Ryōta Murata
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Real name | 村田 諒太 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Middleweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[4] Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan[5] | January 12, 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ryōta Murata (村田 諒太 Murata Ryōta, born January 12, 1986 in Nara, Nara Prefecture) is a Japanese professional boxer who has held the WBA (Regular) middleweight title since October 2017. As an amateur, he won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics.[6]
Early life and amateur career
Murata started boxing in the first grade of junior high school.[7] His then trainer was Hiroaki Takami who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[8] Two years later, he started attending Shinko Boxing Gym in Osaka from his home in Nara City.[7] He was trained under the former Japanese super lightweight champion Hiromu Kuwata at that gym for one year.[8] He proceeded to Minami-Kyoto High School and was coached there by Maekawa Takemoto, who served as the coach of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[9] Murata went on to capture five national titles.[5] Takemoto died in 2010, at the age of 50.[10][11][12] However, after admission to Toyo University, he suffered a number of DQ losses in the university league.[13] At that time, he trained at the Physical Training School of the Self Defense Forces, on the recommendation of Takemoto.
After winning the All-Japan Amateur Boxing Championships in the first grade of university in 2004, he captured the bronze medal in the 2005 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Ho Chi Minh City,[5] and the silver medal in the 2005 King’s Cup in Bangkok.[3][5] After that, Murata went on an undefeated streak in his country, winning the All-Japan Amateur Boxing Championships also in 2007, 2009, 2010,[3] and 2011,.[14] However, he was eliminated in the preliminary round by Nikolajs Grisunins at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was also eliminated in the preliminary round by Bakhtiyar Artayev in the 2006 Asian Games. In the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he won against Donatas Bondorovas in the first round, but lost to Shawn Estrada in the second round.
At the 2008 1st Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, he won over Narmandakh Shinebayar in the quarterfinal, but lost to Elshod Rasulov in the semifinal. In the 2nd AIBA Asian 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan, he was eliminated in the quarterfinal by Homayoun Amiri and ended in the seventh place.[3] Murata retired as a boxer after failing to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. After graduating from the university, he started coaching at the boxing club while working as an employee of his alma mater.[10][15] A year and a half later, he resumed his boxing career.[15][16]
In 2010, he secured the bronze medal by winning over Udai Al-Hindawi in the quarterfinal of the China Open Tournament in Guiyang, China, but lost to Husan Baymatov in the semifinal. In the 2010 Kazakhstan President's Cup in Astana, he won over Levan Guledani in the preliminary round, but lost to Danabek Suzhanov in the quarterfinal.[3] In July 2011, he won the gold medal at the 21st President's Cup in Jakarta.[17]
At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, Murata won over his preliminary contest over Leandro Sanchez (24–11).[18] In a big upset, Murata stopped two-time world champion Abbos Atoev in the first round.[19] He subsequently defeated Mohammad Sattarpour (22–11, in the second round)[20] and Stefan Härtel (18–15, in the third round).[21] By beating Härtel, Murata secured qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[22] In the quarter-final, he beat Darren O'Neill (18-9).[23] Finally he defeated Esquiva Falcão (24–11) to qualify for the final.[24] Murata's run came to an end against Evhen Khytrov, losing a close match (22–24) and taking home the silver medal.[4]
2012 Olympics
In the 2012 Summer Olympics, second-seeded Murata defeated Algeria's Abdelmalek Rahou 21–12 in the round of 16 at the ExCeL London on August 2, 2012.[25] He subsequently beat Turkey's Adem Kılıççı 17–13 in the quarter-finals on August 6,[26] and also outpointed Uzbekistan's Abbos Atoev 13–12 in the semi-finals on August 10.[27] In the final on August 11, he beat the Esquiva Falcão with a score of 14–13 and took the gold medal.[28][Video 1][Video 2] After winning the quarter-finals, Murata and Florentino were both assured of the first men's boxing medal for their countries since the 1968 Summer Olympics.[29][30] It was a tough, close bout.[31]
Murata is the hundredth gold medalist for Japan in their Olympic history.[32] His is Japan's first boxing gold medal since Takao Sakurai won in the bantamweight class in 1964,[33] and also is the first-ever boxing medal in a weight class other than bantamweight or flyweight.[30]
The Brazilian Olympic Committee asked the International Boxing Association (AIBA) for a review of the final,[34] but the AIBA turned down the request.[35]
Murata finished his amateur career with a record of 119–18 (89 RSC).[36]
Results
Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
- Round of 16: Ryōta Murata, Japan (21) def Abdelmalek Rahou, Algeria (12)
- Quarterfinals: Ryōta Murata, Japan (17) def Adem Kılıççı, Turkey (13)
- Semi-finals: Ryōta Murata, Japan (13) def Abbos Atoev, Uzbekistan (12)
- Final: Ryōta Murata, Japan (14) def Esquiva Falcão, Brazil (13)
Professional career
Murata registered with Misako Boxing Gym in April 2013,[37] and signed with Top Rank in June.[38] He also asked Teiken Promotions for cooperation in promotion.[39] Murata is sponsored by Dentsu.[38] Before turning professional, Murata had declined participation in AIBA Pro Boxing by saying that he intended to retire as a boxer.[40][41] Upon turning professional, Murata was banned from Japan Amateur Boxing Federation (JABF) for his disloyal behavior in February 2013.[42]
Qualified as a professional boxer in April 2013, he was cleared to fight in eight or more round bouts.[43] His professional debut took place in a six round bout at a 161 lb catchweight against Akio Shibata at the Ariake Coliseum on August 25, 2013.[44] Murata won the bout by a second round technical knockout. Murata went on to win his first four fights by knockout. Murata's first fight in the United States took place on November 2015 against Gunnar Jackson. He won the fight via unanimous decision (99-91, 98-92, 97-93), outworking Jackson throughout most of the fight.[45]
After twelve consecutive victories, Murata fought for the vacant WBA (Regular) title against Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam on 27 May 2017. Murata lost a controversial split decision (116-111, 115-112, 110-117), in a match which many thought he'd won. N'Dam N'Jikam was knocked down in round 4 but survived and got the decision. When the result was announced, the crowd at Ariake Colosseum jeered.[46] The two judges who scored the fight for N'Dam N'Jikam were immediately suspended and WBA president Gilberto Mendoza issued a public apology.[47] A rematch was immediately ordered by the WBA,[48] and scheduled for 22 October.[49]
On 22 October, Murata decisively beat N'Dam N'Jikam, who threw in the towel after round 7. Murata's body attack wore his opponent down, he was also able to hurt him with a series of combinations. The fight was attended by 8,500 people at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. This was N'Dam N'Jikam's first stoppage loss.[50] After the fight, Murata said "I know that you’re going to have a rougher time after you win a title. And there are other very strong champions in this weight class at other organizations. The people here know it. I will aim to be at their level." With the win, Murata became the first Olympic medalist from Japan to win a world title, as well as the first Japanese middleweight world champion since Shinji Takehara.[51]
Personal life
Murata got married in May 2010, and had a son in May 2011.[52]
Professional boxing record
Professional record summary | ||
15 fights | 14 wins | 1 loss |
By knockout | 11 | 0 |
By decision | 3 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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16 | N/A | N/A | N/A | – (12) | 20 Oct 2018 | Defending WBA (Regular) middleweight title | ||
15 | Win | 14–1 | TKO | 8 (12), 2:56 | 15 Apr 2018 | Retained WBA (Regular) middleweight title | ||
14 | Win | 13–1 | RTD | 7 (12), 3:00 | 22 Oct 2017 | Won WBA (Regular) middleweight title | ||
13 | Loss | 12–1 | SD | 12 | 20 May 2017 | For vacant WBA (Regular) middleweight title | ||
12 | Win | 12–0 | KO | 3 (10), 2:53 | 30 Dec 2016 | |||
11 | Win | 11–0 | TKO | 1 (10), 1:52 | 23 Jul 2016 | |||
10 | Win | 10–0 | TKO | 4 (10), 2:50 | 14 May 2016 | |||
9 | Win | 9–0 | KO | 2 (10), 2:23 | 30 Jan 2016 | |||
8 | Win | 8–0 | UD | 10 | 7 Nov 2015 | |||
7 | Win | 7–0 | TKO | 5 (10), 0:38 | 1 May 2015 | |||
6 | Win | 6–0 | UD | 10 | 30 Dec 2014 | |||
5 | Win | 5–0 | UD | 10 | 5 Sep 2014 | |||
4 | Win | 4–0 | KO | 6 (10), 2:35 | 22 May 2014 | |||
3 | Win | 3–0 | TKO | 4 (8), 0:43 | 22 Feb 2014 | |||
2 | Win | 2–0 | TKO | 8 (8), 1:20 | 6 Dec 2013 | |||
1 | Win | 1–0 | TKO | 2 (6), 2:24 | 25 Aug 2013 | |||
See also
- October 2011 in sports#Boxing
- Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
- Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Chronological summary of the 2012 Summer Olympics#Day 15: Sat 11 August
- List of Olympic medalists in boxing#Middleweight
- List of 2012 Summer Olympics medal winners#Boxing
- List of Japanese boxing world champions
References
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- ↑ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
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- 1 2 Hiroyuki Ishida (January 24, 2012). 星に願いを: 村田諒太 (アマチュアボクシング世界選手権銀メダリスト/東洋大職員) <後編>「恩師に捧げるリング」 (in Japanese). Sports Communications. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
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- 1 2 Keiichi Kojima (August 12, 2012). "Murata fought with late mentor in mind". Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ↑ Shin Kobayashi, Mitsumasa Takemoto and Keigo Kawasaki (August 13, 2012). "London Stories: Boxer Murata, wrestler Yonemitsu capture gold on final day". Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Gold Medalist/ Boxing: Murata owes it all to former coach, hard work". Asahi Shimbun. August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ↑ 村田諒太、恩師に誓うデビュー戦勝利! (in Japanese). The page. August 24, 2013. p. 1. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
