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Torpedo Billy Murphy

8977 KOs
5030 KOs
23Draws
No contest: 57
Last six: W-?-W-L-D-?
Career
division
Featherweight
status
inactive
bouts
219
rounds
1359
KO %
86.5%
KO wins
77
KO losses
30
career
1882–1911
debut
1882-04-15
last fight
1911-05-08
Profile
birth name
Thomas William Murphy
alias
Australian Billy Murphy
sex
M
stance
orthodox
height
5′ 7″ / 170cm
reach
70″ / 178cm
nationality
New Zealand
origin
Auckland, New Zealand
city / state / zip
Auckland
dob
1863-11-03
death
1939-07-26

Latest news

Boxing: Cameron devastated by defeat
2012-11-21 · New Zealand Herald
"I'm very devastated," Cameron said in subdued dressing room full of friends and family who had been expecting to be celebrating the capture of a first world boxing title by a New Zealand-born fighter since Torpedo Billy Murphy in 1890. "I was very…

Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
May 8
Jim Young
0 1 0
?-ND
His Majestys Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
3 of 3 · 120 / 135 lbs
Event →
Aug 24
Jimmy Ross
4 4 1
D-PTS
His Majestys Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
4 of 4 · 117 / 134 lbs
Event →
Oct 29
Jim Morris
0 0 0
L-KO
Show Grounds, Palmerston North, New Zealand
3 of 15
Event →
Aug 8
Tom Toohey
0 1 0
W-KO
Theatre Royal, New Plymouth, New Zealand
vacant New Zealand (obsolete; select NZNBF, NZPBA or NZBC) featherweight title
1 of 15 · 118 / 124 lbs
Referee: Len Andrews
Event →
Aug 8
? Lovegrove
0 0 0
?-ND
Theatre Royal, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2 · 118 / 126 lbs
Referee: Len Andrews
Event →
Jun 3
Jack Griffin
0 0 0
W-PTS
Showgrounds, Hastings, New Zealand
8 of 8 · 118 / 136 lbs
Event →
Apr 28
Jimmy Ross
3 3 0
D-PTS
Mansfield's Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand
4 of 4 · 118 / 132 lbs
Event →
Dec 20
Tim Tracey
1 1 0
L-KO
Town Hall, Stratford, New Zealand
5 of 15 · 122 / 137 lbs
Event →
Jul 21
Jack Clarke
2 1 0
L-TKO
Theatre Royal, Wellington, New Zealand
5 of 6 · 118 / 133 lbs
Event →
Apr 14
Walter Doman
0 0 0
W-KO
Masonic Hall, Stratford, New Zealand
1 of 6 · 117 / 124 lbs
Event →
Mar 6
Tom Toohey
0 0 0
?-ND
Town Hall, Inglewood, New Zealand
4 of 4 · 116 / 124 lbs
Event →
Mar 6
? Launcy
0 0 0
?-ND
Town Hall, Inglewood, New Zealand
4 of 4 · 116 / 125 lbs
Event →
Feb 9
Tommy Kee
0 0 0
?-ND
Town Hall, Midhirst, New Zealand
6 of 6 · 115 / 124 lbs
Event →
Feb 9
Charlie Cameron
0 0 0
?-ND
Town Hall, Midhirst, New Zealand
6 of 6 · 115 / 124 lbs
Event →
Jan 11
Local Amateur
0 0 0
?-ND
Theatre Royal, New Plymouth, New Zealand
6 of 6 · 117 / 126 lbs
Event →
Oct 21
Teddy Green
3 1 1
?-ND
Gaiety Athletic Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 of 3 · 112 / 118 lbs
Event →
Sep 13
Peter Toohey
4 3 1
L-KO
NSC, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 of 20 · 112 / 117 lbs
Referee: Harry Beckett
Event →
Aug 2
Tim Hegarty
30 6 10
L-KO
NSC, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 of 20 · 112 / 125 lbs
Event →
Dec 29
Jack Evans
1 0 1
D-PTS
Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco, California, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Oct 8
