Career
He is best known for winning a medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships at bantamweight and has recently signed professional terms with Hatton Promotions. He is a former pupil of Wright Robinson Sports College in Gorton, Manchester. Murray, a former room-mate of Amir Khan, represented the Moss Side American Broadcasting Company in the British championships semi-finals in 2006 winning a silver medal.
He joined teammates Frankie Gavin and Bradley Saunders in the medal ranks to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Once there however Murray was defeated in the first round of the 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 outboxed
Murray started his professional career at Altrincham"s Leisure Centre against Sid Razak on 28 March 2009.