On June 18, 2011, Martin Murray (22-0, 9 KOs) and Nick Blackwell (8-0, 2 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round middleweight bout.
Martin Murray is coming in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round TKO victory over John Anderson Carvalho, 2 months and 2 days ago. Nick Blackwell is on a 8-fight win streak with a 25% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Andrejs Loginovs, 1 month and 19 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Martin Murray at 99-1 winning odds. Nick Blackwell really doesn't have much to present against Murray.
Martin Murray stopped Nick Blackwell via RTD in the 5th round. Murray improves his record to 23-0 (10 KOs), while Blackwell adds a loss to his record at 8-1.