Saturday night in Japan, Gennadiy Golovkin returned to competition and stepped in enemy territory against Ryota Murata. The middleweight title unification bout happened at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan.
After a good start for Murata and a very competitive first few rounds, Golovkin got into his groove and eventually scored a knockdown in the ninth round. Seeing the tide turn and their fighter badly hurt with the knockdown, the Japanese fighter’s corner immediately threw the towel.
Golovkin looked like the Golovkin of old and officially won by TKO in the ninth stanza. With the victory, he is now the unified WBA, IBF and IBO middleweight champion.