Murray Sutherland

Murray Sutherland (born 10 April 1953 in Edinburgh) is a former Scottish boxer who fought in middleweight division.

Murray Sutherland turned professional in 1977 and in 1981 challenged WBC Light Heavyweight Title holder Matthew Saad Muhammad, but lost by KO in the 9th round. Matthew Saad Muhammad was later quoted as saying that Sutherland was the toughest fight of his career. The following year he took on WBA Light Heavyweight Title holder Michael Spinks but lost via TKO in the seventh round. In 1984 he captured the Vacant IBF Super Middleweight Title with a decision win over Ernie Singletary. His win was notable because he was the first IBF titleholder to actually win an IBF belt with victory from an actual fight. He lost the belt in his first defense to Chong-Pal Park. He retired in 1986 after being KO'd by Lindell Holmes.

In 1983, Murray Sutherland fought ten rounds with Thomas Hearns in a Middleweight fight, losing a unanimous decision.

Sutherland was also ranked 1st in the world in the Professional Karate Association before he started his boxing career.

He ran a successful gym in Bay City, Michigan for several years and currently lives in Midland, Michigan and works for a restoration firm with a good friend and teaches self-defense classes at local gyms.

New title	IBF Super Middleweight Champion 28 March 1984 – 22 July 1984	Succeeded by Chong-Pal Park

