Boxing: Murata to make 2nd WBA middleweight title defense in Oct.

Japan's Ryota Murata will make a second defense of his WBA middleweight world title, this time against American challenger Rob Brant in Las Vegas in October, it was announced Thursday.Murata, who was crowned champion last October, will headline a card at the Park Theater on Oct. 20 as he takes on Brant, the No. 2 ranked middleweight in the WBA."Definitely, I want to put on a good fight and get a knockout," Murata said at a press conference Thursday in Tokyo."(My opponent) is formidable going forward and in defense and he has a lot of knockouts. Clearing the WBA's mandatory challenger and su…READ FULL ARTICLE