Joseph Murray (born 3 January 1987) is a former

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from

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. He is best known for winning a medal at the

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and has signed professional terms with

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. His brother

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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.

Amateur career

Murray, a former roommate of Amir Khan, represented the Moss Side ABC in the British championships semi-finals in 2006 winning a silver medal. At the

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Murray defeated Carlos Cuadras,

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silver medallist

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, southpaw, Bruno Julie by 26:19. He lost to

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in the semis and won Bronze. He joined teammates Frankie Gavin and

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in the medal ranks to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, 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 outboxedBBC Sport , Team GB question scoring after Murray loss
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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.

Professional boxing record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Joe Living people 1987 births Boxers from Manchester English male boxers People from Levenshulme Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Great Britain AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Featherweight boxers