Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-15, one sided fight between Ryota Murata and Emanuele Blandamura: it gets two stars.The 2012 Olympic Mw gold medalist and Wba Mw champion Ryota Murata entered this fight with a pro record of 13-1-0 (10 KOs=77%) and he is ranked as the No.8 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Gennady Golovkin). He fought twice last year against Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam losing the first bout (controversial decision, N’Dam vs Ryota Murata I) but then he won the rematch (Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam vs Ryota Murata II).
His opponent, Emanuele Felice Blandamura, has an official boxing record of 27-2-0 (5 knockouts) and he entered as the No.40 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Michel Soro in 2015 (Michel Soro vs Emanuele Blandamura) but then he has won four fights beating Alessandro Goddi in 2017. Murata vs Blandamura is valid for the WBA World middleweight title (Murata’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-04-15
Where: Arena, Yokohama, Japan
Division: middleweight (160 lbs, 72.6 kg)
Title: WBA World middleweight title
Murata’s previous fight: Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam vs Ryota Murata 2
Murata’s next fight: Ryota Murata vs Rob Brant
Murata vs Blandamura full fight video:
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Awesome beatdown
The Italian’s fate is sealed early. He just hangs around courageously for the beating.
I’d like to see Murata in with some A-list names soon. He’s a little reminiscent of GGG, cutting off the ring and stalking his prey. Hard to say (the evidence is slim) how much power he has in that right hand. He did make N’Dam retire, which is something not even Lemieux could do despite thrashing the Frenchman. But it may also be that N’Dam has seen too many wars.
A Lemieux-Murata meeting would be fun, no?