
John Murray, Kevin Mitchell Ready For War on July 9
Unbeaten European champion John Murray thought British rival Kevin Mitchell had "bottled" a clash with him.

Unbeaten European champion John Murray thought British rival Kevin Mitchell had "bottled" a clash with him.

John Murray has vacated his EBU lightweight title in order to pursue a domestic showdown with Dagenham’s Kevin Mitchell. Frank Warren recently announced that Murray-Mitchell has been signed for a yet to be announced date and location. Murray would not have been able to defend the title against Mitchell as EBU rules forbid fighters from challenging for the belt when coming off a defeat – Kevin lost to Michael Katsidis last year and has not fought since.

John Murray won't be the only one putting his unbeaten record on the line when he faces Kevin Mitchell this summer.

Hot on the heels of DeGale V Groves, Promoter Frank Warren will follow it up with yet another mouth-watering domestic showdown that the whole country wants to see - John Murray versus Kevin Mitchell.

European lightweight champion John Murray looks as if he's got no shortage of options for his next fight.

Manchester's John Murray did not have it all his own way when moving to 31-0 (18) courtesy of a bruising EBU lightweight title defense against Spain's Karim El Ouazghari, now 11-2-2 (4), at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday night. Murray posted scores of 116-110, 117-111 and 115-112. Both men lost points for niggling fouls – Karim for rubbing heads in the eleventh and Murray for a rabbit punch in the twelfth.

Lightweight John Murray (31-0, 18KOs) is willing to face his domestic rival Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23KOs) in his next ring appearance. On Saturday at York Hall, Murray had a tough time winning a decision over Karim El Ouazohari. Mitchell was at ringside looking on. Initially, Mitchell was going to be the opponent on Saturday but there was an issue over money and El Ouazohari was brought in.

JOHN MURRAY has his first fight for me tonight, defending his European lightweight title.

Kevin Mitchell will be ringside on Saturday night for John Murray's European lightweight title defence against Karim El Ouzaghari.

Manchester fight ace John Murray says he will enjoy defending his European lightweight title on Kevin Mitchell's turf this Saturday night.