Murray vs Khan

Who would you bet on Thaxton vs Murray

 

Thaxton would destroy him.

 

I know mate... He just doesn't seem to have the beard at top level does he? I'll be very suprised if he beats Barrera too. :nut

 

Pick em, ain't it.

Thaxton has a lot of things to cause Murray problems, and vice-versa. The southpaw stance caused Murray a few headaches, and Thaxton is awkward with it.

The Thaxton that fought Hatton would be favoured strongly. But he's older and prone to cuts, against a young relentless man.

 

I'd confidently pick Murray. I really like Thaxton though, he's a thorough professional and i'm sure it would be an absolutely tremendous fight. Murray-Thaxton if marketed correctly by Hennesey would make John Murray a big star, if he won of course.

 

Easy to be relentless when facing powder puff punchers.

 

You mean like the sort that Khan's feasted on? At least Murray hasn't been hurt by them.

 

You get some right misers on here.

Thaxton's a fantastic fighter, BUT...Look at the trouble Thaxton had with Eammon Magee. It was the body shots if anyone recalls. Murray throws quite a good body shot, some of you may recall...

Thaxton-Murray will be a superb fight. A must-see battle.

Thaxton would have had a hard time of it vs McAllister, the speed and mobility. Amittedly those are not the fights that a guy like Thaxton need go for (unproven, difficult, fast youngsters) at this late stage in his career.

Many ppl seem to be forgetting Khan-Gomez, where Khan was dropped and hurt to the body in a terrific little scrap. Murray potentially better than prime Gomez, and Khan fought a shadow of Gomez.

 

I would cautiously pick Thaxton - his awkwardness would trouble Murray a great deal, and he has the equaliser. If you take away Haye and Maccarinelli, are there any better P4P punchers than him?

Murray seems to me a weaker version of Ricky Hatton - on the evidence of last night especially.....

Thaxton is a lot better than his record would suggest IMO, can take a good punch, but is prone to cuts as previously mentioned......

Good fight, hope it happens.

 

Limond, Lawton, Earl, St Clair, Kristjansen, Gomez, Prescott, ***an better than anyone Murray has faced.

 

Yeah, Junior Witter hits a lot harder. Carl Froch probably does. Maybe even Kevin Mitchell.

Thaxton is just awkward and caught guys unaware at times. Not that great of a puncher me thinks.

 

?? No it wasn't it was a cross/hook that put him trouble and a sustained volley of punches to the head that stopped him. :huh

 

Marketing's a key point, I agree.

I mean do you hype it on the grounds that Thaxton gave Hatton a bad cut before getting worked over by the bigger man. If so, I doubt Hennessy - who brought Witter to Euro and world titles - would be comfortable doing this.

Does it get promoted in Lancs, to give Murray the guy with the future advantage? Or on Thaxton, the great old pro, territory?

 

In one punch........

Witter does yes, Froch maybe on a par. Wouldn't say Mitchell, more cumulative IMO.

 

Fixed and Meager wasn't far behind.