Japanese boxing champion Murata hangs up gloves | The Express Tribune

[ad_1] TOKYO: Japan’s former world and Olympic boxing champion Ryota Murata announced his retirement Tuesday, saying he had run out of challenges following his loss last year to Kazakh star Gennady Golovkin. Murata became Japan’s first-ever Olympic middleweight gold medallist at the 2012 London Games before turning professional and capturing the WBA world title at … Read more