Martin Murray is currently hard at work in training camp preparing for his upcoming shot at the WBO world middleweight title. He will take on the champion, Billy Joe Saunders at the 02 Arena on April 14th.
Murray has made his name as a game fighter who is ready to take on all the best challenges available to him. He has mixed it with several stellar fighters who include champions such as Groves, Abraham, Martinez, Sturm and Golovkin.
The St. Helens fighter has shared that Groves is the fighter who possessed the greatest single one-punch power. Despite that, Murray did share that Golovkin carries his punching power into the later rounds and cited his consistency puts him at a level above.
“The biggest puncher I’ve faced for one punch, Groves, just a backhand. It felt like there was more power in there.”
“Golovkin’s was more of a thud. Every shot was hard. His jab was like a ramrod. It was solid.”
“Everywhere he hit you, you felt it.”
“Whereas when I fought Groves I was just thinking about his backhand.”
Because he’s got great power in that backhand,” Murray said to Boxing News.
“So I think for one-punch power I would pick Groves but for consistency, constant power, it’s obviously Golovkin.
“Fighting people like Groves, Abraham, Martinez, Sturm and Golovkin, that’s why I really rate Golovkin. Obviously, they’re all quality operators but Golovkin’s on that level higher than them.”
“I’d seen there were chinks in all their armour but there was nothing in Golovkin. He gave nothing away. That’s why I rate him as the best out there at middleweight.”
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