Perfect ..... good calllefty wrote:Crolla would be perfect sparring for that fight thoughcakes wrote:Truelefty wrote: well fun for us watching but gruelling for the fighters definietly!
Brandon rios vs John murray
Re: Brandon rios vs John murray
Re: Brandon rios vs John murray
Talk of a drooling domestic showdown between John Murray and Kevin Mitchell remains just talk as Murray defends his European lightweight title against Spain's Karim El Ouazghari at York Hall on April 2.
Manchester's Murray has just signed a promotional deal with F rank Warren (who also promotes Mitchell) and looks to have a big future at still only 26, an unblemished record of 30-0 (18) to boot. Trained by the excellent Joe Gallagher, Murray is clever and relentless in a boxing ring, a bit of a slow starter and a bit cut-prone, but once he slips into gear, he is all-action, all-aggression, all-punishing. Murray lifted the major European belt last May with a bruising late stoppage of Cardiff dangerman Gary Buckland at Widnes and saw off seasoned Ukrainian Andriy Kudryavtsev in nine impressive rounds in Wigan in his first defence in September. He had previously cruised to a Lonsdale Belt outright as an outstanding British lightweight champion.
To the little-known El Ouazghari, who has won his last six fights (four early) since Daniel Rasilla stopped him in four rounds for the Spanish lightweight title in April 2008. Rasilla later moved up to light-welterweight and gave Paul McCloskey a decent scrap in Ireland for the European light-welterweight title (stopped in nine rounds), so you can't really knock El Ouazghari, who came back to lift the Spanish lightweight belt last year in his native Barcelona with a second-round knockout of Jesus Garcia Simon, a man he had previously drawn with, and retained against Jorge Lohoba on a unanimous 10-round decision last time out in November. Rasilla remains the only man to beat the visitor.
Nevertheless, at 11-1-2 (4), the 31-year-old El Ouazghari comes over to showcase the talents of Murray for bigger and better fights ahead, and you get the feeling that Murray-Mitchell will happen once Mitchell gets over his mini-sulk. El Ouazghari has never fought outside of Spain before but looks solid and capable enough to take Murray into the middle-to-later rounds before the referee has seen enough.
Manchester's Murray has just signed a promotional deal with F rank Warren (who also promotes Mitchell) and looks to have a big future at still only 26, an unblemished record of 30-0 (18) to boot. Trained by the excellent Joe Gallagher, Murray is clever and relentless in a boxing ring, a bit of a slow starter and a bit cut-prone, but once he slips into gear, he is all-action, all-aggression, all-punishing. Murray lifted the major European belt last May with a bruising late stoppage of Cardiff dangerman Gary Buckland at Widnes and saw off seasoned Ukrainian Andriy Kudryavtsev in nine impressive rounds in Wigan in his first defence in September. He had previously cruised to a Lonsdale Belt outright as an outstanding British lightweight champion.
To the little-known El Ouazghari, who has won his last six fights (four early) since Daniel Rasilla stopped him in four rounds for the Spanish lightweight title in April 2008. Rasilla later moved up to light-welterweight and gave Paul McCloskey a decent scrap in Ireland for the European light-welterweight title (stopped in nine rounds), so you can't really knock El Ouazghari, who came back to lift the Spanish lightweight belt last year in his native Barcelona with a second-round knockout of Jesus Garcia Simon, a man he had previously drawn with, and retained against Jorge Lohoba on a unanimous 10-round decision last time out in November. Rasilla remains the only man to beat the visitor.
Nevertheless, at 11-1-2 (4), the 31-year-old El Ouazghari comes over to showcase the talents of Murray for bigger and better fights ahead, and you get the feeling that Murray-Mitchell will happen once Mitchell gets over his mini-sulk. El Ouazghari has never fought outside of Spain before but looks solid and capable enough to take Murray into the middle-to-later rounds before the referee has seen enough.