Boxing-Frenchman N'Dam beats Japan's Murata to win WBA middleweight title

ByReuters

Published 20/05/2017 at 12:48 GMT

TOKYO, May 20 (Reuters) - France's Hassan N'Dam claimed the vacant WBA middleweight title by defeating Japan's Ryota Murata after a surprising split decision on Saturday.

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Cameroon-born N'Dam went to the canvas in the fourth round after being hit by Murata's powerful right cross and seemed to be in survival mode for the rest of the fight.

Two of the three judges, however, gave the victory to 33-year-old N'Dam, who now has a 36-2-0 career record.

Murata, the 2012 Olympic middleweight champion who was facing his first big test at the age of 31, suffered his first defeat in 13 fights.

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