Murray vs Lawal

Who won Murray vs Lawal?

Martin Murray beat Nuhu Lawal by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, November 12th, 2016, at Salle des Étoiles, Monte Carlo.

The scorecards were announced as 117-110, 117-110, 116-111 in favor of winner Martin Murray.

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).

Murray vs Lawal stats

Back in November 2016, Martin Murray stepped into the ring with a record of 33 wins, 4 losses, and 1  draw, 16 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Nuhu Lawal made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 23 wins and 0 draws, with 13 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Lawal had a slight advantage in power over Murray, with a 57% knockout percentage compared to Murray's 48%.

Martin Murray was the same age as Nuhu Lawal, at 34 years old.

Both Martin Murray and Nuhu Lawal fought out of an orthodox stance.

Murray was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Lawal, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 183 more professional rounds, totaling 308 compared to Lawal's 125.

Martin Murray went into the fight ranked number 12 by the WBC at super middleweight.

Murray vs Lawal form

Martin Murray had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to George Groves on June 25, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had won against Cedric Spera on May 7, 2016, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

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

Before that, he had beaten Jose Miguel Torres on September 5, 2015, by technical knockout in the 5th round at First Direct Arena, Leeds, United Kingdom.

He had defeated Mirzet Bajrektarevic on July 18, 2015, by technical knockout in the 5th round at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Activity check

Murray's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 3 months and 25 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 3 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.2 rounds on average.

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