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The bout would air on ESPN, possibly in March or May.
The fight makes plenty of sense; Murata (14-0, 11 KO) technically should have been one of Golovkin’s (38-1-1, 34 KO) mandatories while the latter held the Super title, but it didn’t pan out. Murata, though still untested against the division elite, looks to be a powerful and aggressive finisher, a style that seems tailor-made to generate a quality banger against Golovkin.
This being a Top Rank-Teiken collaboration, one would expect Roman Gonzalez to once again play co-star. Perhaps a title bout with Donnie Nietes, who has been vocal in his pursuit of “Chocolatito?”