

[FinneysTrueVision]

Ryota Murata is not a popular boxer, only had 16 fights (https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/657422) while he loses of that fights.

This fight will be in Japan, so it's good for Ryota Murata as he is in his home-court advantage, but I doubt it will help him win because GGG will not make him last 12 rounds, most probably a KO win by GGG will be witnessed in the fight day.

I'm just impressed by the promoter of the fight as they also consider bringing the fight to Japan and Asians would be happy with that.

Murata is very popular in Japan. They could easily sell out a stadium with this fight. It all depends on what Covid precautions will look like. They might have the fight in a smaller arena. The fight is around the New Year holiday which is when they have a lot of big fights in Japan.

I think this is an evenly matched fight. GGG is past his prime and gets hit a lot. Murata has the perfect style to go toe to toe and make it an exciting fight which I expect to be a war.

[Davidvictorson]

At 39, GGG has had such a stellar career and in my own opinion should be heading for retirement after his next fight for two reasons. First, any loss at this time will not look good on his over 20years of impressive boxing career record. Second, you don't wanna be in the ring when you are over 35 years. There's a strong inverse correlation between age and a boxer's health. Although, the middleweight division has some top fighters that are yearning to get in the ring with GGG at this time, i'd say he should just do a last get fight, get win as money retirement and move on to something else.

[coin-investor]

GGG deserves more than this. He deserves bigger fights with boxers with huge names if ever he's planning to quit. It's better to quit on his field when he has planted a good name and history. He's one of the favorites so I'm hoping that he would have more fights in the future.

He has a good knock out percentage winning 13 of his 16 wins via knock out but I have not seen him fought a big name in boxing and because of this he'll have a hard time-fighting GGG's unorthodox style, he needs to come out with a Canelo like performance to keep up with GGG power and speed, it's very unfortunate that while Canelo is fighting top fighters, GGG is not getting a huge fight so he can prepare himself in case there's a trilogy between him and Canelo.

[dothebeats]

While Ryota Murata is a decent fighter on his own merit, I don't think there will be much contest when he's matched against Golovkin. Not to disrespect Murata or anything, but I think his experience isn't enough to outclass and outmatch Golovkin's tenure on the ring. Still, this could be a fight that we're waiting to watch. A refresher, I must say, as we will see a relatively-new fighter square it off against an experienced warrior in the ring. It's exciting to see how Murata will handle himself against the likes of GGG.

[smyslov]

While Ryota Murata is a decent fighter on his own merit, I don't think there will be much contest when he's matched against Golovkin. Not to disrespect Murata or anything, but I think his experience isn't enough to outclass and outmatch Golovkin's tenure on the ring. Still, this could be a fight that we're waiting to watch. A refresher, I must say, as we will see a relatively-new fighter square it off against an experienced warrior in the ring. It's exciting to see how Murata will handle himself against the likes of GGG.

Not to disrespect, of course, you are just telling the truth I also have the opinion that Murata's experience is not enough to counter GGG experience and power, Golovkin still has what it takes to beat anyone in the ring, promoters should give Golovkin to fight Canelo again, they are the only fight of both fighters that challenge their boxing skill, Canelo has been beating champions while Golovkin is facing unknown fighters, where's the justice here.

[South Park]

Looks like we can still see Gennadiy Golovkin fighting this year.

This is the article that says he is going to fight this year.

Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata agree to December 28th unification in Japan
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Golovkin holds the IBF middleweight title, Murata the WBA

GGG fought last year, so in this scheduled fight if it happen, he will be inactive for over a year.
I hope this is not his last fight, as though is not getting any younger, many are still hoping he would fight Canelo Alvarez one more time.

This is good news, the pandemic has been terrible for everyone but athletes that were at the end of their careers are really suffering, after all GGG is not getting any younger and even if I think he is still quite good at the same time there is no denial that some of his abilities are slowly diminishing due to his age and the brutal nature of the sport, just as you I wish this is not his last fight, but if it is I hope he gets to walk away from boxing with a victory.

[Japinat]

While Ryota Murata is a decent fighter on his own merit, I don't think there will be much contest when he's matched against Golovkin. Not to disrespect Murata or anything, but I think his experience isn't enough to outclass and outmatch Golovkin's tenure on the ring. Still, this could be a fight that we're waiting to watch. A refresher, I must say, as we will see a relatively-new fighter square it off against an experienced warrior in the ring. It's exciting to see how Murata will handle himself against the likes of GGG.

Not to disrespect, of course, you are just telling the truth I also have the opinion that Murata's experience is not enough to counter GGG experience and power, Golovkin still has what it takes to beat anyone in the ring, promoters should give Golovkin to fight Canelo again, they are the only fight of both fighters that challenge their boxing skill, Canelo has been beating champions while Golovkin is facing unknown fighters, where's the justice here.

This should not be a problem for GGG, the quality of his opponent below the quality of the opponents he beat in his previous fight. We all long to see a trilogy of GGG and Canelo, but I think this will not happen anymore as eventually, GGG will retire soon, at 39 years old, he is already good to retire if he will not get big fights after this fight.

