Ryota Murata is not a bluffer, so he does not lie about how he feels.
Two days before his first title defense at Yokohama Arena against Emanuele Blandamura, the WBA middleweight champion said at a Tokyo news conference on Friday that he could not comment on how he would feel in the ring until Sunday.
¡°I¡¯ve been able to tune up for the fight well,¡± said Murata, who captured the title in a rematch against Hassan N¡¯Dam in Tokyo last October. ¡°But as far as my mentality, I don¡¯t know how it will be until the day after tomorrow. But I feel calm for now.¡±
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