Ringside Boxing: Murry Vs Carvalho

ByJane Warburton


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On Saturday night, Martin Murray of St. Helens, retained his WBA International Middleweight Title by fourth round TKO over John Anderson Carvalho of Brazil.

Murray got off to a steady start against Carvalho but it wasn’t long before he began to land his trademark body-shots. A neat left hook to the body in round four saw the Brazilian sink to his knees and was unable to make the count.

The win sees Murray notch up his twenty second win with no losses and it’s clear that the St.Helens boxer feels more than ready to land a big Title fight.

Carvalho’s record now stands at 21 wins (11 by KO) 5 losses (2 by KO) and 1 draw.

The ‘King Khan Returns’ Bill also featured seven non-title under-card bouts:

Gary Buckland (Cardiff, Wales) v Oscar Chacin (Venezuela)
8 Round Super-Featherweight Contest

Welshman Buckland won convincingly on points (80-73) over Venezuelan Boxer – Chacin.
‘Dynamo’ Bucklands’ record now stands at 22 wins (8 by KO) 2 losses (1 by KO)
Chacin drops to 13 wins (11 by KO) 16 losses (8 by KO) and 1 draw

Jamie Kavanagh (Dublin) v Sid Razak (Birmingham)
6 Round Lightweight Contest

Jamie ‘The Nuisance’ Kavanagh extended his winning record when he outpointed experienced Razak. Dublin-born Kavanagh – who now resides in Los Angeles – improves to 6 wins (2 by KO).

Razak drops to 6 wins (2 by KO) with 64 losses (3 by KO).

Tasif Khan (Bradford) v Pavel Senkovs (Mansfield)
4 Round Super-Bantamweight Contest

Ingles Boxer – Khan notched up another win on points. His record now stands at 5 wins (1 by KO) 1 loss and 2 draws, while Senkovs drops to 2 wins (2 by KO) 32 losses (2 by KO) and 2 draws.

Andy Murray (Cavan, Ireland) v Graeme ‘Dezzie’ Higginson (Blackburn)
8 Round Lightweight Contest

Murray wins on points over Higginson 78-75. His record now stands at 24 wins (12 by KO) no losses, while Higginson drops to 13 wins (4 by KO) 9 losses (3 by KO) and 1 draw.

Richard Towers (Sheffield) v Raman Sukhaterin (Minsk, Belarus)
6 Round Heavyweight Contest

Richard ‘The Inferno’ Towers forced a fourth round retirement of Belarusian Sukhaterin. Towers improves to 10 wins (8 by KO) no losses, while Sukhaterin drops to 7 wins (2 by KO) 17 losses (2 by KO).

Kid Galahad (Sheffield) v Dai Davies (Merthyr Tydfil, Wales)
4 Round Super-Bantamweight Contest

Kid Galahad wins on points over Welshman Davies who sustained a cut to the left eyelid.
Galahad’s record stands at 6 wins (2 by KO), while Davies drops to 6 wins (1 by KO) 16 losses (9 by KO) and 1 draw

Adam Little (Kirkham) v Cassius Connor (Mitcham)
4 Round Welterweight Contest

Little notched up his second pro-win when he faced Debutant – Cassius Connor.