[robelneo]

It's already confirmed that he will fight Murata I think the title should be changed now and put the name of the challenger which is Murata, Murata's name doesn't ring a bell checking his record it is good but not enough to match GGG record.
Golovkin is not getting good fights now compared to Canelo, GGG's last fight was against Szeremeta and it became an easy fight for GGG os he on for retirement that his promoter is not giving him top fights anymore, he's still strong and people want to see a trilogy against Canelo, this is a fight that he should prepare, there's a possibility that it will happen.

[LUCKMCFLY]

^ No one knows for me even though GGG is a good fighter but the chances are 50/50.
Just like what happened in Manny Pacquiao and Yordenis Ugas's fight, we thought that was easy for Pacquiao to fight Ugas but unfortunately, it is a victory for Ugas in the end which he is the underdog. The same on this fight, GGG probably has better odds but we cannot be sure that there is accuracy on the result that he will always win.

You cannot compare GGG to Pacquiao, Pacquiao is so busy in so many things he is mainly into politics, and his last fight prior to the Ugas fight was two years, GGG is a more active one and he won his last fight via knock out, he is still sharp strong and fast, I'm sure that GGG will take care of business, I'm still hoping that he and Canelo will meet again, they deserve each other because of their individual style of fighting.

I agree with your opinion, Pacquiao I don't think he can be compared, GGG has been loved for a long time and apart is always a favorite, whoever he can fight with can give a great show, I do not deny that a fight against Pacquiao would give him a great leap to life. fame and he would return to the ring with all his strength, especially if he achieves a victory, I hope the promoter manages to take advantage of this moment, many of us are happy to see GGG again, but we want high-level fights.

[chaser15]

I never thought that GGG will hang his gloves already so I'm expecting he will have a fight, even not this year but surely next year.

But since there's already an agreement, fans will be excited again to see him in the ring.

I'm hoping too for one last time that he will face again Canelo. Should be done quickly by next year.

[harizen]

Not familiar with the Japanese guy but experienced-wise, GGG has the upper hand. Their age is not that gap so we should not take age as one of their disadvantages. They are now in their post-prime but still thinking they will give us action like playing on their prime especially Golovkin.

It's already confirmed that he will fight Murata I think the title should be changed now and put the name of the challenger which is Murata.

Yes, I agree with that as a proper format for any boxing match threads here.

Somehow a fair treatment for both parties and not just because GGG will return to the ring.

[Kemarit]

It's already confirmed that he will fight Murata I think the title should be changed now and put the name of the challenger which is Murata, Murata's name doesn't ring a bell checking his record it is good but not enough to match GGG record.
Golovkin is not getting good fights now compared to Canelo, GGG's last fight was against Szeremeta and it became an easy fight for GGG os he on for retirement that his promoter is not giving him top fights anymore, he's still strong and people want to see a trilogy against Canelo, this is a fight that he should prepare, there's a possibility that it will happen.

Perhaps the middleweight division is not laden with talents as compare to 168 lbs wherein Canelo has a lot of good challengers. As far as I know, the only good name in 160 lbs is one of the Charlo brothers, so hopefully we might see a unification bout between him and GGG. However, Murata although not a household name is a good boxer as well. And it seems that GGG will travel to Japan to bring the fight to Murata's hometown? So let's see how good GGG is against fighting in "unruly" crowd.

[fortunecrypto]

I never thought that GGG will hang his gloves already so I'm expecting he will have a fight, even not this year but surely next year.

But since there's already an agreement, fans will be excited again to see him in the ring.

I'm hoping too for one last time that he will face again Canelo. Should be done quickly by next year.

Many boxing fans are hoping that the match between Canelo and GG will push, many people feel it's an unfinished business, GGG should move up to challenge Canelo I don't think Canelo will go down to challenge GGG, Canelo is lording the Super middleweight while GGG only has the IBF version of the middleweight, he should unify all belts to show that he is still the best in the middleweight.
I expect Golovkin to beat Murata, I hope GGG will not suffer like what Joshua suffered on this fight.

[harizen]

Many boxing fans are hoping that the match between Canelo and GG will push, many people feel it's an unfinished business, GGG should move up to challenge Canelo I don't think Canelo will go down to challenge GGG, Canelo is lording the Super middleweight while GGG only has the IBF version of the middleweight, he should unify all belts to show that he is still the best in the middleweight.
I expect Golovkin to beat Murata, I hope GGG will not suffer like what Joshua suffered on this fight.

There's no question about GGG's desire for a rematch to Canelo. It's just that Canelo already put an end to the discussion that he is not interested in the rematch. If that's the case then fans won't be seeing a trilogy match. I don't know what Canelo is thinking but for me, a final fight against GGG is necessary to close their chapter.

But some analyst says that it's possible to happen next year: https://www.boxingnews24.com/2021/09/golovkin-returns-in-december-loeffler-says-canelo-vs-ggg-3-possible-in-2022/

Back to topic, currently browsing some of Murata's highlights. No offense but I don't know how he can keep up with the fighting phase of GGG.

