Joe Murray SPOILER

[Poncey]

It's not looking good, is it?!

[Poncey]

Finished mate. He lost. Wasn't a great performance, but Gu was on his bike for the last 1.5 rounds and there were some iffy decisions on points for Gu and against Joe.

Gutted.

Final score was 17-7 I think.

[sweetscience]

lost 17-7

didnt see it but with a ten point margain cant see him being jobbed

[Gray-Fox]

There were some dodgy points not scored, but the Chinaman won the fight anyway. Murray was on the retreat for the whole fight and his style is not for international boxing at all.

[Gray-Fox]

Was always going to be diffcult against a chinese boxer.

17-7

Lol @ the partizan commentary from Richie Woodhall.

[Autobarn]

There were some dodgy points not scored, but the Chinaman won the fight anyway. Murray was on the retreat for the whole fight and his style is not for international boxing at all.

I don't know about that, he won a bronze at the AIBAs didn't he?

[Poncey]

Was always going to be diffcult against a chinese boxer.

17-7

Lol @ the partizan commentary from Richie Woodhall.

Made me chuckle as well. I'm quite fond of biased commentary though. Moorehouse was brilliant on the swimming yesterday when we won gold. I thought he was going to climax in the last ten metres.

[Poncey]

There were some dodgy points not scored, but the Chinaman won the fight anyway. Murray was on the retreat for the whole fight and his style is not for international boxing at all.

I don't know about that, he won a bronze at the AIBAs didn't he?

Yep, and beat Gu 14-11 last time they met.

[Gray-Fox]

There were some dodgy points not scored, but the Chinaman won the fight anyway. Murray was on the retreat for the whole fight and his style is not for international boxing at all.

I don't know about that, he won a bronze at the AIBAs didn't he?

Yep, and beat Gu 14-11 last time they met.

Dunno then, the nerves must have got to him.

[Poncey]

...or the weight is too much for him. Seemed full of beans, though. I was sure he'd get at least silver.

[Gray-Fox]

...or the weight is too much for him. Seemed full of beans, though. I was sure he'd get at least silver.

I think being English sometimes masks what's really happening.

[dondada]

Yeah, as I said in my report, I think Gu did enough to win. But the margin was silly. Was a couple of points in it, I'd say. And the standing count after being forearmed topped it off.

As for Woodhall, he was right in the main. I love to see a bit of partisan commentary.

John Motson used to disgust me with his love of the Germans when they were playing England.

[funso banjo baby]

couple of punches not scored but the chinese was just too quick for murray who seemed off the pace

its a shame

[Chambers2]

Re: biassed commentary - I love to listen to Brian Moore commentate on the England rugby team, he's just unashamedly biassed at every possible opportunity

[hitman_hatton1]

that's a disappointment.

cos murray was a medal hope.

so much for the new cuba as edwards said the other week.

i see edwards called the judging a disgrace.

[Max Molyneux]

Lol at the New Cuba remark.

The Cubans don't get all the funding and supplements the GB team get, they just work hard.

[dondada]

The Chinese lad just said re Murray "He's strong and I think he's better than me."

[Poncey]

Lol at the New Cuba remark.

The Cubans don't get all the funding and supplements the GB team get, they just work hard.

..and it's the second most participated sport in the country behind Baseball. At least the GB fighters don't have to sell their medal for a birthday party for their daughter.

[Podmore_Birmingham]

Re: biassed commentary - I love to listen to Brian Moore commentate on the England rugby team, he's just unashamedly biassed at every possible opportunity

Especially against the French!

I've met Moore at Twickers and he was giving my friend some jip for wearing an Ireland shirt.

As for Murray, he was unlucky not have about six or seven punches counted. That said, I thought he was second-best on this occasion.

[black panther]

A couple of the Chinese boxer's points should not had been given and about five of Murray's clean shots did not score. Loosing 15-12 is a lot better than 17-7. But I thought the first three rounds were horrible to watch - the china man has a horrible style. If Murray had been more aggressive in the early rounds he may have won but it was a good learning experience - I hope he hangs around in the amateurs for a bit.

[THEBUTCH]

Two issues stood out for me.
The points margin did not relflect the closeness of the bout and the Chinese boxer made little attempt to make a fight of things to the point were points should be deducted (or added in this case).

As for Murray "retreating the whole fight", Gray-Fox, I must have been watching a completing different fight. Joe forced the action for most of the fight, right from the first bell. A bronze in the world championships suggests he can cut it at international level too.

[steve689]

On a sidenote. Anbody see Selimov getting eliminated by the Ukranian? He wasn't too pleased was he?!