Murray vs Lawal

Who won Murray vs Lawal?

Martin Murray beat Nuhu Lawal by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 12th November 2016 at Salle des Étoiles in 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 loses and 1  draw, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

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

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

Both Martin Murray & 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, 308 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 25th June 2016 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

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

Going into that contest, 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.

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

He had defeated Mirzet Bajrektarevic on 18th July 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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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