Martin Murray has been classed as a boxing hero on his return from Argentina, after facing WBC world champion Sergio Martinez in his own back yard. The new mayor of St Helens Andy Bowden invited Martin and family to the mayormaking ceremony in St Helens Town Hall, where he received a standing ovation. This event followed a call from St Helens Star readers to be given civic recognition after an amazing performance.

During the mayormaking dinner, new council leader Barrie Grunewald said of Murray:

“Let me say a very warm welcome to Martin Murray.

“Each and every person in St Helens should be rightly proud of you and your achievements so far – and, although you didn’t come home from Argentina with the title you deserved, you are a true champion and great asset to St Helens.”

You can read the full details of the event at St Helens Star, here: Civic salute for Martin Murray at St Helens Council’s mayormaking day

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Following the fight with Sergio Martinez at Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, Martin Murray and team sent over a signed St Helen’s rugby t-shirt and boxing glove, which has since been added to the their trophy room. You can view the images on the Vélez FC website, here:

http://velezsarsfield.com.ar/prensa/notas/2013/05/12/231700.html

For those of you that don’t speak Spanish, you can see a crude translation below:

The Official Site prides itself through its Public Relations Department to publish the admiration that has generated our Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield in the great boxer Martin Murray, who fought a few days ago in our stadium against Maravilla Martinez. He left the shirt of his club in England, autographed glove and a letter from your Representative Neil Marsh.

“Hello
It”s Martins manager, we met on the site visit.
Just a quick question did you receive your st Helen”s rugby shirt for your trophy room ?
Also it was a great pleasure too meet you and thank you too your club for treating us in such a terrific way my good freind, your a good man with great pride in your club.
I hope you are well and not too much work too clean up ha.
Kind regards
Neil Marsh”

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The video has been split into 2 parts, both of which can be viewed from the navigation in the video. The video is hosted on the Fox Sports LA website, and it can be viewed by clicking on the link below.

http://www.foxsportsla.com/noticias/100261-martin-murray-y-un-mano-a-mano-imperdible-con-central-fox-desde-inglaterra

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I should probably start this post by saying that these are not the words/thoughts/opinions of Martin Murray or his team. They’re the opinion of an independent writer that’s followed Murray’s career since 2008. Last night I witnessed an incredible performance from Martin Murray against one of the top 10 ranked pound for pound fighters in the world, taking the fight to the champion in the lions den, but having the win taken away from him by the judges. I really feel for Murray on this as it’s the second time a fight has ended with a World Title fight has ended with a controversial decision in the scoring.

The fight started tentatively, as both fighters felt each other out in the first couple of rounds. Martinez had his hands low to try and entice Murray in and put on a big performance for his home crowd, but Murray fought smart and had a solid defence. Martinez threw a lot of shots but they all landed on the arms or gloves of Murray. In the third round Murray landed some telling body shots and a right hook to the head signalling to the champion that he wasn’t just here to make up the numbers.

In the next few rounds Martin really started to impose himself and the pressure started to show for Martinez, and the 40,000 strong crowd seemed subdued. He started complaining to the referee and at times seemed a bit unsteady on his legs as his low guard opened him up to the cleaner shots from Murray. In round 8 there was a big break through as Murray floored the champion with a straight right. Murray exercised great patience but kept applying the pressure despite an increase in work rate from Martinez. In round 10 Murray knocked down Martinez again, but it was wrongly ruled as a slip. Not only did the knockdown seem quite clear, but the slow unsteady way that Martinez got back to his feet clearly showed he was affected.

Round 11 was very close, with Martinez getting the better of the first half with a solid jab keeping the challenger at bay, but Murray ended strong. In true form for a champion, Martinez rallied for the final rounds and was the busier fighter. At the end of the final round Martinez jumped onto the ropes in celebration, but it looked like he wasn’t convinced of the win. I scored the bout 113-114 in favour of Murray even with the discounted knockdown in round 10, so I was truly gutted when the judges scorecards read 115-112 in favour of Martinez. Martin and his team all looked equally unimpressed by the scoring.

So despite this being Murray’s first professional loss, I think that his stocks have seriously increased after that performance. It’s clear from the reaction of thousands of fans on social media that they all felt Murray was the champion and deserved the win. This included many Argentinian Martinez fans, that conceded that Murray deserved the win. I really thought Murray had done enough, so even though I was proud of the performance I was left with a bitter taste in my mouth especially with a 3 point wide victory on the judges cards.

