Real name Richard Boswell Murphy Wins 30 (KO 10) Draws 1 Nationality New Zealander Total fights 51 | Reach 73 in (185 cm) Role Boxer Height 5 ft 11 ⁄2 in (1.82 m) Name Bos Murphy Number of contests 1 | |
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Rated at welter/middle/light heavyweight Died November 9, 2000, Silverstream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand Division Middleweight, Light heavyweight, Welterweight | ||
Richard Boswell "Bos" Murphy (14 February 1924 – 9 November 2000) was a New Zealand professional welter/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1940s, and 1950s who won the New Zealand Boxing Association welterweight title, Australasian welterweight title, and British Empire middleweight title. His professional fighting weight varied from 143 1⁄2 lb (65.1 kg; 10 st 3.5 lb), i.e. welterweight to 166 1⁄4 lb (75.4 kg; 11 st 12.3 lb), i.e. light heavyweight.
Murphy died at Silverstream in 2000 and was buried at Akatarawa Cemetery.
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