Joe Murray (boxer)

Joseph Murray ( born January 3, 1987 in Levenshulme, Manchester ) is an English boxer. He won a bronze medal in the bantamweight title at the World Amateur Championship in 2007 in Chicago.

Life

Joseph Murray comes from a family of boxers, his older brother John Murray is a British master of professionals in the lightweight (as of May 2008). He began as a youth boxing club at Moss Side ABC with the boxes and later moved to the boxing club Broadshaw ABC. His coach is Joe Gallagher. His first fight, he denied in November 2000.

In 2003 he was master of English students and came in the same year at the European Championships in Rome students in the weight class up to 46 kg body weight behind Gorkhan Ozkan, Turkey and Gyorgy Szalai from Hungary 3rd place. In 2004, Joe Murray in Huddersfield by defeating James Cole English junior champion in the light flyweight. It was first used in an international struggle of England against the USA in the seniors 2005. He defeated Jorge Diaz doing convincingly on points ( 21:9 ).

Was launched in 2006 Joe Murray at the EU Championships in Pécs and won there over Mirsad Ahmeti from Croatia ( 24:22 ) and Vittorio Parrinello from Italy ( 30:22 ) on points and lost the final against Zsolt Bedak from Hungary on points ( 12: 36). At the European Championships the same year in Plovdiv Joe Murray succeeded in the second round a points victory over Rahib Najafow of Azerbaijan ( 29:17 ). In the quarterfinals, but he was defeated by Detelin Dalakliew from Bulgaria with 18:34 points, thus retired and finished with three other boxers the 5th Place.

The year 2007 then became the most successful in the previous career of Joe Murray. He finished at the EU Championships in Dublin in bantamweight title with a victory over Vittoria Parrinello and one defeat in the semi-final against Denis Makarov from Germany to third place and finished well at the World Championships in Chicago bantamweight an excellent 3rd place. On the way, he defeated Maximiliano Marquez from Argentina by termination in the third Runge, Carlos Cuadras from Mexico ( 28:19 ) Bruno Julie, Mauritius ( 26:19 ) and Gu Yu from China ( 14:11 ) respectively by points before he was beaten on points ( 11:20 ) in the semifinals of Enchbatyn Badar - Uugan from Mongolia.

In 2008, Joe Murray has been used at the Olympic Games in Beijing and thus preferred to the two-time English champions of 2007 and 2008, Luke Campbell. In Beijing, he met in the first round on the Chinese Gu Yu, whom he had beaten at the World Championships in Chicago. In Beijing Gu Yu turned but the tables and beat Murray hits with 17:7 on points. For Murray, therefore, was only the 17th place, which he shared with all Verliereren the first round.

International success

(WM = World Championship, Hfl = Flyweight, Ba = bantamweight kg to 48 kg and 54 kg body weight)

  • 2003 3rd place, students Championship in Rome, up to 46 kg body weight, behind Gorkhan Ozkan, Turkey and Gyorgy Szalai, Hungary;
  • 2006, 2nd place, EU Championship in Pécs, Ba, behind Bedak Zsolt, Hungary and before Vittorio Parrinello, Italy;
  • 2006 5th Place, EM in Plovdiv, Ba, behind Ali Aliev, Russia, Detelin Dalakliew, Bulgaria, Zsolt Bedak and Mirsad Ahmeti, Croatia;
  • 2007 3rd place, EU Championship in Dublin, Ba, behind Detelin Dalakliew and Denis Makarov, Germany, together with Rudolf Dydi, Slovakia;
  • 2007, 3rd place, World Cup in Chicago, Ba, behind Sergei Wodopjanow, Russia and Enchbatyn Badar - Uugan, Mongolia, together with McJoe Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  • 2008 17th Place, OS in Beijing, Ba, after a defeat in his first fight against Gu Yu, China

Countries fighting

  • 2005 in London, England vs USA, Ba, point winner over Jorge Diaz ( 21:9 ),
  • 2006 in Weymouth, England vs USA, Ba, point winner over Jorge Diaz ( 28:18 )
  • 2007 in London, England against Hungary, Ba, point winner over Janos Mihaly ( 32:11 )

Swell

  • Trade journal Box Sport from 2003 to 2008
  • Website " www.amateur - boxing.strefa.pl "
  • Website " sports123.com "
  • Website of the British Amateur Boxing Association
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