This week there has been much talk about the upcoming fights for British middleweight fighters Martin Murray and Darren Barker, but most interestingly is the suggestion that a British showdown could be on the cards. This is a fight that Martin Murray and the British public have wanted for a long time. Eddie Hearn has said publicly that they would take they [Matchroom/Darren Barker] would take the Martin Murray fight in a heart beat, with the only suggestion being that money would be an issue and that a World Title would be needed to make it happen. Personally I think this would be a very attractive fight for the British public, regardless of whether a World Title is involved.

Regarding the fight with Darren Barker, Murray has said:

I read the news from Eddie Hearn about the offer to fight Darren barker. This is a fight I’d love to make. This offer came after weeks and weeks of my fantastic team, Hatton Promotions, chasing Eddie Hearn and Matchroom to make this fight. My team have offered them a lot more money for Darren to fight me (more than they offered me to fight him) and a date in April. My matchmaker Richard Poxon got a response more or less saying take it or leave it; I was in the office with Richard Poxon and Ricky Hatton when his reply came, and this isn’t the response of a team that wants the fight to happen. They don’t want this fight and that’s no disrespect to Darren, because I respect him, but I’m extremely confident I’ll beat him. I would love to fight Darren and so would the British public. But like Macklin vs. Barker, it never happened and I’m concerned this won’t happen too. My hopes are still that Felix Sturm will fight me again, but I’m not holding my breath…

This would make a fantastic fight for fight fans and it really is down to Matchroom and Darren to make this happen.

Let’s get it on!

So Martin is ready to go and there is an offer on the table, it’s just up to Eddie, Barker and Matchroom as to what happens next.