Professional boxing record

48 Wins (40 knockouts, 8 decisions), 14 Losses (7 knockouts, 7 decisions), 1 Draw [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	27-4	Lindell Holmes	TKO	3	25/02/1986	Sterling Heights, Michigan, United States	IBF USBA Super Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the third round.
Win	7-8	Mike Hyman	KO	2	15/11/1985	Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Loss	27-1	Bobby "Matinee Idol" Czyz	UD	10	26/07/1985	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	1-9, 1-9, 2-7.
Win	8-15	Lloyd Richardson	KO	3	31/05/1985	Wheeling, West Virginia, United States
Win	14-1	Robert Pew	TKO	2	01/03/1985	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	IBF USBA Super Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:28 of the second round.
Win	6-5	Lenny Edwards	TKO	3	09/02/1985	Port Huron, Michigan, United States
Win	28-5	Wilford Scypion	TKO	12	08/12/1984	Phoenix, Arizona, United States	IBF USBA Super Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:30 of the 12th round.
Win	10-3	Joe Byrd, Jr.	TKO	3	24/10/1984	Saginaw, Michigan, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:38 of the third round.
Loss	33-3-1	Chong-Pal Park	KO	11	22/07/1984	Seoul, South Korea	IBF World Super Middleweight Title.
Win	26-5	Ernie Singletary	UD	15	28/03/1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	IBF World Super Middleweight Title.
Win	0-1-1	Joe Brewer	KO	2	24/02/1984	Wichita, Kansas, United States
Loss	30-0-1	James "The Heat" Kinchen	UD	10	19/11/1983	Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States
Win	18-1-1	Alex "Bronx Bomber" Ramos	UD	10	13/09/1983	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Loss	36-1	Thomas "Hitman" Hearns	UD	10	10/07/1983	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	1-9, 0-10, 2-7.
Win	20-1	Jean-Marie Emebe	TKO	9	27/05/1983	Providence, Rhode Island, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:16 of the ninth round.
Win	20-31-1	Johnny Heard	KO	5	05/03/1983	Bay City, Michigan, United States
Draw	15-2	Robbie Sims	PTS	10	04/02/1983	Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	96-95, 94-96, 95-95.
Loss	12-0	JB Williamson	MD	10	10/12/1982	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	21-10-1	Mario Maldonado	SD	10	23/11/1982	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	7-17-1	"Boxing" Fred Reed	KO	1	21/10/1982	Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Win	79-12-1	Tony Mundine	UD	10	06/09/1982	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	99-90, 99-94, 100-93.
Win	2-7	Ron "Engineer" Ayers	KO	2	12/08/1982	Bay City, Michigan, United States
Win	13-4-1	Gonzalo Montes	TKO	7	24/07/1982	Houston, Texas, United States
Loss	22-2-1	Eddie Davis	TKO	6	11/06/1982	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	IBF USBA Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:50 of the sixth round.
Loss	19-0	Michael "Jinx" Spinks	TKO	8	11/04/1982	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:24 of the eighth round.
Win	10-5	Chris "Deep" Wells	KO	1	13/02/1982	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	11-3	Henry Sims	TKO	9	15/12/1981	Chicago, Illinois, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:49 of the ninth round.
Win	9-15	Darnell Hayes	KO	1	09/09/1981	Lansing, Michigan, United States	Hayes knocked out at 2:30 of the first round.
Win	14-12-1	"King" James Williams	UD	12	29/07/1981	Saginaw, Michigan, United States	IBF USBA Light Heavyweight Title.
Loss	29-3-2	Matthew Saad Muhammad	KO	9	25/04/1981	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	WBC World Light Heavyweight Title. Murray knocked out at 1:16 of the ninth round.
Win	15-13-2	Fred "Flintstone" Brown	KO	6	27/02/1981	Lansing, Michigan, United States
Win	2-1	Rocky Mack	KO	3	13/02/1981	Iowa City, United States
Win	1-8	John Beverage	KO	1	05/12/1980	Columbus, Ohio, United States
Win	18-0	Pablo Paul Ramos	PTS	12	25/10/1980	Pontiac, Michigan, United States	IBF USBA Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	0-4	Phil Wade	KO	3	04/10/1980	Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Win	0-2	Joey Butcher	KO	1	13/09/1980	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Win	1-3	John "The Fox" Cox	KO	2	12/09/1980	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Win	8-7	Stanley "Steamer" Scott	KO	2	15/08/1980	Muskegon, Michigan, United States
Win	5-3-1	Benny Mitchell	KO	3	11/08/1980	Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Win	9-11	Johnny Townsend	TKO	6	01/08/1980	Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States
Win	1-2-2	Greg Payne	TKO	6	19/07/1980	Tampa, Florida, United States
Loss	11-0	Michael "Jinx" Spinks	UD	10	04/05/1980	Kiamesha Lake, New York, United States
Win	1-6	"Fast" Eddie Smith	KO	4	13/04/1980	Huntington, Indiana, United States
Win	10-3-2	Don Addison	TKO	4	08/03/1980	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Win	11-2-2	Julius Noble	TKO	4	01/02/1980	Chicago, Illinois, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:18 of the fourth round.
Win	0-7	Gus Turner	KO	5	26/01/1980	Lansing, Michigan, United States
Win	4-17-3	Al "Tiger" Bell	KO	2	15/01/1980	Pensacola, Florida, United States
Win	1-8	Jose "The Cycle" Gutierrez	KO	2	02/01/1980	Bay City, Michigan, United States
Win	17-13-1	Al Bolden	PTS	10	09/12/1979	Columbus, Ohio, United States
Win	39-28-5	Karl Zurheide	TKO	2	09/11/1979	Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Loss	35-5	Richie Kates	PTS	10	21/07/1979	Pontiac, Michigan, United States
Win	0-2	Harold Riggins	KO	2	04/03/1979	Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Win	3-0	Rick Jester	KO	1	31/01/1979	Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Win	2-5	Bill Hollis	KO	3	04/12/1978	Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Win	11-9-3	"Scary" Gary Alexander	PTS	8	17/10/1978	Canton, Ohio, United States
Win	4-4	Zach Page	KO	3	29/09/1978	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Win	--	Harold Riggins	KO	6	27/05/1978	Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Win	--	Ivy Cory	KO	2	05/05/1978	Flint, Michigan, United States
Loss	7-0	Dwight Davison	KO	4	21/04/1978	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Win	0-3	Gus Turner	TKO	4	05/04/1978	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Win	1-2	Tony Curovic	TKO	3	01/02/1978	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Loss	--	Willie Featherstone	TKO	3	17/01/1978	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Referee stopped the bout at 0:52 of the third round.
Loss	2-0	Kevin Downey	UD	6	18/08/1977	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada