Murata ends Japan's 48-year wait for boxing gold
- Published: 12 Aug 2012 at 05.48
- Online news: Asia
Ryota Murata won Japan's first Olympic boxing gold for 48 years when he claimed the middleweight (75kg) title on Saturday with a 14-13 win over Brazil's Esquiva Falcao.
Ryota Murata of Japan (in blue) fights Esquiva Falcao of Brazil during the middleweight (75kg) boxing final of the 2012 London Olympic Games. Murata won Japan's first Olympic boxing gold for 48 years when he claimed the middleweight (75kg) title with a 14-13 win over Falcao.
Murata claimed Japan's first boxing gold since Takao Sakurai won bantamweight gold on home soil at the 1964 Tokyo Games.
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