Lawrence Murphy lines up his first defence...

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 08 Jan 2004, 08:34

Lawrence Murphy, the Scot who won the WBU middleweight title with a sensational first round knockout over Wayne Elcock in November, makes the first defence of his title against an opponent yet to be named in the chief support to Scott Harrison's mandatory WBO title defence against Williams Abelyan on March 6 in Glasgow.

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 08 Jan 2004, 08:43

lets throw some names into the hat

Yuri Tsarenko, Gary Lockett well you never know, Michael Monaghan could happen

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 08 Jan 2004, 09:17

Farnell

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 08 Jan 2004, 09:20

Interested to see Murphy again. He came in as a virtual unknown to upset Elcock, but apparently his amateur career was littered with KO wins.

I believe he has made slow progress as a pro due to bad hands, a common complaint of heavy hitters.

Can anyone give an assessment of his style/potential?

I reckon if FW puts Farnell in with him up in Scotland its a 'sink or swim' job.

kevo · Post by **kevo** » 08 Jan 2004, 09:21

I reckon there's a strong chance he'll be fighting TBA

Jacko11 · Post by **Jacko11** » 08 Jan 2004, 10:28

Wayne Alexander,how about him?

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 08 Jan 2004, 12:20

Jacko11 wrote:Wayne Alexander,how about him?

That'd be a good one, I'm sure Wayne would jump at the chance. The Scot looks a powerful hitter, but he's hardly had any fights, so I think they'll be a tad careful about who they put him in with for awhile.

adamiw · Post by **adamiw** » 08 Jan 2004, 14:34

Murphy-Lockett is a possibility and be a good match up.

A.Will · Post by **A.Will** » 08 Jan 2004, 15:06

Kevo wrote:I reckon there's a strong chance he'll be fighting TBA

Tough guy him seems to pop up all over the place.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 08 Jan 2004, 15:14

It won't be someone too demanding for sure. Yes, Farnell could be in the frame. He came back with a win recently, and he's a ticket seller. I can't see the Scots falling over themselvs to buy tickets for Scott Harrison's defence against William Abelyan, a good fighter, but fairly unknown. So they'd need to drag a ticket seller out of the bag for a big arena like the Braehead arena. Enter Farnell...
But I just wonder if Delroy Mellis might be the man!

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 08 Jan 2004, 15:37

Farnell or Groenwald are my tips (where is Groenwald?)

bigynzing · Post by **bigynzing** » 09 Jan 2004, 14:23

bennie wrote:It won't be someone too demanding for sure. Yes, Farnell could be in the frame. He came back with a win recently, and he's a ticket seller. I can't see the Scots falling over themselvs to buy tickets for Scott Harrison's defence against William Abelyan, a good fighter, but fairly unknown. So they'd need to drag a ticket seller out of the bag for a big arena like the Braehead arena. Enter Farnell...
But I just wonder if Delroy Mellis might be the man!

Good call bennie....it would be a good match for the scot, and then maybe..alexander, farnell....elcock rematch perhaps.