[eaLiTy]

Looks like we can still see Gennadiy Golovkin fighting this year.

GGG fought last year, so in this scheduled fight if it happen, he will be inactive for over a year.
I hope this is not his last fight, as though is not getting any younger, many are still hoping he would fight Canelo Alvarez one more time.

It is true that Gennady Golovkin is not getting younger as he is 39 years and i would like to see the trilogy between Canelo Álvarez and GGG because both the fights were beautiful and both the fights were really close and i liked the war and both Canelo and GGG are probably the best boxers out there in the world.

I would like to see him return this year and the opponent is rumored to be Ryota Murata, but we are yet to get the official announcement whether they signed the contract or not but the word out is that they will be probably fighting in Japan.

[plr]

It is true that Gennady Golovkin is not getting younger as he is 39 years and i would like to see the trilogy between Canelo Álvarez and GGG because both the fights were beautiful and both the fights were really close and i liked the war and both Canelo and GGG are probably the best boxers out there in the world.

I would like to see him return this year and the opponent is rumored to be Ryota Murata, but we are yet to get the official announcement whether they signed the contract or not but the word out is that they will be probably fighting in Japan.

It's not an attractive fight to watch because of both fighter's inactivity, there's already an agreement but no contract signed yet, DAZN is not giving him a good fight lately just look at the fighters he fought under DAZN, they are nothing compared to what Canelo fought and will be fighting I guess Golovkin is into retirement he is taking easy fights now compared to the past.

Murata is essentially the same type of no-name opponent Golovkin has been fighting since he signed with DAZN in 2018. In three fights since inking with DAZN, Golovkin has fought these guys:

Steve Rolls
Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Kamil Szeremeta
Golovkin vs. Derevyanchenko turned out to be a good fight, but GGG’s matches with Rolls and Szeremeta were a waste of time.

[Jawhead999]

I believe this match Ryota Murata will be a huge underdog here since he's not famous and less experience. Judging by his record, Ryota Murata is a hard worker person. He lose from Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam but the rematch he win, he also lose from Rob Brant but the next rematch he win, he's proving revenge is real.

No doubt IMO GGG will win in this match, if GGG's win... will there's a rematch and Ryota Murata repeat his history?

[bryant.coleman]

I hope this is not his last fight, as though is not getting any younger, many are still hoping he would fight Canelo Alvarez one more time.

Two years ago, I would have loved to watch GGG fighting against Canelo. But now? Golovkin is getting near to his retirement and I don't think that he's in peak form as he was in 2017 and 2018 (when he had the two bouts against Canelo). On the other hand, Canelo is in peak form right now and for him there is no reason to agree to a fight against GGG. Maybe he'll wait for a couple of years and agree to the trilogy fight. Or maybe he will just ignore it. In brief, my guess is that even if there is a trilogy fight, that may not be competitive. Do we really want a lopsided fight?

[AmoreJaz]

I believe this match Ryota Murata will be a huge underdog here since he's not famous and less experience. Judging by his record, Ryota Murata is a hard worker person. He lose from Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam but the rematch he win, he also lose from Rob Brant but the next rematch he win, he's proving revenge is real.

No doubt IMO GGG will win in this match, if GGG's win... will there's a rematch and Ryota Murata repeat his history?

that is, if GGG will agree a re-match if he wins. he's already 39, so in case the re-match will happen, he's already at 40. can he follow the steps of pacquiao, still actively fighting at the age of 40? because if he announces retirement after this fight with murata, then we may not see a re-match anymore. or another fight with canelo.
i guess, that is for us to see after his fight with murata.
and if this bout doesn't push thru, eubank jr is ready for GGG, according to this article. because for some unexpected events, covid reason is usually the culprit of postponing or cancelling a fight.

[freedomgo]

I believe this match Ryota Murata will be a huge underdog here since he's not famous and less experience. Judging by his record, Ryota Murata is a hard worker person. He lose from Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam but the rematch he win, he also lose from Rob Brant but the next rematch he win, he's proving revenge is real.

No doubt IMO GGG will win in this match, if GGG's win... will there's a rematch and Ryota Murata repeat his history?

that is, if GGG will agree a re-match if he wins. he's already 39, so in case the re-match will happen, he's already at 40. can he follow the steps of pacquiao, still actively fighting at the age of 40? because if he announces retirement after this fight with murata, then we may not see a re-match anymore. or another fight with canelo.
i guess, that is for us to see after his fight with murata.
and if this bout doesn't push thru, eubank jr is ready for GGG, according to this article. because for some unexpected events, covid reason is usually the culprit of postponing or cancelling a fight.

It depends on how this fight will go, if it will end in a controversial decision, then probably we will see some rematch, but if not, the GGG will have to move on as he will retire soon and he must get big fights before he retires. I'm not anymore expecting a trilogy fight with Canelo, but any fighter that could at least give a good challenge with GGG is fun to watch, can you suggest names?