Jim Murphy (boxer)

{{short description|Irish boxer}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Jim Murphy

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| nationality = Irish

| sport = Boxing

| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|12|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cork, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|12|28|1903|12|5|df=yes}}

| death_place = London, England

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Jim Murphy (5 December 1903 – 28 December 1987) was an Irish boxer.{{cite web|url=http://iaba.ie/irish-boxing-at-the-1932-olympics/ |title=Irish Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics |work=Irish Athletic Boxing Association |access-date=10 October 2021}} He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/120019 |title=Jim Murphy |work=Olympedia |access-date=10 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/boxing/2016/08/03/news/charting-the-path-of-ireland-s-forgotten-boxing-olympians-634198/ |title=Charting the path of Ireland's forgotten boxing Olympians |work=Irish News |access-date=10 October 2021}} At the 1932 Summer Olympics, he defeated Johnny Miler, before losing to Gino Rossi and Peter Jorgensen, both by walkovers, thus conceding the bout for the bronze medal.{{cite web|url=http://iaba.ie/irish-boxing-at-the-1932-olympics/ |title=Irish Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics |work=Irish Athletic Boxing Association |access-date=10 October 2021}}