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Just find it bizarre listening to them talking about Smith/Abrahams as if it's the fight of the century, when it's not even the fight of the weekend, just because it's not being covered by them.

 

They are easily the best sports channel in this country, but they should recognise the best events in their news coverage.

 

Did you watch Ringside last night?

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Did you watch Ringside last night?

yes, best programme on Sky Sports, still gave the impression the Murray Golovkin fight was a lesser fight though.

 

i do like Sky Sports, but as Casino points out, their news is usually focussed on their own events.

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There will always be the debate of who would win in their prime. They are both past their best by at least 3 years. This could have been huge for boxing fans but it's now just huge for rich people who want to be in the place to be seen.

 

I suspect 'money' Mayweather will be pleased with the outcome. Oh, and he will win on points too

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GGG is a beast, that body shot at the end of the 4th came from nowhere and didn't seem that venomous but it hurt Murray. I like Murray, always gives it a go, not scared to have a go at anyone but easily beaten in this.

 

Good to see Alex Matvienko working the corner too, good lad is Alex - watched plenty of his fights

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Really enjoyed that fight, Martin Murray showed loads of heart and must be harder than a coffin nail to get up from those bodyshots and take it from there all the way into the eleventh round. It was always going to be a tough ask fighting on the backfoot against the f*cking Terminator - he barely took a step back all night (Golovkin), and, like Anewman wrote, he was unmarked and barely had a bead of sweat on him at the end, and Murray landed some good shots now and then that barely ruffled him.

 

Deserved to go the distance, but the ref was right to wave it off when he did, I think he was flagging at that point and could've been hurt, but he can take a lot of pride in that performance, he's a class act this Golovkin.

 

They had their camp down in South Africa, Johannesburg* to be exact (28c there today), at least someone showed the benefits of warm-weather training yesterday... :glare:

 

 

* http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/11724286.Martin_Murray_makes_family_sacrifice_to_set_up_training_camp_in_South_Africa/

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