Boxing Mad Magazine #9 | Page 8

By the tenth and ultimately final session, Murray had nothing left and an innocuous looking left hand was enough to put him down. Murray rose from the count, but the writing was clearly on the wall as Crolla advanced and went in for the kill. A barrage of punches forced Murray into a corner and as blows continued to reign on his defenceless opponent, referee Terry O’ Connor stepped in to hand Crolla his second consecutive stoppage win. On what was a fantastic night for Gallagher’s Gym, all four of his charges had their hands raised, with Hosea Burton claiming a routine points win further down the card before Callum Smith notched his eighth-straight stoppage win. Smith drop