Murray maintains unbeaten record

By Julie Anne Sheridan Cavan"s Andrew Murray added the lightweight title to his light-welter crown on Saturday night last. His excellent performance saw him outclass champion Peter McDonagh over ten rounds at the national stadium. Speaking to the Anglo Celt on Monday, Murray said, 'It was great, I thought I was in for a tough fight, i"d done alot of tough training over the last seven weeks, if you want to win, you have to.' He turned professional in 2005 and to date is unbeaten with his impressive displays and Saturday"s victory was his 13th in pro fights with six knock-outs. Weighing in a nine stone nine pounds this Cavan boxer never lost a round as he took a 100-94 points victory over the London based Galway fighter. The quality of Murray"s performance was underlined by the fact that none of the sell out crowd could see which rounds McDonagh managed to share. European title The Galway man who contested the European title in his previous contest upset alot of people in the run up to this fight with constant attacks on Murray"s ability. This clearly had no effect on the Cavan hotshot as McDonagh clearly played second fiddle for the entire fight when the Cavan boxer produced a career best performance that catapulted him onto the International stage. An eliminator for th E.U Title has already been mentioned for September but a title defence against former champion Oisin Fagan may come first. The Murray/Fagan clash could go on as a support to the John Duddy v Verro Philips World title clash at the Belfast Oddessy Arena in October. The Oklahoma based schooteacher is well known in the U.S.A after national tv contests with former world Champions. Brian McKeown who was in Murray"s corner for the first time as a pro on Saturday night, said how proud he was of the young star and payed thanks to the top class team behind him including Johnny Mitchell. This Cavan man is cruising his way to the top with a possible European clash around the corner.