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GGG STOPS MURATA IN 9

Would it be the Gennadiy Golovkin of old or an old Gennadiy Golovkin? That was the question going into GGG‘s clash against Ryota Murata.

Would it be the Gennadiy Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs) of old or an old Gennadiy Golovkin? That was the question going into GGG‘s clash against Ryota Murata (16-3, 13 KOs).

If you watched the full fight, you’d probably answer that it depends on if you’re talking about the first half of the match or the second half.

Through four rounds, Golovkin looked every bit of 40, and his ability to take punches to the body was downright awful.

But, while Murata did a great job of pouring it on early, it was the older champion who caught a second win and took over after Round 6.

Murata seemed ready to go on a few occasions, but it was sweeping right hand in Round 9 that finally finished the deal.

There will certainly be those fight fans who believe Gennadiy Golovkin can challenge and defeat Canelo Alvarez in a third fight–this writer is not one of those people.

At 40 years of age, GGG has nothing left to prove, nor should he be thrown into a third fight with Canelo. Purely from a health standpoint for Golovkin, let’s hope we’re not forced to endure a third Canelo-GGG fight.

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