Gennady Golovkin grew to become the unified world middleweight champion with a ninth-round stoppage of Japanese fighter Ryōta Murata on Saturday.
The Kazakh boxer Golovkin, who turned 40 on Friday, despatched his opponent to the canvas with an enormous proper hand and Murata’s nook threw in a towel.
Golovkin added Murata’s WBA title to his IBF and IBO belts after his first struggle since December 2020.
A 3rd bout towards Canelo Alvarez could possibly be subsequent for Golovkin, whose solely defeat in his 44-fight skilled profession got here by the hands of the Mexican boxer.
Golovkin was shaken within the early rounds however a proper hook, which noticed Murata’s mouthguard fly throughout the ring, within the fifth modified the course of the struggle.
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