Murata earned a silver medal at the 2011 World Championships and a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics as an amateur, becoming Japan's first Olympic boxing champion since 1964.
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Ryota Murata, the reigning Japanese boxing champion, has declared his retirement from the sport, due to the absence of new challenges in the wake of his defeat to Gennady Golovkin last year. At the London Olympics in 2012, Murata became the first-ever middleweight Japanese athlete to win a gold medal. Five years later, he won the WBA world championship at the same weight. Murata, though, said that he had reached the end of his boxing career after his defeat against Golovkin last year. With a professional record of 16-3 and 13 knockout victories, he announces his retirement from boxing.
Murata twice held the WBA (Regular) middleweight championship between 2017 and 2021, as well as the WBA (Super) middleweight championship between 2021 and 2022. In their 2021 fight, he battled hard against Golovkin but ultimately fell short in the ninth round. He told the media in Tokyo that he had always imagined that his final fight would be against Golovkin. With his retirement, a successful career packed with standout accomplishments and moments comes to an end.
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Murata earned a silver medal at the 2011 World Championships and a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics as an amateur, becoming Japan’s first Olympic boxing champion since 1964. His humble and easygoing personality earned him a large following in his native country. Even after their fight, Gennady Golovkin showed him respect by giving him his ring gown. Murata wants to set an example for others and show that life is more than simply competition now that his career is finished.
In April 2013, Dentsu sponsored Murata, who signed up at Misako Boxing Gym. In June of the same year, he signed a contract with Top Rank. He asked Teiken Promotions for help in promoting him. Murata refused to compete in AIBA Pro Boxing prior to turning professional by saying he planned to retire from boxing. However, after turning professional, he was expelled from the Japan Amateur Boxing Federation (JABF) in February 2013 for acting in an unethical manner. His professional debut took place on August 25, 2013, at the Ariake Coliseum, in a six-round contest with Akio Shibata at a catchweight of 161 pounds. Murata won the fight via technical knockout in the second round and proceeded to win his next four fights by knockout. He was certified to compete in fights lasting eight rounds or longer.
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