Ahead of Gennadiy Golovkin’s bout against Ryota Murata, the talk has been a possible third bout between him and Canelo Alvarez. In a lot of people’s eyes, the 40-year-old had to not just win against Murata, he also had to win impressively. GGG did just that, overcoming a slow start and turning it up for a ninth round TKO win.
GGG scored a knockdown in the ninth, and Murata’s corner immediately threw in the towel, awarding Golovkin with the TKO victory.
With the victory, Golovkin has now won four straight since his 2018 decision loss to Canelo.