Murray-Mitchell

By Peter Wells: We all felt frustrated after Murray-Mitchell was delayed for a week, and was shoved onto an already packed bill. It didn’t seem we needed any more big fights on the show, but then we realized ‘everything happens for a reason’. And wasn’t it a good job Murray-Mitchell was moved back a week.

By William Mackay: Unbeaten lightweight contender John Murray (31-0, 18 KO’s) is hoping to fill the gap left by Ricky Hatton by becoming one of the new stars in Britain with an impressive performance tonight against Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s) at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.

WILLIAM HILL are offering odds of 14/1 that ALL FOUR favourites in Saturday night’s big fights – John Murray, Frankie Gavin, Tony Bellew and Ricky Burns – knock out or stop their opponents. ‘None of these favourites is bigger than 13/8 to win by knockout, so fight fans look to be in for some explosive [...]

AFTER a year out of the spotlight Kevin Mitchell’s return to the ring looks set to end in defeat, according to the betting on Betfair. Mitchell takes on John Murray for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) Inter-Continental lightweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, but odds of 9-5 suggest that the Essex star’s [...]

Liverpool star Joe Cole is predicting a “cracking fight” between his mate Kevin Mitchell and John Murray at the Liverpool Echo Arena on Saturday 16th July, live on Sky Sports 1HD. The former West Ham player is a big boxing fan and was ringside last year at Upton Park supporting Mitchell in his world title [...]

“North ‘n South” rivals John Murray and Kevin Mitchell are divided on everything to do with their big showdown next month, but they are united on one thing – that David Haye will KO Wladimir Klitschko.

FORMER WEST HAM TEAM MATES FEATURE AT THE EXCEL Top prospect Billy Morgan is promising a night to remember for West Ham ABC on July 9.

By Sean McDaniel: Amir Khan is picking British/Commonwealth super featherweight champion Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s) to knockout unbeaten John Murray (31-0, 18 KO’s) in their fight on July 9th at the ExCel Arena, Dockland, London, England. Speaking on his twitter account, Khan said “John Murray can’t even sell out his back garden, let alone [...]

John Murray says that Kevin Mitchell doesn’t have the firepower to stop him in their big Battle of Britain clash.

By Sean McDaniel: Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s) will be facing unbeaten John Murray (31-0, 18 KO’s) on July 9th at the ExCel Arena, Dockland, London, England. Mitchell will be taking this fight without the benefit of a tune-up, because he hasn’t fought since being taken out in the 3rd round last year by Michael [...]

Get ready for one of the most explosive fights in recent years between John Murray and Kevin Mitchell at the Excel London on Saturday 9th July. Manchester ace Murray faces his arch-rival Kevin Mitchell for the Vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) Intercontinental Lightweight Title with a potential world title fight for the winner.

The lights went out on John Murray’s amateur schoolboy final, but the Manchester ace has promised to put Kevin Mitchell’s lights out in their Battle of Britain blockbuster showdown next month. Murray’s fight against James Richardson was stopped in the second round of their Schools ABA final in 2001 when rioting broke out at the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s), a former British and Commonwealth lightweight champion, will face unbeaten John Murray (31-0, 18 KO’s) on July 9th at a still to be determined venue in London, England. This is a fight that has been much talked about for ages but has never been until now been [...]

By William Mackay: The long awaited bout between unbeaten EBU lightweight champion John Murray (31-0, 18 KO’s) and Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s) is looking like it’s going to be taking place this summer in July, according to news from frankwarren.tv. This is going to be a real test for both of these fighters because [...]

Hot on the heels of DeGale V Groves, Promoter Frank Warren will follow it up with yet another mouth-watering domestic showdown that the whole country wants to see – John Murray versus Kevin Mitchell.

By Sean McDaniel: EBU lightweight champion John Murray (30-0, 18 KO’s) is still bitterly complaining about his lost opportunity to fight Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s) on the April 2nd card at the Wembley Arena. It’s still exactly known why the fight fell apart, but it’s clearly not because of 26-year-old Murray not wanting the [...]

By Shaun Campbell: In a make or break fight for both men, Kevin Mitchell is set to take on current European lightweight champion John Murray in a true ‘Battle of Britain’ encounter on the undercard of Nathan Cleverly’s world title fight against Juergen Braehmer on April 2nd. Mitchell (33-1 23KO’s) is coming off his only [...]

By Andy James: After reading articles on boxingnews24.com for the past year or so now, I have decided to write an article of my own. I thought for my first article I would write about some of the fights I would like to see in rest of 2010, starting with domestic fights here in Britain. [...]