James Murray, boxer, dies after bout
- Title
- James Murray, boxer, dies after bout
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 15 Oct 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:00:23
- Description
- Interview with chairman of the Professional Boxers Association, Nicky Piper, following the death of bantamweight boxer James Murray, where he defends the safety record of boxing. Murray has been now been pronounced brain dead by doctors after being knocked out by Drew Docherty during a title fight in Glasgow on 13/10/95. Interviewer not heard.
- Contributors
- Nicky Piper
- Keywords
- Deaths; Scotland; Safety; Glasgow; Sportsmen; Boxing; Boxers; James Murray; Drew Docherty; Professional Boxers Association
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