Finest/biggest Brit performances on the world stage

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Bodyshot3 wrote:Apologies to Dr. Devious...he'd name-checked John's big win earlier :TU:
No worries Bodyshot
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although he didn't get the nod , but I thought he won the fight , i'd say Martin Murrays effort in Argentina against Sergio Martinez was a great effort on the world stage , probably Sergio on the slide a bit , but great performance none the less
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rd350lc wrote:although he didn't get the nod , but I thought he won the fight , i'd say Martin Murrays effort in Argentina against Sergio Martinez was a great effort on the world stage , probably Sergio on the slide a bit , but great performance none the less
I actually disagree with that - I thought Martinez was there for the taking that night, Murray should have put it on him like Cotto ended up doing instead. I was very disappointed with Murray not pressing for the win, massive missed opportunity imo.
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Boxerbeetle wrote:
rd350lc wrote:although he didn't get the nod , but I thought he won the fight , i'd say Martin Murrays effort in Argentina against Sergio Martinez was a great effort on the world stage , probably Sergio on the slide a bit , but great performance none the less
I actually disagree with that - I thought Martinez was there for the taking that night, Murray should have put it on him like Cotto ended up doing instead. I was very disappointed with Murray not pressing for the win, massive missed opportunity imo.
He did enough to win tho, i do think he was robbed
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cocobongo wrote:
Boxerbeetle wrote:
rd350lc wrote:although he didn't get the nod , but I thought he won the fight , i'd say Martin Murrays effort in Argentina against Sergio Martinez was a great effort on the world stage , probably Sergio on the slide a bit , but great performance none the less
I actually disagree with that - I thought Martinez was there for the taking that night, Murray should have put it on him like Cotto ended up doing instead. I was very disappointed with Murray not pressing for the win, massive missed opportunity imo.
He did enough to win tho, i do think he was robbed
My point is, whatever you think about the result, there's no doubting it was a fairly close fight. But Martinez was done by the time that fight came around imo, Murray should have grabbed the opportunity like Cotto did instead of trying to scrape a decision, particularly after his experience with Sturm.
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