Think Murray hated Mack and wanted it, but Mack thought he was better than the rest so only had his sights on the champs.! Barker also shared the same opinion as Murray. Lee just seemed happy to be there.
That's right twentyman. No version of the other 3 would trouble peak Sergio. I was there for the macklin fight. And Sergio was incredibly good. Macklin was competitive till near the end. I feel Sergio was the best boxer I've ever seen live. Incredibly athletic and slick. Tough and brave. A great champ. Murray Barker and lee would struggle to win a couple of rounds against peak Sergio.
Lee / Macklin / Barker / Murray. MM is one of the most overrated boxers of the modern generation. Never won a big fight, just a nearly man. Poor mans Crolla.
Has Murray ever been knocked down? Incredibly tough man, despite limited ability made the best of what he had.
Barker fought prime Martinez when no one wanted to fight him. Barker was ahead until he started to stay in the pocket and got beat up at close range. It was the inexperience of Barker at the time, his 1st step up from British level, what a leap in 1 fight.
I personally see Murray giving all a hard fight with his toughness and fitness, butnlosing to all 3. Macklin for me was the most talented, often switched trainers and lacked dedication to training though. Lee had awesome power but tried to box far too often.
Got put down three times against GGG. Out on his feet against Groves in the 9th but hung on. Incredibly tough man.
This was how it was, Mack got his shot at a title and thought he was further ahead than the others, bit snobby of him when they all were roughly the same level as contenders
I think Groves took the last bit away mate. From around round 8 he gave him a vicious beating with some huge right hands.
He was a true honest northern lad, tough as fook mate with it. I think he would've outlasted Mack, a bit like Jamie Moore fight maybe coming from behind for a stoppage even
Remember those body shots now although the first two were more tactical knees and the third when he was putting some lovely combos together and starting to put it on him. Probably prime Golovkin too, who was on a viscous KO streak. Should have said power here as Murray was actually pretty slick.
