Groves vs Murray

Who won Groves vs Murray?

George Groves beat Martin Murray by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 25th June 2016 at The O2 Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced as 118-110, 118-110, 118-110 in favor of winner George Groves.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).

Groves vs Murray stats

Back in June 2016, George Groves stepped into the ring with a record of 23 wins, 3 loses and 0  draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Martin Murray made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, with 16 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Groves had a large advantage in power over Murray, boosting at 78% knock out percentage over Murray's 48%.

George Groves was the younger man by 5 years, at 29 years old.

Murray had 1-inch reach advantage.

Both George Groves & Martin Murray fought out of an orthodox stance.

Groves was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 less fights, and made his debut in 2008, 1 year and 1 month later than Murray, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 140 less professional rounds, 168 to Murray's 308.

Groves vs Murray form

George Groves had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated David Brophy on 9th April 2016 by knockout in the 4th round at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Andrea Di Luisa on 30th January 2016 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Copper Box Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Badou Jack on 12th September 2015 by split decision in their WBC World Super Middleweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had beat Denis Douglin on 22nd November 2014 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

He had lost to Carl Froch on 23rd November 2013 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their IBF World Super Middleweight and WBA World Super Middleweight championship fight at Phones 4u Arena (MEN Arena), Manchester.

Martin Murray had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Cedric Spera on 7th May 2016 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Arthur Abraham on 21st November 2015 by split decision in their WBO World Super Middleweight championship fight at Tui Arena, Hannover, Germany.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jose Miguel Torres on 5th September 2015 by technical knockout in the 5th round at First Direct Arena, Leeds, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beat Mirzet Bajrektarevic on 18th July 2015 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

He had lost to Gennady Golovkin on 21st February 2015 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBA Super World Middleweight and WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Salle des Étoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Martin Murray had been fighting more than George Groves.

Going to this contest, George Groves had last fought 2 months and 16 days ago, while Martin Murray's last outing had been 1 month and 18 days ago.

Groves' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.

Murray's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 35 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7 rounds on average.

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