Yep,he probably is.AND I think he beat Martinez in his backyard.But for what its worth,which isn't really very much,I think Chocolate is a different proposition.A bit underrated over here,and would give Murray no better than a 50 50 chance.
If Quillins last fight against Rosado is anything to go by Murray sparks him,Rosado is no more than an espn level fighter and he had Quillin backing up and looked like he was pushing for the stoppage in the later rounds until he was stopped on a cut.Murray would smash both of them imo.... I dont understand the hype behind Quillin he looks very basic and beatable.
Watch him fight mate,he looks very very average,he can obviously punch a bit though which is his get out of jail card but what happens when he cant knock somebody out.He looked lost and confused when he couldnt get rid of Rosado.Whats he gonna do when he has a beast of a middle weight like Murray in front of him,would love to see it.
Agreed CC. I never rated quillin myself. But I feel you could swap the two names quillin and Murray in that sentence and your sentence would still make good sense. Fraid I don't rate Murray all that highly myself....think he has been lucky so far and will be exposed.
He has power but he isn't special at all, the Rosado fight was poor from the off Rosado didn't deserve the chance and for Quillin to actually struggle was very poor. His best win is what N'Jikam ? a shot Winky Wright ? quite poor he's a world champion on the back of that. I see your point mate but the reason I went with Murray rather than any of the British middleweights is I see Murray as the toughest, he could take Quillin power and after that it would be Murray's fight.
Different promotors, all had big world titles fights within recent times, maybe it didn't make sense. I can see why it wouldn't make sense previously, if they are being offered world title fights or a domestic scrap against each other, there's only 1 winner but now that Barker has a title if he wins be Sturm they become a real possibility.
You call going to Buenos Aires and more or less beating the number one middleweight in the world in his backyard lucky? atsch
No, I call Murray lucky. The line you use makes for a great sound bite, but as is often the case the truth is a bit more nuanced than that. Four major factors fell into place for Murray. 1. He fought a man with serious injuries. 2. He fought a much smaller man. 3. The wet canvas destroyed Sergio's footwork 4. The old styles make fights cliche...Sergio's style of potshot ting straight lefts thru the guard failed against Murray cos Murray uses his huge arms as shields to block them ..also hence the broken hand when he him Murray's elbow. A perfect storm of disasters went wrong for Sergio that night. Murray fought a pale shadow of the Sergio Macklin fought. The only fight valid for comparison purposes among the British/irish middles is that Macklin and Murray fought "the same" Felix Sturm. Again Murray was lucky. He clearly lost that one. Macklin did much better. Murray will be exposed. He is overrated.