Martin Murray On Losing To Golovkin

Martin Murray has not lost hope that he will win a world championship despite his stoppage defeat to Gennady Golovkin. The St Helens fighter was halted after 11 bruising rounds challenging for Golovkin’s WBA super world middleweight title in Monaco last weekend. But Murray hasn’t lost hope that he can eventually claim world honours. “It was a great learning fight for me and I’d more hopeful than ever that I’m going to be world champion,” he told Sky Sports News HQ. “I’m 32 but I only turned professional late so I’ve got plenty of time yet. That was my first real war in 32 fights so there’s plenty of fights left in me. “I came up against the best and I know I can become world champion. Hopefully another shot will come up.” Murray concedes that Golovkin, who is undefeated in 32 bouts with 29 knockouts, is worthy of his fearsome reputation. “He’s definitely a future pound-for-pound king,” he continued. “I don’t think there’s anybody at middleweight who will