Just calling what I saw. IIRC I gave him at least 3 rounds and was in the fight untill that first KD. Even after he was still hitting GGG everytime he was in the center of the ring and was occasionally countering off the ropes well too. He lost, but he earned at least one fan from that gutsy performance.
I watched the fight about 3 times. Murray landed a few body shots in the beginning. GGG was in controle the whole fight and it looked to me like he let Murray hang around to get work in. U make it sound like Murray was controling the fight and GGG kept having to make adjustments which just wasnt the case. Once GGG knows u cant hurt him he doesnt mind taking some shots in order to impose his will on the opponent. Like i said too much credit to Murray whos big an strong but not the technition ur making him out to be.
If GGG is taking shots he could avoid then that is a fault with GGG. GGG didn't land a single decent shot when Murray wasn't on the ropes. Murray is a pretty slick fighter in open space and was boxing GGG up. Not to denigrate GGG he does what he does very well. But when you are looking at what many consider a top P4P showing a hole like that is an exploitable weakness when facing another top fighter. Nobody is perfect and GGG is no exception. When I look at these fights I am trying to find habits in the fighters. It is in no way a 100% fair breakdown of the fight. Murray showed some very good habits that troubled GGG. He gave it his best and did some nice work but he lost. The article was called breaking down GGG, not Martin Murray. So excuse me if in my article about him I point out both where he is good and what needs work.
My point again is when GGG knows u cant hurt him he'll take shots to discourage the opponent and it lets him do wat he wants. Now against heavy hitters like Stevens and Lemiux he didnt do that. Again im saying ur over estimating Martins abilities because GGG let him get away with it. Not saying its a real smart thing to do but the man does wat he does.
