Golovkin vs. Murata postponed due to coronavirus

03/12/2021

Golovkin vs. Murata postponed due to coronavirus

Gennadiy Golovkin (pictured) will not have a fight on his resume for 2021. The global spread of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus has forced the postponement of the middleweight title unification fight between IBF/IBO champion "GGG" Golovkin and WBA champion Ryōta Murata, scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 29th at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.  Promoted by Teiken Promotions Inc., in association with GGG Promotions, the eagerly-awaited battle between the two-time world champions Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, and Murata (16-2, 13 KOs), from Tokyo, was to have been streamed live to over 200 countries and territories, including the U.S., exclusively on DAZN (excluding Japan and Kazakhstan).  A new date for the fight is being actively explored.