Boxing: Murata to face WBA middleweight champ Brant in July rematch

Ryota Murata will get a shot at redemption on home soil when he faces WBA middleweight champion Rob Brant in a rematch on July 12 in Osaka, the Japanese boxer's Teiken gym announced Thursday.Murata lost the middleweight crown to Brant of the United States by unanimous decision in his second defense last October. The bout at the Park Theater in Las Vegas was so one-sided that Murata considered hanging up his gloves in the wake of the loss.Despite admitting he had never before "taken such a beating," the 33-year-old said in December he was determined to end his career on a higher note and wou…READ FULL ARTICLE