Tweet
No he wouldn't. The 40,000 strong Argentinian crowd spat and threw drinks on them on the way in and tore up the ring after the Martinez fight despite the card not being over. There's no way Murray was getting a decision and I'm not sure he would even have wanted one.
Savages.
Never in my whole life have I felt so much excitement and fear at the same time. The crowd were fighting to get towards us, making death signs to us, spitting, throwing drinks. We were lucky that Neil Marsh had asked the security staff from the hotel who had been deputised to follow us to walk us to the ring. If they hadn't been around us, Martin might not have made it to the ring.
To be honest, if he'd won I don't think we'd have made it out of there alive. It was already like being thrown to the lions. When the fight finished, the crowd went crazy and hundreds were diving into the ring wrecking it so we did well to get out.
We all had to feel for Gary Buckland.
The super-featherweight had done ten weeks training, flown 7,000 miles to fight Fernando Saucedo in a world title qualifier and got there to fight at 7.30pm only to be told he was going on later. He was waiting in the dressing room watching it on TV. But by the time the fans had finished with the ring, after Martin's fight, there was nothing left of it.
They'd smashed all the wooden supports underneath and they had to cancel the fight because the ring wasn't fit to be used. It was massively frustrating for him. It was such a shame because the WBC silver was at stake and a chance to be ranked in the world's top 10.
To be honest, if he'd won I don't think we'd have made it out of there alive. It was already like being thrown to the lions. When the fight finished, the crowd went crazy and hundreds were diving into the ring wrecking it so we did well to get out.
We all had to feel for Gary Buckland.
The super-featherweight had done ten weeks training, flown 7,000 miles to fight Fernando Saucedo in a world title qualifier and got there to fight at 7.30pm only to be told he was going on later. He was waiting in the dressing room watching it on TV. But by the time the fans had finished with the ring, after Martin's fight, there was nothing left of it.
They'd smashed all the wooden supports underneath and they had to cancel the fight because the ring wasn't fit to be used. It was massively frustrating for him. It was such a shame because the WBC silver was at stake and a chance to be ranked in the world's top 10.
Savages.
Comment