By Scott Gilfoid: #5 IBF, #10 WBA welterweight contender Frankie Gavin (21-1, 13 KOs) signed a contract with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport stable on Tuesday in hopes that Hearn can get him a world title shot against IBF 147 pound belt holder Kell Brook.
That’s likely just what will happen in the near future, because Hearn also promotes Brook and it’s a logical fight.
By Daven: It really was a strange 2013 for two time world middleweight challenger Martin Murray (26-1-1, 11 KO’s). The year started as promising as he could have hoped for. Taking Sergio Martinez to the scorecards in the most hostile of territories is no easy feat; Matthew Macklin and Darren Barker can testify to that and they fought him in USA. Moreover Murray knocked down Sergio three times yet the judges scorecards seemed to ignore this sensational accomplishment, nonetheless Murray’s performance was probably the finest of all British boxers in 2013 when faced with foreign opposition.
One would assume Hatton promotions would have struck whilst the iron was hot following the Argentine affair but this did not occur. For whatever reason several crucial fights fell through. A fight with Garth Wood was made official only for the fight to be scrapped through no fault of Murray’s.