James Murray

Who was James Murray?

James Murray was a Scottish professional bantamweight boxer. He died as a result of injuries sustained in his last fight.

Murray was born in Lanark, Scotland. He won the BBBofC Scottish Area bantamweight title in November 1994, and defended it once.

On 13 October 1995 he fought and was knocked out by Drew Docherty in the BBBofC British bantamweight title fight at the Hospitality Inn in Glasgow. He died of brain injuries two days later, aged 25. Murray compiled a 15-win, 2-loss, no draws record.

Prior to that, Bradley Stone died of a brain hemorrhage after he lost his fight for the BBBofC British super bantamweight title at the York Hall in London in April 1994. Frank Warren who promoted Murray's last fight established the Murray Stone Fund named after those two boxers to finance the MRI scan for every British fighter.

Murray's bronze statue was erected in Newmains, North Lanarkshire, Scotland in the following year.