William Murphy (Boxer)

William James " Boy" Murphy ( born March 25, 1904 in Cork, County Cork, †? ) Was an Irish boxer.

Murphy took the first time at the 1924 Summer Games in Paris as part middleweight boxer. However, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals, he lost against Canadian Leslie Black. In the next summer Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928, he joined in the weight class to light heavyweight. This time he did not progress beyond the quarter-finals.

Last Murphy came in 1932 in Los Angeles. As early as 1928 in the light heavyweight division. In the battle for bronze but he was beaten the Dane Peter Jørgensen.