Creel vs Murdock

"All on me. Win by knockout." "You sure?" "Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure."

- Jack Murdock and Ed

Creel vs Murdock was a boxing match between Carl "Crusher" Creel and Battlin' Jack Murdock.

Background
"We come bearing glad tidings. A match with Creel." "Creel? How'd you pull that off?" "Mr. Sweeney can be quite persuasive when he puts his mind to it. [...]" "You're doing us the favor. It's 3-to-1 that you go the distance. You drop in the fifth, we're clearing 70%."

- Roscoe Sweeney, Jack Murdock and Silke

Jack Murdock's employer, Roscoe Sweeney organized a boxing match between Murdock and Carl "Crusher" Creel. Sweeney and his assistant Silke told him that he would have to lose the fight in the fifth round as they were making bets against him. Although he was initially against the idea, Murdock reluctantly agreed to throw the fight, seeing the benefits the money being offered would bring to him and his son.

However, Murdock wanted to win to impress Matt even if it will be his last match. A few hours before the fight, Murdock called his friend Ed and told him to put all his bets on him to to win the upcoming fight and then transfer the money at Matt Murdock's name.

Creel vs Murdock
"Creel is rocked! Murdock won't let him out of the corner! The younger Creel seems stunned by the ferocious display by the more seasoned Murdock! Creel goes down! Yes! Yes! He's not getting up! It's over! Battlin' Jack Murdock has defeated Crusher Creel!"

- Ring announcer

The day of the fight, Murdock prepared to step out into the ring, wearing his new boxing uniform. As he made the walk out into the ring to face his final opponent, Murdock pumped himself up by pounding his fists together as he considered everything he was fighting for, not just his reputation, but his son's respect and future wellbeing. Once in the ring, Murdock fought Carl Creel and won in a brief but brutal match. Matt listened to his father's fight with Creel on the television and cheered when his father overcame the odds and won the match.

Aftermath
"It's my fault! I did it, I killed him!" "Killed who?" "My dad. They paid him to lose against Creel. But I wanted him to win. So he did because of me. Because of me. I just wanted him to come home." "But he didn't, and he never will."

- Matt Murdock and Stick

With the fight over, Murdock attempted to run away. However, he was quickly found by a pair of hitmen sent by his employer Roscoe Sweeney. Murdock accepted his eventual fate and was beaten, shot and killed. His body was later found by Matt, who became heartbroken at the loss of his father. Matt was moved to Saint Agnes Orphanage and was visited by an old blind man named Stick. Stick promised to train Murdock to control and master his "gift".

Many years later following his defeat, Carl Creel became the subject of an experiment orchestrated by Wolfgang von Strucker, a leader of HYDRA, as a part of Project Destroyer of Worlds. Following their successful experiment, Creel attained the ability to absorb any element and turn his skin into that same material, gaining a high victory status by using his talent to hide steel-skinned fists underneath his boxing gloves.