Phil D. Jay WBN Editor Middleweight eyeing top opponents Former world title challenger Martin Murray is growing frustrated in his attempt to lure some of the top domestic middleweights into a high-profile bout and could turn to Billy Joe Saunders for a British title defence. The 29 year-old, who pushed WBA champion Felix Sturm to a draw in December 2011, has constantly been linked to fights with Matthew Macklin and Darren Barker, although the two former European champions have spurned his advances. “We have tried a few times to get Macklin and Barker to accept a fight and is hasn’t come off,” Murray told World Boxing News. “With both fighters having fights lined up in September, Billy Joe Saunders may get his wish. “I think he should really be concentrating on the likes of Nick Blackwell for the next eighteen months as I haven’t got much to gain from fighting him. “If I beat him early then I do what I am expected to do and if it goes twelve rounds, peo...
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