Re: Martin Murray has the heart of a champion
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Murray took a lot of punishment which may have aged him but based on that you'd give him a chance against any other middleweight. I think he gave up on winning pretty early and after that it was a survival mission but he lacked the fire power to keep triple G off him
Golovkin looked great. Taken late but murray was defensive minded against an aggressive fighter who takes risks I think we'll see more drama early. Cotto wouldn't have lasted that long
I completely disagree. He came into this fight very similar to the Martinez fight where he hurt Martinez late. Murray put his best round in in round 7 or 8 I think where he landed lots of good combos. The way GGG walked through them must be so demoralizing though.
Golovkin said the same thing that Murray wasn't really trying to fight and was holding and running. It's no disrespect to Murray cuz Golovkins a beast but I do think Murray was trying to get through rounds rather than trying to win them. Vs martinez and Sturm Murray was positive and stood his ground. As early as round 1 vs Golovkin he was back pedalling and didn't let his hands go with any authority.
Golovkin aside though I give Murray a decent chance with the rest of the division like Quillen and lee providing this beating didn't take too much out of him
Re: Martin Murray has the heart of a champion
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I think GGG took his power from him by hurting him early.
GGG is an amazing fighter and can take the wind out of anyone's sails at his weight, but I'm sure Murray made every one proud who saw his performance, even though some of us might have doubted his sanity a bit.
GGG has a quirky way of punching. All the power seems to come at the last minute and at a strange angle. He must be incredibly fit to keep on throwing those bombs for the full 11 rounds.
Murray's face was in shock when he felt the power.
Re: Martin Murray has the heart of a champion
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beenKOed
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I think GGG took his power from him by hurting him early.
GGG is an amazing fighter and can take the wind out of anyone's sails at his weight, but I'm sure Murray made every one proud who saw his performance, even though some of us might have doubted his sanity a bit.
GGG has a quirky way of punching. All the power seems to come at the last minute and at a strange angle. He must be incredibly fit to keep on throwing those bombs for the full 11 rounds.
Murray's face was in shock when he felt the power.
I was thinking along the same lines, after the first round GGG fights at the same pace the entire fight. He doesn't get faster he makes the other fighter slow down, he is relentless and quirky (like you said) that overhand left of his looks like it is coming straight down at times.
I know Murray doesn't have a lot of KOs, but GGG was taking some pretty clean shots and walking right through them. The guy is going to he around for a while!
I hope he does stay around but he is over 30 and like Chavez this type of style is hard to maintain.
Re: Martin Murray has the heart of a champion
Murray has something left in the tank. He took a beating but it wasn't a career-ending beating, as long as has confidence wasn't hurt. I agree with the posters that say he's probably the second best middleweight out there. He needs to a get an American attorney to help him with traveling the US. If he can't come to the US, there are a couple of big UK fights, especially with Saunders and Macklin if Macklin can get his act together a string together a couple of wins. Not to mention, if Murray's a big, strong middleweight, I bet he can move up to 168 and do well there. How about Groves vs. Murray in the UK if Groves gets a belt? Big fight?
