Round-By-Round - Martin Murray vs. Gabe Rosado - April 22nd 2017

[wesshaw1985]

Eddie Hearn ‏@EddieHearn - 1 hour ago -
Get ready for an absolute WAR!!@MartinMurrayBox v @KingGabRosado will headline a big Liverpool @EchoArena show April 22 live on @SkySports

[TheGingerBomber]

Hopefully both of these fellas bring it.
A lot of people moaning about the fight on Twitter, what do they expect? I'm glad of this fight because Murray doesn't deserve a world title shot, this is a fight where he should win but could lose. And most of all it's entertaining!

[sammy95]

I think people were expecting 'bigger' things after Hearn's comments about it being a potential fight of the century, so I am not too surprised people are moaning

[Tangerine]

Its an alright fight but its the fact its headlining a saturday night sky sports show just proves that regular sports subscibers are just getting undercard fights and anything above this level goes onto PPV.

I thought Hearn said the budget was increasing for regular Saturday night boxing..

[TheGingerBomber]

I think people were expecting 'bigger' things after Hearn's comments about it being a potential fight of the century, so I am not too surprised people are moaning

Who were they expecting though? Cause there's no one out there who really is 'big'?
Could well be a cracking fight or Hearn could well look a nob.

[TheGingerBomber]

Its an alright fight but its the fact its headlining a saturday night sky sports show just proves that regular sports subscibers are just getting undercard fights and anything above this level goes onto PPV.

I thought Hearn said the budget was increasing for regular Saturday night boxing..

Is it not indicative of increased money, that Rosado has agreed to come to England? Possibly?
In the past we've had world title fights as main events but they're usually not too entertaining.
Burns/Di Rocco and Mohammadi/Smith weren't great fights I'd argue!
Mind I do hope they make this card strong.
I'd personally drop Cardle from the Hydro show and stick him on here against a real opponent (hoping Campbell).

[Boxing Prospect]

"Meh", Murray has been dire recently and Rosado is usually fun but he's won twice in the last 4 years...

[Boxerbeetle]

Its an alright fight but its the fact its headlining a saturday night sky sports show just proves that regular sports subscibers are just getting undercard fights and anything above this level goes onto PPV.

I thought Hearn said the budget was increasing for regular Saturday night boxing..

Is it not indicative of increased money, that Rosado has agreed to come to England? Possibly?
In the past we've had world title fights as main events but they're usually not too entertaining.
Burns/Di Rocco and Mohammadi/Smith weren't great fights I'd argue!
Mind I do hope they make this card strong.
I'd personally drop Cardle from the Hydro show and stick him on here against a real opponent (hoping Campbell).

Really? Rosado? How much do you think he gets per fight? He'd almost certainly have retired by now if he was a decent earner.

[rio]

What a crap fight considering Hearn was giving it the big un. Rosado is a shot high end journeyman. If you disagree please watch his watch his last fight before you comment.

[ashedward]

Linares-Crolla would be a very good sfn headliner in any time in the past 10 years or so and Mcdonnel-Vargas and Burns-Indongo would be classed as decent headliners,shame about the undercard in Hull through,lets see what the card is before we go full on it for this show which could turn out to be a fun show.Hearn has made himself look silly with his hyperbole but it`s a good fight and if Fielding gets a good fight and Masher also it can be a decent use of a Sky date.If you want to bash Hearn on his SFN shows take a look at the majority of his 2015 shows I was ready for my pitchfork than,this kind of fight is far better than what we got served up that year.

[Stuarty]

Two well matched guys but I think Murray must be the bigger guy? I give Murray the edge because of size but Rosado could even things up with work rate. Good fight.

[keirw]

I quite like the fight, sure it certainly won't be the barn burner Eddie is claiming, but a decent fight none the less.

I'd fancy Murray to win a competitive decision here, both men past their best but Murray probably has a bit more in the tank than Rosado does at this stage

[crusader]

Its an alright fight but its the fact its headlining a saturday night sky sports show just proves that regular sports subscibers are just getting undercard fights and anything above this level goes onto PPV.

I thought Hearn said the budget was increasing for regular Saturday night boxing..

I agree. Decent fight, but it seems more like solid undercard material.

[Andrew]

Lol Hearn suggesting this could be one of the best fights of all time.

This would have been a cracker about 3-4 years ago I'm not sure so now.


It's one of those if people have high expectations of a war it will dissapoint but if you expect it to me a bit "meh" then it will turn out to be ok.

[wesshaw1985]

Rocky Fielding vs. John Ryder for the British SMW Title added to the card...

[crusader]

John Murray?!?

Edit: I see it's John Ryder. That's a much better opponent

[maverick23]

Rocky Fielding vs. John Murray for the British SMW Title added to the card...

John Ryder - decent fight

[crusader]

Which 14-20 Eastern European will Paul Smith be having his 6 rounder against? Surely a Liverpool show isn't complete without that treat....

[wesshaw1985]

Which 14-20 Eastern European will Paul Smith be having his 6 rounder against? Surely a Liverpool show isn't complete without that treat....

should have been Fielding vs. Paul Smith...

[TheGingerBomber]

Paul Smith's a fuckin' pudendum like. I'll not be happy if the fanny is fighting another tin can. Hopefully fights someone no one knows and gets KO'd.

As for the main two fights, I'm excited!
Hope Sean Dodd is fighting a name.

[no1man]

Fielding vs Ryder not a bad fight, my money would have been on Ryder fighting Eubank to be honest wander where he will go next

[wesshaw1985]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6KRXYD__nk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIFwTwJ-Zdk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byqFB31jo28

[leejonesjnr]

I like Murray v Rosado.
It might be a way down rather than a way up contest but it's pretty evenly matched IMO which is where fantastic fights come from regardless of level.

[PredatorHayds]

I see Murray winning this. Decision and fairly wide. Rosado has less in the locker every time I see him. He's left contender status and is in high-level gatekeeper class IMO.

Fielding-Ryder is a good fight. Personally I'm edging Ryder via stoppage. I'm still not convinced with how Rocky handles fights that aren't walkovers but Ryder has a reputation for switching off so Rocky will have chances.

[keirw]

I like Rocky vs Ryder. Ryder is more than capable of outboxing Rocky but Rocky is very big at the weight and carries a bit of pop so can't write him off.

Smith vs TBA should steal the show, it always does.....