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good luck tonight mate. you deserve it. ranked 6th in the world by the wba i believe yet hardly gets any recongnition. forgetr barker v macklin - throw either of them in with martin and we'll see what happens.

Good luck Martin.

By the way, his fight is on at 7pm, but being aired after the Khan vs McCloskey fight.

Watson at 8.05, Rendall at 9.00 then Khan at 10.00

He is a class fighter, not sure if he's at Macklin or Barkers level.

i like his style. Adapts very well and controls distance fantastically. Someone to model yourself on as a boxer

kamicazze wrote:i like his style. Adapts very well and controls distance fantastically. Someone to model yourself on as a boxer

sigh. now am gonna have to watch some old fights.
dont like to miss out on fighters that lead fans to make such descriptive comments like that..
cheers

alexpaterson wrote:He is a class fighter, not sure if he's at Macklin or Barkers level.

macklin on the way down. taking a big pay day against sturm.

barker decent but his back is goosed.


murray v any of them and my moneys on martin.

its been a year and a half since barker won the british title and yet he has never defended it. thats a bit of a disgrace really.

Murray needs to fight at a higher level before he can consider Macklin, maybe he can get Barker but hasn't fought anyone to make me think hed win

kamicazze wrote:i like his style. Adapts very well and controls distance fantastically. Someone to model yourself on as a boxer

I've only seen him on a couple of occasions, but my concern is that he appeared somewhat one-paced/one-dimensional. Good technical fundamentals, but didn't really see anything that made me think he was capable of going beyond British title level (which is a decent achievement in its own right).
Though happy to accept he might be one of those fighters that raises his game relative to the level of opposition.

cant remember many middleweights being KO'd by body shots recently?

Ive been astounded by how few KO's martin has scored. I was there the night he stopped dean walker, that punch wouldve stopped an oncoming freight train - not even sure if Martin broke his hand landing it... hmmm... that'd probably account for quite a few nights work where he hasnt dug the shots in. remember him training one handed in Olivers after sustaining that injury.

Going decent a the minute needs to step up the opposition tho think its down to trainer or promoter, martins been asking for bigger fights for a long time, id like to see him in with paul smith for the british title, sure i read interview with smith sayin he'd be up for it too, that said he can only fight who they put in front of him, come on hattons get him out there!!!, top lad to boot

P4P#1 wrote:Going decent a the minute needs to step up the opposition tho think its down to trainer or promoter, martins been asking for bigger fights for a long time, id like to see him in with paul smith for the british title, sure i read interview with smith sayin he'd be up for it too, that said he can only fight who they put in front of him, come on hattons get him out there!!!, top lad to boot

That's a really good call actually - proper 'crossroads' fight