Joe Murray | |
Realname: | Joseph Murray |
Nickname: | Genius |
Weight: | Featherweight |
Nationality: | English |
Birth Date: | 1987 1, df=yes |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 26 |
Wins: | 23 |
Ko: | 10 |
Losses: | 3 |
Draws: | 0 |
No Contests: | 0 |
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 ChicagoMurray 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.
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
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26 | Lose | 23-3 | Lewis Ritson | TKO | 1 (12) | 25 Feb 2018 | |||
25 | Win | 23-2 | Nkululeko Venganayi | TKO | 8 (10) | 10 Nov 2017 | |||
24 | Win | 22-2 | Matty Fagan | PTS | 10 | 23 Sep 2017 | |||
23 | Win | 21-2 | Henry Janes | PTS | 8 | 17 Jun 2017 | |||
22 | Win | 20-2 | Reynaldo Cajina | KO | 1 (10) | 21 Apr 2017 | |||
21 | Win | 19-2 | Rashid Kassem | KO | 6 (10) | 15 Oct 2016 | |||
20 | Win | 18-2 | Danny Little | PTS | 4 | 1 Oct 2016 | |||
19 | Win | 17-2 | Ibrar Riyaz | PTS | 6 | 16 Jul 2016 | |||
18 | Win | 16-2 | Abdon Cesar | TKO | 2 (6) | 23 Apr 2016 | |||
17 | Lose | 15-2 | Liam Walsh | TKO | 5 (12) | 28 Feb 2015 | |||
16 | Win | 15-1 | Gyula Tallósi | TKO | 2 (6) | 28 Nov 2014 | |||
15 | Lose | 14-1 | Liam Walsh | MD | 12 | 21 Sep 2013 | |||
14 | Win | 14-0 | Dan Naylor | PTS | 8 | 28 Jun 2013 | |||
13 | Win | 13-0 | Dai Davies | PTS | 8 | 20 Apr 2013 | |||
12 | Win | 12-0 | Jose Luis Graterol | PTS | 8 | 4 Feb 2012 | |||
11 | Win | 11-0 | James Ancliff | UD | 12 | 18 Jun 2011 | |||
10 | Win | 10-0 | Daniel Kodjo Sassou | PTS | 8 | 26 Feb 2011 | |||
9 | Win | 9-0 | David Chianella | TKO | 2 (6) | 26 Nov 2010 | |||
8 | Win | 8-0 | Richárd Szebelédi | TKO | 2 (6) | 25 Sep 2010 | |||
7 | Win | 7-0 | Yuriy Voronin | PTS | 8 | 26 Mar 2010 | |||
6 | Win | 6-0 | Giorgi Mtchedlishvili | KO | 4 (6) | 15 Jan 2010 | |||
5 | Win | 5-0 | Barrington Brown | TKO | 2 (4) | 27 Nov 2009 | |||
4 | Win | 4-0 | Delroy Spencer | TKO | 1 (4) | 25 Sep 2009 | |||
3 | Win | 3-0 | Steve Gethin | PTS | 4 | 21 Aug 2009 | |||
2 | Win | 2-0 | Missael Nunez | UD | 4 | 2 May 2009 | |||
1 | Win | 1-0 | Sid Razak | PTS | 6 | 28 Mar 2009 |