All fights, regardless of sports, that will happen to Japan this month are now postponed due to the new virus variant called Omicron.
There's no date yet when will be the next schedule but obviously, it's next year, 2022. It will give more time for both boxers to train and prepare for the fight especially Murata as he needs as much as possible time to practice his techniques against GGG.
Let's just hope first that the new virus variant will not create global havoc again. If everything will go smoothly, we can possibly see this fight being re-scheduled right away in the 1Q of 2022.
Japan is only a few countries that has a very strict protocol regarding Covid-19 and this is the main reason for the cancellation.
And it seems everything has lay low in the last couple of days now, no other sports are being cancelled except in Japan.
I think the longer the fight is delayed, the more it will favor GGG as ring rust will really be on Murata as he will be out for more than 2 years now in boxing. So still GGG by decision or by knockout whenever this fight is going to held or scheduled.
Japan has been really concentrating its effort to get its citizen vaccinated to make its economy back to normal again, and now there's another variant called omnicron that threatens to havoc not just in Japan but in all parts of the world as well. Japan has issued a travel ban to all incoming international flights until December 31, it's still undecided on when they're going to lift it.
As for GGG, this fight will still on his favor by skills and experience, giving him another month or so to train will be a much more advantage to him. On the other hand, Murata is still trying to catch up and learn GGG's offensive and defensive style.