Joe Murray | |
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Statistics | |
Real name | Joseph Murray |
Nickname(s) | Genius |
Weight(s) | Featherweight |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Nationality | |
Born | Manchester, England | 13 January 1987
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 26 |
Wins | 23 |
Wins by KO | 10 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 0 |
No contests | 0 |
Medal record |
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.
Murray, a former roommate of Amir Khan, represented the Moss Side ABC in the British championships semi-finals in 2006 winning a silver medal. [1] [2]
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. [1] [2] 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 outboxed [3]
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.
26 fights | 23 wins | 3 losses |
By knockout | 10 | 2 |
By decision | 13 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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26 | Lose | 23-3 | TKO | 1 (12) | 25 Feb 2018 | For BBBofC British lightweight title | ||
25 | Win | 23-2 | TKO | 8 (10) | 10 Nov 2017 | |||
24 | Win | 22-2 | PTS | 10 | 23 Sep 2017 | |||
23 | Win | 21-2 | PTS | 8 | 17 Jun 2017 | |||
22 | Win | 20-2 | KO | 1 (10) | 21 Apr 2017 | |||
21 | Win | 19-2 | KO | 6 (10) | 15 Oct 2016 | |||
20 | Win | 18-2 | PTS | 4 | 1 Oct 2016 | |||
19 | Win | 17-2 | PTS | 6 | 16 Jul 2016 | |||
18 | Win | 16-2 | TKO | 2 (6) | 23 Apr 2016 | |||
17 | Lose | 15-2 | TKO | 5 (12) | 28 Feb 2015 | For BBBofC super featherweight title and Commonwealth super featherweight title | ||
16 | Win | 15-1 | TKO | 2 (6) | 28 Nov 2014 | |||
15 | Lose | 14-1 | MD | 12 | 21 Sep 2013 | For Commonwealth super featherweight title and vacant WBO International super featherweight title | ||
14 | Win | 14-0 | PTS | 8 | 28 Jun 2013 | |||
13 | Win | 13-0 | PTS | 8 | 20 Apr 2013 | |||
12 | Win | 12-0 | PTS | 8 | 4 Feb 2012 | |||
11 | Win | 11-0 | UD | 12 | 18 Jun 2011 | Won vacant IBF Youth Featherweight title | ||
10 | Win | 10-0 | PTS | 8 | 26 Feb 2011 | |||
9 | Win | 9-0 | TKO | 2 (6) | 26 Nov 2010 | |||
8 | Win | 8-0 | TKO | 2 (6) | 25 Sep 2010 | |||
7 | Win | 7-0 | PTS | 8 | 26 Mar 2010 | |||
6 | Win | 6-0 | KO | 4 (6) | 15 Jan 2010 | |||
5 | Win | 5-0 | TKO | 2 (4) | 27 Nov 2009 | |||
4 | Win | 4-0 | TKO | 1 (4) | 25 Sep 2009 | |||
3 | Win | 3-0 | PTS | 4 | 21 Aug 2009 | |||
2 | Win | 2-0 | UD | 4 | 2 May 2009 | |||
1 | Win | 1-0 | PTS | 6 | 28 Mar 2009 | Professional debut |
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