WBA interim middleweight champion will box for the regular World Boxing Association title in France on February 1, 2014.
The bill is to be promoted by South African powerhouse promotional company Golden Gloves Promotion and headed by WBA and IBO champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin in a title contest against an opponent yet to be announced.
The unbeaten Kazakh, 28-0 (25), is to be promoted to ‘super’ champion with the WBA and that gives Murray (25-1-1, 11KOs) the opportunity to box for the official world title at the Salle des etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Murray has a ten-round contest to deal with on the undercard of Carl Froch’s WBA and IBF super middleweight world title defences against unbeaten 25-year-old George Groves on Saturday, November 23, at the Phones4U Arena, Manchester before he can even think about once again packing his bags to ply his trade on foreign soil for a third time in six fights.
There has been much talk of Murray getting in the ring with Golovkin – a man who on November 2 secured his 15th straight inside-the-distance finish – but the St Helens stylist, 31, a two-time world title challenger, was quick to quash those rumours, tweeting: “Just to let people know that I’m not fighting Golovkin on Feb 1st but we’re fighting on the same bill. Looking forward to it when it happens”.
Also on the bill is power-punching Democratic Republic of Congo-born South African southpaw Ilunga Makabu (15-1, 14KOs). The 25-year-old will take another giant step towards winning a world title when he contests for the WBA interim cruiserweight bauble against unbeaten Polish star Pawel Kolodziej.
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instead of keeping murray as the mandatory to fight GGG they make him a world champion for free
WBA are the worst, why do they have to ruin fights that could and should be easily made
instead of keeping murray as the mandatory to fight GGG they make him a world champion for free
WBA are the worst, why do they have to ruin fights that could and should be easily made