So what next? I’m sure many would like to see a rematch on neutral soil, but Martinez certainly won’t want that. Much like with the the Sturm fight, they will have all manor of excuses to avoid it. Martin’s performance has once again solidified that belief that Martin is a world class operator so it should open a lot of doors for him. There are also the intriguing domestic rivalries. Darren Barker offered his commiserations to Murray on Twitter immediately after the fight, and suggested that this may be the time to get their fight in the books. This is something the the British fans would be keen to see. There are also other interesting match ups overseas, so we will see that Murray’s promotional team decide over the coming months. Murray looked undamaged and wasn’t hurt at all during the Martinez fight, so there is potential that fans might not have to wait as long this time.

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New pictures have been added to the gallery section of this website. You can view some of them here: Sergio Martinez Fight Gallery. These photos are a mix of promo photos, posters, and even just photographs taken by the management team from their mobile fights to provide an insight into the camp over the next week leading up to the fight.

Although Martin is currently taking a step back from Twitter and Social Media during the final weeks of preparation, his Twitter account will also be re-tweeting photos and tweets from other members of the team. Remember that you can view Martin’s Twitter feed by clicking the icon at the header of this page, or by clicking here: Martin Murray Twitter.

You can also follow Martin’s Manager, Neil Marsh from his Twitter account here: Neil Marsh Twitter

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See above the latest video of the upcoming middleweight WBC title fight between Sergio Martinez and Martin Murray. The video by HBO Boxing shows a small insight into Martinez and his camp, while building up the event on the night. The fight is now just a few days away, taking place in Argentina on the Saturday 27th April 2013. Even just watching this short video, I’m starting to realise how close the date is now after waiting several long months, and it’s enough to get my hyped for the big day. HBO Sports have also uploaded 591 other videos to their YouTube account, so make sure you check it out.

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Option 1
Price: $400
Description:
The seats are based on the half way line in the lower section. These are extremely good VIP seats with extra security. All the UK fans will be placed here, including a few VIP Argentineans.

Option 2
Price: $1,000
Description:
This is for the same seats as option 1, but also includes entrance to the weigh in the day before the fight, as well a VIP meal, t-shirt programme and a number of other additional extras.

This is the best the team were able to get, and it’s what their own families have bought. To speak to a contact at the box office, you can email:

martinachiaga@gmail.com

Good luck, and hopefully see you there for the fight.  Thank you for all your support.

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http://www.martinmurrayboxing.co.uk/gallery/?album=1&gallery=6

These photos were taken by Chris Bevan for Boxing Monthly in the build up for the Sergio Martinez WBC middleweight world title fight on the 27th April, in Argentina. Chris is well known in the boxing community for his unique style of photography, and has worked with many other big names in the sport including Tyson Fury and Ricky Burns to name just a few.

You can visit his website to find out more using the link below:

http://chrisbevanphotography.co.uk

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In a recent interview with Hatton Promotions’ Andrew Wake, Martin was asked about his recent appearance on Sky’s Ringside programme with Darren Barker. Despite being rivals, there is clearly some respect between the two, as we’ve seen before such as you can see in our post here from April 2012.

Martin however had considerably less respect for Matthew Macklin, who joined them via telephone from Marbella. There has been an ongoing saga between Murray and Macklin, and Murray seems to be running out of patience with him. When asked if Macklin got under his skin, Martin said:

“No he never got me going. To put it bluntly, he’s a tit isn’t he?”

Although some may find this disrespectful, you always know where you stand with Martin and he tells it as he sees it. Also featured in the video was the fact that Martin was already well under way with his training camp in preparation for the upcoming world title fight against Sergio Martinez, which is taking place in Argentina on the 27th April 2013.

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Last week both Martin Murray and Darren Barker were on an episode of Ringside on Sky TV, being interviewed by Jonny Nelson and Adam Smith regarding their upcoming fights later this year (Martin against Sergio Martinez in April, and Barker against a yet unknown opponent in March). A 10 minute excerpt of the episode can be seen above when the other domestic rival, Matthew Macklin, phoned in from Marbella.

Although there was clearly respect between Murray and Barker, tensions rose with Macklin when the interview focused on who was the better fighter, as well as talking about domestic match ups between the and analysing their previous fights. Although Macklin said that there were “great fights to be made” domestically, he also seemed dismissive and talked about focusing on the US. He also pointed out that he has had a lot of domestic fights such as against Jamie Moore, again giving another indication that this was unlikely to happen.

Everyone remained calm, but things were clearly becoming heated. If a fight can be made amongst the trio, the platform is being built for a great night of boxing.

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