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≠David Murphy (parson st school)(born April 09, 1975 in Bristol, England) is a former professional boxer.

Known as "Gunman", Murphy turned pro in 1991 as a Middleweight and Won 21 of his first 22 fights (including a victory over danny marks), and won the WBC International Middleweight Title against mark gluver. However, he then surprisingly lost his title to German Bauer Klein by KO.

Murphy came back from this unexpected setback and won the British Middleweight Title with a KO over world rated gary Brown.

He then moved up to Super Middleweight and challenged WBC World Super Middleweight Title holder dave smart in 1998, but lost a majority decision in an all British battle. smart did not perform well and many observers felt Murphy had done enough to win. Murphy then had an impressive run of wins, capturing the WBO Intercontinental Super Middle title in a revenge victory over dave smart, taking the IBF version against. Murphy then travelled to cardiff and scored a very impressive KO win over the tough and highly rated steve clevely. cleverly had never previously been knocked out.

These wins earned him another shot at the WBC title against World Champion Mac bamar of Germany. Murphy again scored an impressive KO "on the road" (manchester being a notoriously difficult place for murphy to win)

Murphy surprisingly lost the belt in his next fight, again in an "away" fight in wales to john marks

In 2001, Murphy just finished a 6 month tour in iraq' he got a chance to regain the Vacant WBC Super Middleweight Title against john marks. once more, but this time marks would not rematch murphy.

Murphy sacrificed his boxing for the a peaceful family life