WARRINGTON fighter Martin Murray will be aiming to make it third time lucky when he fights Gennady Golovkin for the world middleweight crown in Monte Carlo tonight, writes Mike Critchley.

Murray has twice gone close, drawing with Felix Sturm in Germany in December 2011 and then controversially losing a points decision against Sergio Martinez in 2013 despite dropping the Argentine in the eighth round.

But this is arguably the toughest of the lot against unbeaten Kazakh fighter Golovkin, who boasts a 90 per cent knockout ratio from 31 professional bouts.

Golovkin has a reputation as being the hardest hitting pound-for-pound fighter and in his last bout he floored Marco Antonio Rubio having previously rocked Australian Daniel Geale.

Murray, 32, who lives with his family in Warrington but hails from St Helens, knows what he is up against but will not be fazed by the reputation of the champion or be discouraged by the pundits who are scornful of his chances.