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- ↑ Jiji Press (August 13, 2012). "Murata punches way to historic gold". Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Japan Win the Team Event in Jakarta". International Boxing Association. July 13, 2011. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ↑ "A fast victory for Brown". International Boxing Association. September 28, 2011. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ↑ AFP (October 2, 2011). "Japan's Murata stuns defending champion". The Times of India. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ↑ "Teymur Mammadov triumphs in Baku". International Boxing Association. October 3, 2011. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ↑ Sapa-AFP (October 4, 2011). "Aussie eliminates India's Kumar". SuperSport. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ↑ Boxing Beat editorial department (October 15, 2011). MACC Publications Inc, ed. 村田が銀 & 五輪切符獲得. Ironman. Boxing Beat (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Fitness Sports Co., Ltd. (special issue): 109. ASIN B005T5W52C.
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- ↑ Patrick Johnston (August 6, 2012). "Brazil wait 42 years for a medal then two arrive". Reuters. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- 1 2 Joe Koizumi (August 11, 2012). "Remembering Olympic medalists out of Japan". Fightnews.com. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
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- ↑ 村田で金100人目 メダル総獲得数400個 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. August 13, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ↑ Associated Press (August 11, 2012). "Ryota Murata wins Japan's 2nd-ever boxing gold medal, edging Brazil's Esquiva Falcao". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ↑ EFE (August 18, 2012). "Brazil wants Olympic boxing decision reviewed". Fox News Latino. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Associated Press (August 22, 2012). "Brazil says request to review Olympic final against Murata denied". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ↑ Joe Koizumi (August 25, 2013). "Olympic Gold Medalist Murata halts OPBF Champ Shibata in pro debut". Fightnews.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ↑ 三迫会長 村田デビューは「夏でもいい」「重い責任感じる」 (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. April 12, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- 1 2 Miguel Maravilla (June 11, 2013). "Murata: I want to become world champion and leave my name as one of the legends in boxing". fightnews.com. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ↑ 村田 米興行大手との契約の背景は? 「プロジェクト」最後のピースそろう (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. June 11, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
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- ↑ プロボクサーテスト合格発表 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Boxing Commission. April 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
- ↑ "村田、8月にプロデビュー=OPBF王者柴田と対戦" (in Japanese). Jiji Press. July 3, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.boxingscene.com/murata-reed-marriaga-kavaliauskas-win-vegas--97884
- ↑ http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/19426568/hassan-ndam-defeats-ryota-murata-split-decision
- ↑ http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/19470851/judges-hassan-ndam-ryota-murata-fight-suspended-questionable-scorecards
- ↑ "Boxing-WBA order rematch of N'Dam-Murata title fight". Eurosport. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ↑ "Ryota Murata vs. Hassan N'Dam Rematch on October 22". 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ↑ https://www.badlefthook.com/2017/10/22/16518520/ryota-murata-stops-hassan-ndam-in-rematch
- ↑ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/10/22/more-sports/boxing-2/ryota-murata-beats-hassan-ndam-rematch-claim-wba-middleweight-world-title/
- ↑ 村田は変わった! 家族の存在で"ポジティブ"に (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. August 8, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
Video references
- ↑ Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) - Gold Medal Final - Brazil v Japan Full Replay - London 2012 Olympics (YouTube video). IOC. August 11, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ↑ Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Finals Bout - Japan GOLD - London 2012 Olympic Games Highlights (YouTube video). IOC. August 12, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
External links
- Ryota Murata Biography and Olympic Results Sports-Reference.com
- Ryōta Murata's daily results International Boxing Association
- Professional boxing record for Ryōta Murata from BoxRec
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Preceded by Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam |
WBA middleweight champion Regular title October 22, 2017 – present |
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