The Fighting Murphys - boxing brothers

he Murphys were a well known family made up of 3 boxing brothers.

Jimmy and Tim Murphy were also handy with their fists.

Jimmy (James) was said to be better than his older brother, Billy, but sadly died in Johannesburg Hospital aged 25 years.

Jimmy Murphy fought all the cracks that came along and beat them all. He won the South African Lightweight Championship at a time when that title meant a lot. It meant in fact that the holder was practically the best man in the world - N.Z Truth Archives, 1915, page 11.

Jimmy Murphy
Global ID	254670
Sex	Male
Birth date	1872-01-01
Death date	1897-12-09
Division	lightweight
Nationality	New Zealand
Residence	Johannesburg, Gauten, South Africa
Birth place	Auckland, New Zealand
won 20 (KO 11) + lost 7 (KO 5) + drawn 6 = 36 rounds boxed 374 KO% 30.56
Source www.boxrec.com
Fight highlights
28 October 1893	Knocked out Jim Holloway in Gauteng, Johannesburg to win South Afrikan Lightweight title. Aged 21 years.
17 September 1894	Defended Lightweight title against Jim Burge in Johannesburg. Murphy also claimed world 132 lb title (BBBC Boxing Yearbook 2002)

Tim Murphy, 3 fights in 8 months in 2 countries to win 3 titles.

Tim Draffin Murphy
Global ID	40415
Sex	Male
Birth date	1873-05-18
Division	middleweight
Height	5'9"1/2 / 177 cm
Reach	72" / 183 cm
Nationality	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Birth place	Auckland, New Zealand
won 25 (KO 15) + lost 30 (KO 23) + drawn 1 = 57 rounds boxed 412 KO% 36.32
Source www.boxrec.com
Fight highlights
14 October 1899	Beat Jack Dunne, New South Wales (Australia), to win Australian Middleweight title.
9 December 1899	Defended title against Jack Dunne.
20 January 1900	Defended title against Jim Archer, Australia.
After boxing in America Tim Murphy returns to Australia where his titles had lapsed.
7 February 1905	Beat Authur Cripps, Sydney, to win Australian Middleweight title.
27 May 1905	Travels to Johannesburg and beats Mike Williams to win South African Heavyweight title.
9 September 1905	Returns to Australia and knocks out Billy McColl to regain Heavyweight title of Australia.

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