Gennady Golovkin stops Ryoto Murata in ninth-round to become unified super middleweight champion

Gennady Golovkin stops Ryoto Murata in a brutal ninth-round finish to become unified super middleweight world champion at the age of 40… as Eddie Hearn teases potential trilogy fight with Canelo Alvarez this year

• Gennady Golovkin stopped Ryota Murata in the ninth-round of their boxing bout
• Win means 40-year-old is now the unified super middleweight world champion 
• Kazakhstani veteran added WBA middleweight title to his IBO and IBF belts
• Murata’s team threw in the towel after an impressive showing from Golovkin 

By James Cohen For Mailonline

Published: 14:17 BST, 9 April 2022 | Updated: 14:32 BST, 9 April 2022

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Gennady Golovkin became the unified super middleweight world champion after his ninth-round stoppage of Ryoto Murata on Saturday afternoon.

The Kazakhstani boxer made his return to the ring 400 days after his last bout – as he added Murata’s WBA belt to his IBO and IBF super middleweight title collection.

The 40-year-old took a while to shake off the ring rust, but eventually forced Murata’s team to throw in the towel midway through the ninth-round after a brutal stoppage.

More to follow 

Golovkin pictured with his IBO, IBF and WBA belts after becoming unified world champion

40-year-old became unified super middleweight world champion for second time in his career