Mark Lovell: Murray two rounds ahead after five **needs to be at least three rounds up to force a draw on points.

Remember, this is Murray's fourth attempt at a world title. He is certainly working hard. A cheeky left uppercut followed by a straight round only finds Abraham's gloves, not face.

It's a lot of hard work from the Briton, but is he doing enough to catch the judges' attention? Remember, he is the away fighter. It shouldn't make a difference, but often does.

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England and Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney is showing his support for both British boxers tonight.

Abraham is chipping away at the referee, and has done quite a lot so far. But a straight, powerful right finds its target though. A couple of solid rights from the home fighter later on, who edged that round. 

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Former IBF middleweight champion Darren Barker is impressed so far...

Murray quickly produces his best work at the start of the third. Abraham stands there, guard down, looking at the Brit, suggesting he has not been hurt. Well, that what he is trying to say.

A lack of punches coming back from 35-year-old Abraham suggests otherwise.

Abraham then takes a breather after being caught low. It seems smart, delaying tactics to stall and disrupt Murray, who quickly gets back to business and ends the round well.

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Meanwhile in Manchester...

Looking more like he's getting a manicure, Anthony Crolla gets wrapped up ahead of his fight against Darleys Perez.

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Martin Murray has not had much success in the opening two rounds, but Abraham gets a ticking off from the referee for repeatedly punching round the back of Murray's head. Every punch landed, legally or illegally, is roared by the passionate home support.

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It all got a bit too much for Gemma Murray as her husband entered the ring in Hannover.

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Martin Murray is also being cheered on by a small core of hardcore support that have made the trip to Germany. They are in good voice, but, unlike Gemma, seem to not be crying. Well, not yet anyway.

Martin Murray starts in confident fashion, slapping a few crunching blows to Abraham's belly, but the Germany-based fighter, backed by a large and passionate home crowd throws in some huge overhand rights. This is going to be a tough, tough night for the Briton.

I said it won't be long. And I was right. Here we go in Germany.

Arthur Abrahams receives instructions ahead of the fight from the WBO officials. We are nearly ready in Germany. It won't be long now. Honest.

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And what a brutal fight it was. Jenkins suffered a bad cut early on and was heavily bleeding in the third and fourth rounds, before knocking Nurse down in the fifth. But it was not enough as Nurse got a unanimous points win.

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It is not every day you win a world title. And not every day you say you are "devastated" to have done so.

But for Lee Haskins, the new IBF bantamweight world champion, has expressed his disappointment at not being able to fight in Las Vegas after champion Randy Caballero was stripped of the belt for being overweight.

"I'm absolutely devastated that my family, friends and fans are not going to see me perform," said Haskins.

"He was five-and-a-half pounds overweight, which is a hell of a lot. I've worked so hard to get down to the weight and you would've thought he would've done. If they had told us this before it could've saved everyone money. We've invested a lot of money coming over to America."

Derry Mathews, who has held the British, Commnonwealth and interim WBA lightweight belts, thinks it would have been a bitter-sweet experience for Haskins to win the IBF World bantamweight title without fighting.

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So we might have two new British world champions tonight, but the latest Brit to collect a world belt did not even have to go through the pain of fighting for it.

Bristol's Lee Haskins, 32, was due to be in action on Sunday morning against Randy Caballero in Las Vegas with the IBF world bantamweight championship on the line.

However, American champion Randy Caballero was stripped of his title after coming in five-and-a-half pounds overweight, leaving Haskins as the new world champion. All the glory, none of the pain.

British cruiserweight Tony Bellew, who will be fighting for the European title next month, is in a patriotic mood and has tweeted..

The man who wears the word "million" on his boxing shorts arrives at the Manchester Arena ready for his rematch with Darleys Perez.

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