Boxing: Murata to get 1st crack at world title in May

Boxing: Murata to get 1st crack at world title in May

Japan's Ryota Murata, the WBA's second-ranked middleweight boxer, attends a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on April 3, 2017. The London Olympic gold medalist will take his first crack at a world title in May when he meets Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam of France in a bout for the vacant WBA middleweight regular crown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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