Bos Murphy | |
Realname: | Richard Boswell Murphy |
Weight: | welter/middle/light heavyweight |
Reach: | 730NaN0 |
Nationality: | New Zealander |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1924 |
Birth Place: | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
Death Date: | 9 November 2000 (aged 76) |
Death Place: | Silverstream, New Zealand |
Total: | 51 |
Wins: | 30 (KO 10) |
Losses: | 19 (KO 6) |
Draws: | 1 |
No Contests: | 1 |
Richard Boswell "Bos" Murphy (14 February 1924 – 9 November 2000)[1] 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 NaNNaN, i.e. welterweight to NaNNaN, i.e. light heavyweight.[2]
Murphy died at Silverstream in 2000[1] and was buried at Akatarawa Cemetery.[3]