Brandon Rios, Rodriguez and Jones Push Forward To 2012
Madison Square Garden, New York City - Brandon Rios is leaving the lightweight division without his world title, but at least he left it with a victory.
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Photos: Rios Batters Murray, Rodriguez and Jones Win
Madison Square Garden, New York City - Former WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 21 KOs) punished John Murray (31-2, 18 KOs) before stopping him in the eleventh round. At the time of the stoppage, Murray's face was a complete mess and both of his eyes were badley swollen.
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CompuBox Stats: Rios Hands Murray a Power Beatdown
Brandon Rios, who lost his lightweight title on the scale, outlanded the game John Murray 83-34 in power shots over the last two rounds.
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Brandon Rios Punishes John Murray, Eleven Round TKO
Madison Square Garden, New York City - Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22KOs) stopped a very brave John Murray (31-2, 18KOs) in the eleventh round. Rios lost the WBA lightweight title on the scale after being unable to make the division limit of 135-pounds on Friday.
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Joe Gallagher Blasts Rios, Murray Dedicates To Frazier
John Murray goes into tonight’s WBA title lightweight title fight against Brandon Rios at New York’s Madison Square Garden venue with a spring in his step due to Brandon’s struggle, and subsequent failure, to make the lightweight limit at yesterday afternoon’s weigh in. Rio tipped the scales at 135.6lbs at the first attempt; he weighed 136.6 second time around, with suggestions that his weight was 136.4 on the first attempt rather than the official figure of 135.6.
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Photos: Cotto, Margarito Make Weight: Undercard Shots
New York, NY --- Hall of Fame Top Rank promoter Bob Arum(ctr) stands between (L-R) Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito as they pose during the weighin (Cotto 152.25, Margarito 152.5 lb ) in New York City for their upcoming highly-anticipated World Championship rematch , Saturday, December 3, at Madison Square Garden. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Cotto Promotions, Tornado Promotions, AT&T, and Madison Square Garden, Cotto-Margarito II will be produced and distributed Live by HBO Pay-Per-View®. --- Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
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John Murray Vows: I'm Ready To Go To Hell and Back!
Manchester boxer John Murray says he can defy the odds and become a world champion in New York on Saturday night. The 26-year-old faces highly rated WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios at Madison Square Garden. Rios, 25, is unbeaten in 29 fights as a professional and goes into the bout having stopped his last 10 opponents. But former British and European champion Murray believes he has what it takes to cause an upset. Murray's world title shot comes on the back of his first professional defeat - an eight-round stoppage loss to Londoner Kevin Mitchell in July.
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Rios Studied John Murray's Loss To Mitchell, Took Notes
WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KOs) is ready for action on Saturday night. He defends his title against British boxer John Murray (31-1, 18 KOs) on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito pay-per-view at New York's Madison Square Garden.
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John Murray: MSG, What a Place To Beat Brandon Rios!
Manchester’s John Murray has already touched down in New York City ahead of the toughest test of his 32-fight career, 31-1 (18). Murray tackles WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios, 28-0-1 (21), this Saturday night in the chief support bout to Antonio Margarito’s rematch with WBA ‘Super’ light-middleweight titlist Miguel Angel Cotto.
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Brandon Rios, John Murray Not Looking Past One Another
NEW YORK — Brandon Rios realizes he isn’t in a position to underestimate John Murray. The unbeaten WBA lightweight champion is taking Murray much more seriously than the handicappers who’ve installed Rios as about a 10-1 favorite entering their 12-round fight on the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito undercard Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Higher-profile fights against Yuriorkis Gamboa or Juan Manuel Marquez, Rios’ preferred opponents in 2012, will remain realistic possibilities only if Rios overcomes Murray. “He’s coming over here, trying to take my title away, which is never going to happen,” Rios, 25, said. “John Murray has a long night ahead of him. I’m ready for him. He thinks that I’m not preparing myself for him, but he has something else coming.”
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