john murray being overlooked?

[turbotime]

I'd like for Murray to perform well for entertainment's sake. I think Rios catches him around 4 or 5 though and puts the finish on him.

[onechance87]

bam bam by 5th round ko

[dan_cov]

He's british, Rio crushes him.

you can't judge a fighter based on where they come from. englands had many great champions over the years & british boxing is the best it's been since benn, eubank.
we have brook, khan, froch, burns, etc & many great prospects such as big david price.

i bet you was one that said barker was an utter bum and was going to get flattened against sergio in 1 round, i said barker would do a lot better than expected & just about everybody laughed on here.

[uoykcuf]

When Rios loses, it won't be to a sorry fighter like Murray. More like someone who is techinically sound like Khan(the only British fighter I'm impressed with currently fighting).

[uoykcuf]

you can't judge a fighter based on where they come from. englands had many great champions over the years & british boxing is the best it's been since benn, eubank.
we have brook, khan, froch, burns, etc & many great prospects such as big david price.

i bet you was one that said barker was an utter bum and was going to get flattened against sergio in 1 round, i said barker would do a lot better than expected & just about everybody laughed on here.

Really? Who are the good british fighters currently fighting not named Amir Khan? Thats what I thought, its not coincidence that British fighters just aren't that good. Katsidis made a career at embarrassing British fighters. If Ricky Bums didn't catch Katsidis at the tail end of his career Katsidis would have exposed and beating him up too.

[dan_cov]

Really? Who are the good british fighters currently fighting not named Amir Khan? Thats what I thought, its not coincidence that British fighters just aren't that good.

i've just named them.
brook, froch, burns, george groves

i give us brits something, we go to other countries often huge underdogs with everything against us and do better than expected, rather than staying at home being handfed a load of bums and getting pathetic gift-wrapped decisions.

[studentofthegam]

i first thought wow murray is being fed to rios, this is an awful fight for john style-wise but after spending some time watching footage of both guys i think this could potentially be a damn good scrap being completely overshadowed by cotto vs marg 2.

i give murray a decent shot at this actually. rios is an exciting fighter but he's so damn limited (not that murray isn't) but i just can't help look at rios and think this guy is so overrated it's ridiculous. he's a brawler, a good brawler but nothing special.

look at his record, all made for him & in a sense so is murray but murray actually can fight in the pocket & can box well when he chooses.

i disagree with him being a massive underdog & many will laugh but i give him a chance in this fight.

too many are looking at murray losing to mitchell, reality is mitchell gives rios a boxing lesson too before stopping him.

This will be worse than Antillon because he doesnt hit as hard. If you have two fighters that dont do much more than grind it out on the inside then I lean towarsds the fighter with the toughest chin and most power. Rios has both categories. It gonna be brutal.

[uoykcuf]

i've just named them.
brook, froch, burns, george groves

Ricky Burns is a bum he ducked and pulled out of a fight against Broner who would have KO'd him to go fight a Katsidis who had lost what 2 of his last 3 fights? George Groves got a gift decision against that other british fighter he fought. I don't even know who the hell brook is, thats how big he is over here in America. Froch is going to get his ass kicked by Andre Ward probably by lopsided decision win for Ward.

[UglyPug]

DANCOVBOXER! you were right about darren barker being heavily underrated. . .

lol i remember you said "SPITEFUL" in regards to his punching power. . . that was a spot on adjective. . .


would you say the same for murray? A SPITEFUL PUNCHER?

[BoxingGenius27]

I don't give Murray a chance.