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Brit Champ Murray to fight for the European title in Manchester

LONDON (Dec. 3, 2009) Unbeaten (Won 28 - Ko 16 - Lost 0) British Lightweight champion and European No 1 mandatory challenger John Murray will get his shot at the European title against champion and WBC number 3 ranked Anthony Mezaache of France early in 2010. The event will take place in Manchester after Hennessy Sports and R2 Image and Events came to an agreement for the event to be promoted by Hennessy Sports which in turn cancelled Tuesday’s scheduled purse bid.

Mick Hennessy said: “This is a great fight of which the winner will be in pole position to fight for a major world title in 2010. Both Bernard Roos (R2 Image & Events) and I will talk to the WBC to see if the fight could also be a WBC Final Eliminator. John is proving himself to be one of the best and most exciting Lightweights in world boxing. Anthony Mezaache has proved himself to be an excellent and very determined European champion and I believe with John Murray’s relentless all action style that this is going to be a very explosive contest.

“I would like to thank Bernard Roos for stepping up to the plate to make this fight happen on behalf of Anthony Mezaache. This will be Bernard’s and Anthony’s second trip to the UK this year as they were both here in February when Anthony beat then European Champ Jon Thaxton on a unanimous points decision to win the EBU title”

2009 has been a successful year for John after stopping current Commonwealth champion Lee McAllister in 8 rounds back in January. He also took out British and Commonwealth challenger Scott Lawton inside 6 rounds in June and Former British & European champion Jon Thaxton in explosive fashion in 4 rounds which was witnessed at ringside by Manchester City stars Micah Richards, Roque Santa Cruz and Vincent Kompany.

Man City fanatic Murray now has the chance to fill the void that fellow blues supporter Ricky Hatton seems to have left in Manchester.

Mick Hennessy added “All you have to do is look at his last 3 fights to see that WBC number 8 ranked Murray is on the road to glory, his record speaks for its self”

Date and Venue will be announced soon.

hurry up about the date and venue because i want to go

confusing, i was thinking 'Manches' was somewhere in france

whiteboy wrote:confusing, i was thinking 'Manches' was somewhere in france

no its somewhere in england

looking forward to this been a couple murray fights now and theres always a good atmosphere, just hope its not at the velodrome its not a good venue for boxing unless your ringside

Murray - Valero late 2010 would be pretty sweet!

I hope their's a channel for this with ITV stopping boxing. Should be an intresting fight, I see Murray being to strong and cutting of the ring effectively closing him down and stopping him in the middle rounds

Adamj1987 wrote:hurry up about the date and venue because i want to go

x2 murray is always great to watch. hopefully hennessey can get john o'donnell on the card defending his commonwealth title.

sg1985 wrote:Will definitely be attending this, is this going to be shown on any channel?

sky should and probly will pick this 1 up. if hennessey puts together a decent undercard.
i.e
murray vs mezzache
john o'donnell defending commonwealth
el maachi
tyson fury

if sky dont want it then primetime might air it for a small fee!

this could be good. murray, it appears, needs to move up from the domestic level. who knows what kind of world ranking a decisive win could get him?

I am praying either Sky pick this up or one of the terrestial channels change their mind about boxing. Murray is made for t.v - its a crying shame if he doesn't end up on a major channel.

Fantastic news . Great to see Murray doing things the right way.

The Frenchman is tough and persistant, but I can't see anyone standing in Murray's way to getting hold of the EBU title.

statmanjohn wrote:Murray - Valero late 2010 would be pretty sweet!

Not for Murray it wouldn't