Teddy Peppers
1 0 1
W-DQ
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
2 of 10
Event →
Oct 1
Pat Hogan
0 4 1
L-PTS
10 of 10
Event →
Sep 7
Dave Donovan
0 1 0
W-KO
Sioux City A.C., Sioux City, Iowa, United States
2 of 10
Event →
Aug 3
Johnny Heest
17 8 17
W-KO
Sioux City A.C., Sioux City, Iowa, United States
4 of 10
Event →
Apr 3
Clarence English
0 0 0
L-KO
Carroll, Iowa, United States
3 of 10
Event →
Jan 12
Bert Cassell
0 0 0
W-KO
O'Neill, Nebraska, United States
4 of 10
Event →
Sep 13
Haich Smith
0 0 0
L-KO
Washington Hall, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
1 of 15
Event →
Nov 14
Larry Gleason
1 0 0
L-RTD
Grand Opera House, Sioux City, Iowa, United States
6 of 15 · 118 / 127 lbs
Referee: Tommy White
Event →
Oct 20
Sig Hart
2 3 1
D-PTS
Sioux City A.C., Sioux City, Iowa, United States
20 of 20
Event →
Sep 14
Sig Hart
0 3 1
L-PTS
Sioux City A.C., Sioux City, Iowa, United States
15 of 15
Event →
Aug 11
Patsy Magner
1 0 1
?-NC
Sioux City A.C., Sioux City, Iowa, United States
2 of 15
Event →
May 19
Harry Harris
20 1 1
L-KO
Chicago, Illinois, United States
4
Event →
Apr 29
Harry Forbes
29 3 7
L-KO
Chicago A.A., Chicago, Illinois, United States
4
Event →
Apr 11
Frank Stackhouse
0 0 0
D-PTS
Detroit, Michigan, United States
8 of 8
Event →
Apr 1
Kid Moore
2 0 1
L-PTS
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
15 of 15
Event →
Mar 7
Johnny Heest
15 6 15
L-TKO
Dayton, Ohio, United States
6 of 10
Referee: Doc Payne
Event →
Feb 15
Walter Burbeck
0 0 0
W-KO
Springfield A.C., Springfield, Ohio, United States
2
Event →
Jan 16
Casper Leon
34 4 14
L-PTS
Peerless A.C., Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Nov 26
Eddie Santry
16 3 3
L-KO
Commercial A.C., Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
4 of 20
Event →
Apr 28
Jimmy Reeder
3 1 1
L-KO
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
4 · 112 / 135 lbs
Event →
Apr 12
Yock Henniger
0 3 0
L-DQ
Metropolitan Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
4
Event →
Mar 9
Bill Baxter
14 12 0
?-ND
Excelisor Baths, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
4 of 4x3 · 116 / 123 lbs
Event →
Feb 28
Will Curley
3 0 0
L-KO
Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
12 of 20x3 · 116 / 116 lbs
Event →
Jan 17
Young White
0 1 0
?-ND
Paddington Baths, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
3 of 3x3 · 115 / 124 lbs
Event →
Nov 2
Bill Wood
0 0 0
?-ND
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom
3 of 3x3 · 116 / 126 lbs
Event →
Sep 13
Elwood McCloskey
0 6 1
?-ND
Quaker City A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Jul 19
Billy Rotchford
5 0 0
D-PTS
Albany, New York, United States
3 of 20
Event →
Apr 10
Oscar Gardner
10 3 2
L-PTS
Polo A.C., New York, New York, United States
20 of 20
Event →
Mar 13
Austin Rice
3 2 2
D-PTS
Polo A.C., New York, New York, United States
20 of 20
Event →
Feb 15
Bill Barbeck
0 0 0
W-KO
Dayton, Ohio, United States
2
Event →
Feb 8
Danny McMahon
1 1 1
?-ND
Quaker City A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 of 6
Event →