Barrera defeats Murat; Magomedov destroys Tavaria – results

barreraBy Allan Fox: Unbeaten #7 IBF Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 KOs) earned the right to fight IBF 175lb champion Sergey Kovalev tonight in stopping #13 IBF Karo Murat (27-3-1, 17 KOs) in the 5th round in a scheduled 12 round IBF title eliminator fight at the Civic Auditorium, in Glendale, California, USA.

Barrera unloaded with a storm of shots against a hurt 32-year-old Murat in the 5th round until referee Wayne Hedgpeth halted the fight at 0:25 of the round. Murat wasn’t fighting back the way he needed to in order to keep the referee from jumping in to stop the fight. Murat was also down in the 4th.

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Artur Beterbiev vs. Karo Murat possible for Nov.28

beterbiev1022By Dan Ambrose: #1 IBF light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs) finally appears to have a top 15 contender that is ready to fight him in the IBF 175lb title eliminator.

32-year-old #14 IBF Karo Murat (27-2-1, 17 KOs) has reportedly agreed to face Beterbiev for a fight that will be taking place on November 28th on the undercard of the Lucian Bute vs. James DeGale card at the Centre Videotron, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Murat was the 8th fighter that Beterbiev’s promoters contacted for the November 28th fight. It’s surprising that so many fighters didn’t want to face Beterbiev for some reason.

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The week in Boxing – 31.10.13

hopkins563By Rachel Aylett: At the weekend Bernard Hopkins was involved in one of his most incident-packed fights for years, as he turned back the futile challenge of the Sauerland team’s Karo Murat. Murat was so determined not to be intimidated and roughed up by Hopkins that he was ready for a rough-house war, which is pretty much what it turned into. Murat was lucky not to be disqualified as he perpetrated almost every foul in the book during the fight, most blatantly punching on the break on numerous occasions. Referee Steve Smoger only took one point away from Murat during the fight, for that very offence, but had he been more stringent a disqualification may have resulted.

Whilst Murat was getting involved with the naughties, Hopkins was busy boxing his head off. He simply couldn’t miss with his right hand leads, which thudded home throughout the fight. Murat was tough but we’ve yet to see anyone who can match Bernard for the inside game, as he always manages to have one hand free in the clinches to beat his opponent round the ear with. He is a genius at this and his short punches inside are deadly accurate.

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Hopkins vs. Murat: An Empty Victory

hopkins-murat-results1By Jay McIntyre: For Bernard Hopkins, Saturday was an unnecessary fight with an unnecessary lack of sportsmanship. He was expected to win, and many people felt that Karo Murat would be merely a ‘speed bump’ as Hopkins pressed onward through his career. A perfunctory turn out from Hopkins should have been sufficient to win a lopsided, though uneventful decision. Indeed, that would have been preferable to what was witnessed last night.

The sad reality, is that while Hopkins is a great boxer, oftentimes this expertise is overshadowed by his willingness to engage in unsportsmanlike behavior.

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Hopkins says he’ll likely move down in weight for next fight

hopkins6By Allan Fox: IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (56-6-2, 32 KO’s) says he’ll likely move down in weight for his next fight rather than face the other 175 lb. champions in unification matches. Hopkins badly wants to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. at middleweight, and Hopkins is also interested in facing Carl Froch, the IBF/WBA super middleweight champion. Hopkins thinks Golden Boy can get him a fight against Mayweather.

Hopkins said last night “Right now we’ll look to get the best super fights, whether it’s up in weight or down in weight. It’ll most likely be down in weight. I can make 160, if the negotiations [with Mayweather] are reasonable. If anybody can make a deal in the business of boxing, Richard Schaefer can.”

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Hopkins defeats Murat; Deontay destroys Firtha; Quillin defeats Rosado

deontay111By Jim Dower: IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (54-6-2, 32 KO’s) successfully defended his title by beating challenger Karo Murat (25-2-1, 15 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision in a dirty fight on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. The final judges scores were 117-110, 119-108, 119-108.

The scores were a little wide because Murat appeared to win at least 3-4 rounds based on his constant work. He landed a lot of punches in the fight despite Hopkins’ head movement.

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Hopkins battles Murat tonight in Atlantic City

002 Hopkins-Schafer-Murat IMG_0099(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (53-6-2, 32 KO’s) Karo Murat (25-1-1, 15 KO’s) will be looking to put on a boxing clinic tonight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hopkins has the right opponent for him to look good against and possibly even stop with the easy to hit Murat.

This is perhaps the weakest opponent that Hopkins has faced since his victory over Enrique Ornelas four years ago in 2009. You can’t blame Hopkins for this fight. He has little choice but to defend his title against Murat, because it was the International Boxing Federation’s bright idea to rank him number 1. It’ll be the IBF that ends up looking silly tonight when Murat is easily beaten by Hopkins.

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My Two Cents: Hopkins vs. Murat

hopkins673By Jay McIntyre: The prevailing wisdom going into this Saturday’s bout between Bernard Hopkins (53-6-2-2, 32 KO’s) and Karo Murat (24-1-1, 14 KO’s) is that Bernard Hopkins will win. Given the experience, resume and set of skills that both men bring to the table, this really is an open and shut case. In what world could Karo Murat defeat Bernard Hopkins?

Well, one irrefutable fact in the world of boxing is that every fighter has a “puncher’s chance”. One defensive lapse and the whole game can change in just one move. One need only look as far back as Mike Tyson’s 10th round TKO to the 42:1 underdog James “Buster” Douglas to evoke a nostalgic memory for the underdog.

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