John Murray back with trainer Gallagher; still faces a likely KO loss to Brandon Rios in December
October 26th, 2011
By Scott Gilfoid: John Murray (31-1, 18 KO’s) is reportedly back with his old trainer Joe Gallagher after a brief bit of time away from him. However, it likely won’t matter for Murray’s next fight who’s working as his trainer because Murray is really up against it in his December 3rd fight against WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Murray plodded forward all night long, but his punches had no effect on the shaky-chinned Mitchell and his hand speed was sourly lacking in that fight. That’s what I was afraid of before the fight. I had seen Murray’s other fighter fights against lesser opposition and thought he was painfully slow for a lightweight. And sure enough, Mitchell badly exposed Murray’s flaws, knocking him out in the 8th round.
Now, Murray is facing an even better fighter than Mitchell and it really doesn’t matter too much that Murray is back with Gallagher. I’m sure Murray is happy to be back with his old trainer but will it make a difference? I don’t think it will make one bit of difference in this fight.
Rios is the equivalent of a great white shark and he’s going to be fed a fighter that will be like a tuna. Rios will rip Murray apart immediately and there won’t be feeling out period. Rios doesn’t play that. He won’t carry Murray out of sympathy or to get in rounds. Rios will jump on Murray, take his head off and walk away with a quick KO in the 1st or 2nd round.
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@b e a r c a t seeing as the uk created most sports today and all american sports arederived from better english counter parts why dont u shut up
What all the bum yanks like Danny Jacobs all the hype and just a bum just like rios .Murray round 8 fact
maybe Katsidis the wimp can fight with that stupid greek helmet on????
I like John but i think Rios ko’s him between 4-7. hope he proves me wrong!
Mountain cat or whatever he goes by actually thinks Mitchell would beat Rios? Katsidis nearly decapitated that bum with his left hooks. Rios hits twice as hard as Katsidis and has a vicious right hand to go with it,unlike Kats,whose right hand is useless. Kats’s right hand is so awful it almost looks like an mma-type strike where he’s actually trying to hit the opponent with the elbow and not the fist. I guess some euros have yet to see bam bam Rios. They’ll get a nice glimpse of him dec 3 as he decimates this white euro bum Murray.
murray is another one of the soft brits that are nothings. the brits have more wimps fighting than the rest of the world combined. if England had any real pro sports for these kids to play it might help.
rios is a fake… he has not fought any one of note.. marquez, katsidis, mitchell. He really needs to step up soon or people will forget about him.
Scott for once you are right this has early KO written all over it, after your constant Brit Bashing you finally called one right but I don’t think talent or lack there of will hold Murray back, its the fact that when a walk through a typhoon style of fighter gets ko’d along with his 0 goes most of his confidence and therefore resistance…. and re others who wondered about Kevin Mitchell, he has some issues which prevent him from going to USA to make the fight but cant remember if they are personal or legal
next year i pridict there will be no british world champion.
the more you hit murray the more he will advance forward, the guy is a true warrior. he can win this
The time has come to come out of the closet and reveal my love for British men, especially the boxers.
For too long i’ve hidden my true feelings, so I now feel the time is right to shed this burden.
As you may have noticed, i only really comment on British fighters, that is because I love them and their rippling bodies so much it hurts me to talk about anyone else.
Man i feel better for writing this, And I hope you guys understand.
Much love UK guys.
@ wicky.
Think Kevin Mitchell and a couple of others got arrested a few months back for drug possession offences, think that’s why he ain’t allowed to leave the UK.
kevin cant go to america because he is still on drug charges relating to the cocaine bust
Murray will stop rios because yanks can’t fight
Mitchell was offered the fight but had issues getting documentation for the states due to some issues he had in the UK. Murray will be beat at his own game in this one. I cant see this going past 4 rounds.
Moitchell cant go to america at the mo, im sure thats what i heard, which is why he aint fighting rios.
Dont know much about Rios, but im rooting for Murray, although i know hes abit limited in his skills.
I don’t get it. Why is Murray getting a crack at Rios instead of Mitchell?
Murray could have the Lord himself in his corner and it wouldn’t help this poor no talent sap.
“Likely KO loss”? It’s a guarantee he gets KO’d.
rios will send mentaly challenge murray to an early grave.
any1 of them could get koed very similar styles , sure kevin would of dethroned rios though
Spot on again Gilfoid, Murray to win in 9
Brandon Rios is a tremendous young
Fighter with a great deal of up side
Why isn’t his Manager working on
Bigger name fights …
This kid is a machine