By Edward Chaykovsky

Martin Murray, although strapped with the WBA's interim-middleweight title, is not looking to face the full champion, Gennady Golovkin, in the immediate future. Murray defends his interim-belt on February 1 in Monte Carlo against Jarrod Fletcher. Golovkin is fighting in the main event. If Murray wins, he wants to target a rematch with IBF middleweight champion Felix Sturm, who some time ago fought Murray to a controversial twelve round draw.

“I would like to avenge the draw (Sturm) and loss (Martinez) against my name. I have got to be honest with you I don’t think the Martinez fight is ever going to happen again. He has made it very obvious since last April because he has not even entertained my name. But now that Sturm has won the IBF title, if I win on February 1, given I got a draw last time I fought in Germany, I believe there is unfinished business," Murray told the St. Helen's Star.

“A fight between me and Sturm does make sense and that is definitely a wrong I would like to put right. Hopefully if all goes well on February 1 I can then look at those type of fights. I don’t know what Sturm is doing now and what he is thinking about next. He said in his post fight interview that I am someone he is thinking about – and he thinks along the same lines as me – that there is a blemish on his record that he would like to put right."