Murray vs Khan

I think you are right about negotiating the first rounds of the fight. Murray should not think too much about Prescott, nor should he think about landing one crippling punch like ***an. That **** leads to mistakes.

It depends how Murray fights, but I'm a firm believer he has a big chance to win.

 

They're both great prospects for Britain and I'm sure they will go seperate routes. Great contrast of styles, personalities, the potential for the local rivalry. Can only see this happening if they both pick up a world title, some big money, high stakes sort of Haye/Mac style bout when both have reached their primes.

Speed/movement gives Murray problems but he showed he could deal with this with a nice 8th round stopage of gifted McAllister tonight.

Strength/body punching/pressure troubles Khan, as we saw in his slugfest with Michael Gomez. Khan exceptionally fast but fragile.

I'm happy with Murray-Thaxton. British/European title unification. Murray made a great case for it tonight, Thaxton was working as analyst and ppl will want the fight.

In the meantime, hope Murray is kept busy. Keep momentum, get the Lancs fans behind him, maybe vs Castle or Lawton.

 

Just look at the Gomez fight for some inspiration.

 

I wasn't that impressed when first saw Murray, mainly because of all the praise that he'd already had. However over the last couple fights he seems to have really become more comfortable in his style.

He does look a little one-paced at times but against Khan I couldn't see the fight going the distance without Murray getting close enough to trade and when Khan sticks his head up he gets knocked out.

Fight won't happen unless Khan gets beat by Barrera.

 

That was the first time ive seen Murray, and while i was inpressed with his patience, and ability close up, im not so sure it would be enough to deal with Khan. He didnt look to have outstanding one-punch power, although he did well to wear the tricky McAlister down and cut the ring off well in the later rounds. However, while he might not have McAllister's chin, Khan is much, much faster, hits harder, and albeit against limited opposition, doesnt need any encouragement to get a hurt opponent finsished off. I dont think Khan would sit againt the ropes inviting shots from Murray like McAllister did. I reckon Khan would knock Murray out.

 

training in america in the wildcard with the worlds best trainer + being naturally fast and having good movement should be enough to beat murray IMO,
khan stops him, from all neutral accounts murray appears slow and static and doesnt deal well with movement, i think khan jabs his face off and stops him in the mid rounds.
khan may never shine against the cream of the divisions but he should have enough to deal with british/euro and may be fridge contender level type of opponents

 

Murray looked cold early on, was predictable and slow. He walked through McAllister and used his strength. I reckon Khan could UD him all the way if he keeps his chin tucked away.

 

Murray Khan is 50-50. I'd favour Khan very slightly, but Murray would have a great chance of victory.

 

For me it depends on whose fight they fight.

If Murray can drag Khan in, he would beat him. Amir tends to try to bang his way out of trouble as well, leaving himself wide open to the body.

 

50.5-49.5:good

 

i just dont think murray would be able to just walkthrough khans punches like he did against mccalister. cant help but think that despite his bullish fighting style and determination, he would have his will broken by khan constantly moving in and out of range and peppering him with fast hard accurate shots. always the chance that khan gets too macho but i really doubt he'd try and go toe to toe with him like mccalister did.

saying that though, if the fight goes past 9 or 10 rounds, i'd back murray to catch up with khan and stop him, but i just think he'd of been tko'd before then.

 

mcallister was giving murray a lot of trouble when he was punching and moving. In the end he didnt have the stamina to do it for a sustained period and just stood still in front of murray. i think khan punches a lot harder than mcallister and if hes really learning from freddy, he wouldnt stand on the ropes in range against murray. Of course his chin is always an equalizer with anyone he fights but if he tightens up his defence it should be a relatively easy night for khan.

 

In other words you've never seen him fight. Thanks for the expert opinion

The evidence of last night, when Murray broke down a very talented, fast, mobile challenger, who he'd never even seen fight before...suggests that Murray has the abilities to go in there with Khan.

Murray is young, and can move on and improve on last night's impressive win.