The result was what virtually everyone with a clue imagined it would be: Gennadiy Golovkin broke down Ryota Murata, pummeled him with crushing hooks and finished him when Murata’s corner threw in the towel in a one-sided ninth round of their bout for the IBF and WBA middleweight titles Saturday in Saitama, Japan.
It was how Golovkin got to that result that was unexpected and deserving of a closer look.
Murata simply isn’t an elite middleweight and despite his youth, had few advantages…
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