Comments Thread For: John Murray - A Look Back as His Ring Return Nears

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Manchester’s John Murray returns to his hometown on November 22nd for his first contest in almost two years. Here, Coldwell Boxing takes a look at some of Murray’s most memorable performances.

John Murray v Jon Thaxton- October 3rd 2009, Altrincham Leisure Centre

A supposed gut-check for Murray and a genuine step up in class occurred when the popular Mancunian battled Jon Thaxton in Altrincham in 2009. The Norwich fighter possessed excellent credentials and his experience was intended to be the ideal equaliser against Murray’s youth and freshness. That didn’t quite work out. Murray was superb from the outset and his frightening workrate was too much for the outgunned veteran. With only seconds remaining in the fourth stanza, a frightening barrage of punches from Murray forced Thaxton into retreat which led to Howard Foster making a sensible intervention. [Click Here To Read More]

[taansend]

Hopefully the break has done him good. Lots of good fights at Domestic level.

[paulf]

Man that Rios fight was nasty business. Good luck to him.

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Hopefully the break has done him good. Lots of good fights at Domestic level.

I'm hoping the domestic scene will be his saving grace. I agree, there are some good matches to be made at domestic level and hopefully he can rise his profile nationally and put a few quid in the bank before stepping up to world level again.

After being forced out of action he was working digging roads which is a harsh reality check. I should think he'll work at trying to get some savings behind him now before he reaches the end of his career.

My concern is that he'll be offered fights early on that he can't turn down but are perhaps beyond him at this point due to his willingness to take punches. He's a tough lad but he can't allow himself to take the kind of shots that he did against Mitchell and Rios. I'd like to see him work on that in domestic showdowns before hopefully getting another title shot.