Joseph Murray (born 3 January 1987) is a former amateur boxer from Levenshulme, Manchester, England. He is best known for winning a medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships at bantamweight and has signed professional terms with Hatton Promotions. His brother John is the former British Lightweight champion. He got married in Wilmslow Cheshire in March 2014. He is a former pupil of Wright Robinson Sports College in Gorton, Manchester.
Amateur career Murray, a former roommate of Amir Khan, represented the Moss Side ABC in the British championships semi-finals in 2006 winning a silver medal.
At the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago Murray defeated Carlos Cuadras, Commonwealth Games silver medallist Mauritian, southpaw, Bruno Julie by 26:19. He lost to Enkhbatyn Badar-Uuganin the semis and won Bronze.
He joined teammates Frankie Gavin and Bradley Saunders in the medal ranks to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Once there however Murray was defeated in the first round of by China's Gu Yu with a score of 17-7. Coach Terry Edwards complained about the scoring of the bout as being "very generous to the chinese" although he admitted that Murray hadn't boxed "his best" and was outboxedBBC Sport | Team GB question scoring after Murray loss
Professional career Murray started his professional career at Altrincham's Leisure Centre against Sid Razak on 28 March 2009. He won on points in a 6-round contest.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes26Lose23-3 Lewis RitsonTKO1 (12)25 Feb 2018 25Win23-2 Nkululeko VenganayiTKO8 (10)10 Nov 2017 24Win22-2 Matty FaganPTS1023 Sep 2017 23Win21-2 Henry JanesPTS817 Jun 2017 22Win20-2 Reynaldo CajinaKO1 (10)21 Apr 2017 21Win19-2 Rashid KassemKO6 (10)15 Oct 2016 20Win18-2 Danny LittlePTS41 Oct 2016 19Win17-2 Ibrar RiyazPTS616 Jul 2016 18Win16-2 Abdon CesarTKO2 (6)23 Apr 2016 17Lose15-2 Liam WalshTKO5 (12)28 Feb 2015 16Win15-1 Gyula TallósiTKO2 (6)28 Nov 2014 15Lose14-1 Liam WalshMD1221 Sep 2013 14Win14-0 Dan NaylorPTS828 Jun 2013 13Win13-0 Dai DaviesPTS820 Apr 2013 12Win12-0 Jose Luis GraterolPTS84 Feb 2012 11Win11-0 James AncliffUD1218 Jun 2011 10Win10-0 Daniel Kodjo SassouPTS826 Feb 2011 9Win9-0 David ChianellaTKO2 (6)26 Nov 2010 8Win8-0 Richárd SzebelédiTKO2 (6)25 Sep 2010 7Win7-0 Yuriy VoroninPTS826 Mar 2010 6Win6-0 Giorgi MtchedlishviliKO4 (6)15 Jan 2010 5Win5-0 Barrington BrownTKO2 (4)27 Nov 2009 4Win4-0 Delroy SpencerTKO1 (4)25 Sep 2009 3Win3-0 Steve GethinPTS421 Aug 2009 2Win2-0 Missael NunezUD42 May 2009 1Win1-0 Sid RazakPTS628 Mar 2009
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