April 9 in Saitama, Japan, IBF world middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) will return to the ring after a break of a year and a half. A powerful boxer from Kazakhstan will face the WBA champion Ryota Murata (16-2, 3 KOs). According to Eddie Hearn, GGG's long period of inactivity and his age (40) raise questions about his current state.
“I wonder what else is left of Gennady Golovkin,” asks the head of Matchroom Boxing. - Strength is lost with age. Will he have slower legs than before? Won't he take more hits than before?"
“If we see Golovkin from his best days in the ring, then his trilogy for the undisputed super middleweight championship with Canelo will be a huge event,” says Hearn.
