Martin Murray (boxer)

Martin Murray is a British professional boxer who has competed since 2007. He has held the WBA interim middleweight title from 2011 to 2014, the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles between 2010 and 2012, and challenged five times for a world title. Murray is currently on a five-fight winning streak.

About Martin Murray (boxer) in brief

Summary Martin Murray (boxer)Martin Murray is a British professional boxer who has competed since 2007. He has held the WBA interim middleweight title from 2011 to 2014, the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles between 2010 and 2012, and challenged five times for a world title. Murray fought for the world title against World Middleweight Champion Sergio Gabriel Martínez in Argentina on 27 April 2013. Despite a spirited effort, Murray was ultimately stopped for the first time in his career after taking several hard shots from Gennady Golovkin. After the fight, Murray said he was contemplating retirement and that he was not gutted by the loss.

Murray is now 25-0-1 and has fought seven times since his professional debut in September 2007, scoring seven victories over a series of journeyman opponents. His last fight was on 2 December 2011 against Felix Sturm at the SAP-Arena in Mannheim, Germany. Murray was awarded a split-decision win by the judges, who scored the fight 116-111, 115-112 and 112-115 in favor of the home fighter of the German fighter. He is currently on a five-fight winning streak. Murray has fought for a total of 21 professional fights, winning 19 of them by knockout.