Khan-Murray

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) is reportedly close to signing to fight undefeated EBU lightweight champion John Murray (30-0, 18 KO’s) on April 16th at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. This is the perfect opponent for Khan, at least in terms of Murray being slow, small, inexperienced [...]

By Ben Newell: Boxing is a sport for which the requisite attributes seem pretty obvious. Often a fighter possesses great hand speed or footwork, while others focus on their sheer power in landing their big “bombs”. There can be the heart of a champion too, and even the sharpness of mind to show the real [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten EBU lightweight champion John Murray (30-0, 18 KO’s) is being looked at as a potential opponent for World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) on April 16th at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. Khan’s promoter Richard Schaefer has also been looking at Paul McCloskey and [...]

By William Mackay: WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) still doesn’t have an opponent picked out for his next fight which should be taking place in November rather than on July 31st. Of the potential opponents mentioned, Michael Katsidis, Joel Casamayor and John Murray, all of them are lightweights rather than fighters [...]

By Liam Santiago: In an interview with fight hype, Freddie Roach, trainer of Amir Khan, has stated that John Murray is a possible next opponent for the Bolton man. Roach said they are currently working on a deal with Khan’s number one challenger, Dmitriy Salita. if that deal can not be done then a Khan [...]