Japanese WBA titleholder Ryota Murata will face IBF champion Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan in a middleweight title unification bout at the end of the year, organizers said Friday.The matchup between the 35-year-old Murata and 39-year-old Golovkin, which has been discussed since as early as 2018, will finally happen on Dec. 29 at Saitama Super Arena near Tokyo."He's the boxer I respect most. I want to beat him and prove that I'm strongest," Murata said in a press conference held in Tokyo."I'm grateful to him for agreeing to this fight."Murata has a 16-2 record, including 13 knockouts. He ha…READ FULL ARTICLE
