Murray is no "good boy"...

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  1. Mr "T"

    Mr "T" Well-Known Member Full Member

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    England's royalty made him do it

    I thought it was stupid but he had to face royalty when he returned and probably will make more dough as a "warrior" then if he would have stayed down in the 4th
     
  2. Mr "T"

    Mr "T" Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not mine. He didn't have a chance and he risked his future
     
  3. damian38

    damian38 BigDramaShow Full Member

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    so why did he take the fight in the first place? :huh
     
  4. shoe

    shoe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Low-Blow Murray got a free mri and bucket of ice from the royal family, so he shouldn't complain.
     
  5. Pound4PoundGG

    Pound4PoundGG Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He is a bad ass no doubt. I initially had money on GGG stopping him in the 4th and the 5th. when he went down in the fourth i was screaming for him not to get up, he cost me money. Then when he looked almost down and out in the 5th i lumped on him being stopped in the 6th in play. He is a stubborn ****er and he cost me alot of money.
     
  6. persianprince

    persianprince Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well Martinez & Sturm struggled with Murray, so he is some good. But with that being said, his KO ratio of 37% is very very poor for a guy who is supposed to be an elite middleweight. GGG got hit a lot, but ate those shots like it was nothing.

    Hopefully Chavez Jr. is next :deal
     
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  8. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Benoit never was in the "fight world", though. Sports entertainment isn't the same as sport. ;)

    ...but yeah, he probably has tainted its use with the life-imitating-art viciousness of his deeds. :verysad

    Didn't they also have to rename the crossface, which like half the next generation had worked into their repertoire (it was basically the next submission-du-jour after the Sharpshooter and the Figure-4 before it)?
     
  9. IntentionalButt

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    :think

    I wouldn't have made the connection myself (Kessler hits a lot harder and didn't pull the hands-down stuff Murray sometimes does) but there are those similarities you mentioned.
     
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    Both have iron chins (but can be softened up with body shots) and indomitable wills, too.
     
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    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Current or former (within the last few years) world titlists with equal or lower KO%s:

    Sam Soliman
    Seansuree Moonsuree
    Miguel Ángel Vázquez
    Ryoichi Taguchi
    Carlos Molina
    Hekkie Budler
    Jessie Vargas
    Ishe Smith
    Mario Rodriguez
    Gabriel Campillo
    Ricky Burns
    Mauricio Herrera
    Vasyl Lomachenko
    Giacobbe Fragomeni
     
  12. persianprince

    persianprince Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If Murray had power, he would've been an top 3 middleweight easily.
     
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    Mallinaggi
     
  14. IntentionalButt

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    He arguably was even without.
     
  15. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Good call, how did I miss him? :lol: