Real name Joseph Murray Wins 15 Height 1.73 m Stance Orthodox stance Nationality English Role Boxer Total fights 17 | Rated at Featherweight Name Joe Murray Division Featherweight Nickname(s) Genius Wins by KO 5 Martial art Boxing Siblings John Murray | |
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Born 13 January 1987 (age 37)
Manchester ( 1987-01-13 ) | ||
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Joseph "Joe" 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.
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Amateur career
Murray, a former room-mate 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 outboxed
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.