On April 9 inside Saitama Super Arena in Japan, a middleweight unification fight between Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata will take place. “GGG” and Murata will be defending and fighting for the WBA, IBF, and IBO middleweight titles. This highly anticipated title fight was originally supposed to take place back in December but was postponed due to COVID-related travel restrictions in Japan.
It’s been a long time since Golovkin stepped into the ring as he last fought in December 2020, successfully defending the IBO and IBF middleweight titles against Kamil Szeremeta. Now 40, Golovkin is potentially looking ahead to a trilogy fight with Canelo Alvarez should he get past Murata.
In 2017, “GGG” fought Alvarez to a split decision draw. In a rematch in 2018, he lost via majority decision. Since then, Golovkin is 3-0.
Murata, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist, made his pro debut in 2013. Primarily fighting out of Japan, Murata won the WBA middleweight title in 2017. Like Golovkin, he’s coming off a long hiatus as his last fight was way back in December 2019 when he beat Steven Butler via TKO.
Here’s how much the two fighters are set to earn on Saturday morning.
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Gennadiy Golovkin vs. Ryota Murata purse
According to Total Sport, Golovkin will be making a guaranteed purse of $5 million, while also earning 70% of the PPV share. That will result in about a $12-$15 million payout. Against Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Golovkin made about $7.5 million. In his last fight against Kamil Szeremeta in December 2020, Golovkin made about $7 million, with an additional $2-$4 million on PPV sales.
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Murata is guaranteed to earn about $500k, plus an additional 30% via his share of the PPV. That could result in a $1.5 million profit.
What is Gennadiy Golovkin’s net worth?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Golovkin is worth $30 million
What is Ryota Murata’s net worth?
According to Players Bio, Murata in 2021 was worth $1.8 million.
GGG vs. Murata fight card
- Gennadiy Golovkin (c) vs. Ryota Murata (c) for the WBA, IBO, and IBF middleweight titles
- Shuichiro Yoshino vs. Masayuki Ito for the WBO Asia Pacific lightweight title
- Junto Nakatani vs. Ryota Yamaguchi for the WBO flyweight title
- Kazuki Anaguchi vs. Ryuji Yamamoto; Super-Bantamweights
- Hiroka Amaki vs. Taiga Kato; Welterweights