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By Thomas Gerbasi - If not for some bad luck and wrong turns, Martin Murray could very well be a world champion today. Of course, lines like that are usually followed by tales of the fighter in question staring at the top from the bottom of the division, hoping and praying for the break that will give him another shot at redemption.
Not so in this case. In fact, Murray’s third crack at a world title could be one win over Domenico Spada on Saturday away. No one knows this better than the 32-year-old Brit, a veteran fighter aware that the big fight is always the one in front of you.
“If you fall in any fight leading up to a potential big fight, then it just doesn’t happen,” he said. “So this is a big fight and I’ve approached it in that way, I trained well, I’ve had a good camp, and I’m ready.”
The current WBC Silver middleweight titlist, Murray left his home in St Helens twice over the last few years to challenge Felix Sturm and Sergio Martinez in their backyards of Germany and Argentina, respectively. In both fights, Murray proved that he was a world-class contender, battling to a controversial draw with Sturm in 2011 and dropping and nearly upsetting Martinez in 2013 before a late rally saved the title of “Maravilla.”
Those performances left Murray in a quandary. Did he have to change what he was doing to please the judges and leave no questions on the scorecards? Was his style good enough to one day wear the crown? Or did he have to simply avoid traveling to his opponent’s hometown? [Click Here To Read More]
Not so in this case. In fact, Murray’s third crack at a world title could be one win over Domenico Spada on Saturday away. No one knows this better than the 32-year-old Brit, a veteran fighter aware that the big fight is always the one in front of you.
“If you fall in any fight leading up to a potential big fight, then it just doesn’t happen,” he said. “So this is a big fight and I’ve approached it in that way, I trained well, I’ve had a good camp, and I’m ready.”
The current WBC Silver middleweight titlist, Murray left his home in St Helens twice over the last few years to challenge Felix Sturm and Sergio Martinez in their backyards of Germany and Argentina, respectively. In both fights, Murray proved that he was a world-class contender, battling to a controversial draw with Sturm in 2011 and dropping and nearly upsetting Martinez in 2013 before a late rally saved the title of “Maravilla.”
Those performances left Murray in a quandary. Did he have to change what he was doing to please the judges and leave no questions on the scorecards? Was his style good enough to one day wear the crown? Or did he have to simply avoid traveling to his opponent’s hometown? [Click Here To Read More]
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