Murray v Rees off

[Chris W 1982]

Murray has failed a BBBC medical.

[daviddee]

That maybe set up so Rees fights burns? Lol

[mfc_se15]

Gutted if this is true.

[TopGun]

Any more info on why he failed?

[Datsue]

Ow. Hope the lad's okay.

[kamicazze]

gutted but hope its not serious

[Bennyblanco]

Was really looking forward to that, will rees get a last minute replacement

[danfoster]

Hope he's OK ... he's taken some real hammer over the years and it there's any concerns at all the lad's better off calling it a day and moving on with his life

[winkveron]

Can someone explain the medical process to me

If it's a long standing problem should it not have been picked up earlier? Ie is it daft to have a medical so close to the fight? Wouldn't it make sense to have an extra one before the fight is announced or would that be a logistical nightmare?

Just in this way wastes a lot of everyone's time

[sweetscience]

could it be weight ?

i dont know the ins and outs but dont they do weight checks on title fights so your not dropping too much weight to quick ?

and does he even have a coach ?

[Hagler2002]

And bang goes the big bet before xmas

[Glass Joe]

was it rees stoppage?

[TJ77]

Hope its not too serious John is too game great to watch but takes its toll and i hope
he comes again but not at the expense of his health.
Any closer to a reason yet ?

[Glass Joe]

Murray should of never of left Hennessy sports, he was carefully matched and was winning belts and looking good, went down hill after that.

[stevieb_8006]

Murray should of never of left Hennessy sports, he was carefully matched and was winning belts and looking good, went down hill after that.

i thought that, he'd have had terrestrial tv as well if he'd have given it another 6 months.

[toomanyshots]

Is it possible with so many hard fights on the clock he has maybe had a querie with a brain scan.

I know a few fighters who have had queries and the board hold their lisence until further investigation have been carried out.

Then they review with a team of specialist who will make a recommendation wether or not they are happy for the said person to continue to box.

This might be why they are putting the news out as a delayed fight.

[Glass Joe]

Not moaning just looking at it from another point of view.

[palooka]

It could be one of a number of things that have been noticed in the medical; I hope John is ok and a more thorough check finds he's healthy and in good health. Though he has had some tough fights and has a style that doesn't run away from aggro I'm sure that the majority of damage done come's through sparring 1000's of rounds over the years and not the rounds fought - I'm sure that's behind the 'body sparring' policy held at the Ingles gym.

[Adamj1987]

Was looking forward to the fight but johns health is the main thing hope he's ok

[whiskey]

I know we all have this mercenary attitude because we wont see a scrap. I felt the same way.

But at the end of the day, if this is a persistent / permanent problem - then his career could be finished.

I hope whatever it is, that they sort it.

[toomanyshots]

It could be one of a number of things that have been noticed in the medical; I hope John is ok and a more thorough check finds he's healthy and in good health. Though he has had some tough fights and has a style that doesn't run away from aggro I'm sure that the majority of damage done come's through sparring 1000's of rounds over the years and not the rounds fought - I'm sure that's behind the 'body sparring' policy held at the Ingles gym.

100% right, its more the sparring than the fights but he has had some hard fights