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Murray "David" Sutherland

BORN   April 10 1954; Edinburgh, Scotland
HEIGHT 6-0
WEIGHT 157-177 lbs

Sutherland was a durable battler who came to scrap; He compiled a career record of 49-13-1 with 40 knockouts; During his career, he captured the IBF Super Middleweight Championship of the World and the USBA Super Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Championship

Murray
defeated such men as Alex Ramos, Ernie Singletary, Jean-Marie Emebe, Tony Mundine, Robert Pew, Pablo Paul Ramos and Julius Noble

1977
Aug 18 Kevin Downey               Halifax, NS, Canada                 W  6

1978
Jan 17 Willie Featherstone        Toronto, Ont, Canada               LT  3
Feb  1 Tony Curovic               Cleveland, Oh                      KO  3
Apr  6 Gus Turner                 Cleveland, Oh                      KO  4
Apr 21 Dwight Davison             Cleveland, Oh                      LK  4
May  5 Ivy Cory                   Flint, Mi                          KO  2
May 27 Harold Riggins             Brantford, Ont, Canada             KO  6
Sep 29 Zach Page                  Hamilton, Ont, Canada              KO  3
Oct 17 Gary Alexander             Canton, Oh                          W  8
Dec  4 Bill Hollis                Saginaw, Mi                        KO  3

1979
Jan 31 Rick Jester                Saginaw, Mi                        KO  1
Mar  4 Harold Riggins             Saginaw, Mi                        KO  2
Jul 21 Richie Kates               Pontiac, Mi                         L 10
Nov  9 Karl Zurheide              Saginaw, Mi                        TK  2
Dec  9 Al Bolden                  Columbus, Oh                        W 10

1980
Jan  2 Jose Gutierrez             Bay City, Mi                       KO  2
Jan 15 Al Bell                    Pensacola, Fl                      KO  2
Jan 26 Gus Turner                 Lansing, Mi                        KO  5
Feb  1 Julius Noble               Chicago, Il                        TK  4
Mar  8 Don Addison                Detroit, Mi                        TK  4
Apr 13 Eddie Smith                Huntington, In                     KO  4
May  4 Michael Spinks             Kiamesha Lake, NY                   L 10
Jul  8 Greg Payne                 Tampa, Fl                          KO  6
Aug  1 Johnny Townsend            Council Bluffs, Ia                 TK  6
Aug 11 Benny Mitchell             Grand Rapids, Mi                   KO  3
Aug 15 Stanley Scott              Muskegon, --                       KO  2
Sep 12 John Cox                   Milwaukee, Wi                      KO  2
Sep 13 Joey Butcher               Milwaukee, Wi                      KO  1
Oct  4 Phil Wade                  Des Moines, Ia                     KO  3
Oct 25 Pablo Paul Ramos           Pontiac, Mi                         W 12
          -USBA Light Heavyweight Championship
Dec  5 John Beveridge             Columbus, Oh                       KO  1

1981
Feb 13 Rocky Mack                 Iowa City, Ia                      KO  3
Feb 27 Fred Brown                 Lansing, Mi                        KO  6
Apr 25 Matthew Saad Muhammad      Atlantic City, NJ                  LK  9
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Jul 29 James Williams             Saginaw, Mi                         W 12
          -USBA Light Heavyweight Championship
Sep  9 Darnell Hayes              Lansing, Mi                        KO  1
Dec 15 Henry Sims                 Chicago, Il                        TK  9

1982
Feb 13 Chris Wells                Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  1
Apr 11 Michael Spinks             Atlantic City, NJ                  LT  8
          -WBA Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Jun 11 Eddie Davis                Las Vegas, Nv                      LT  6
          -USBA Light Heavyweight Championship
Jul 24 Gonzalo Montes             Houston, Tx                        TK  7
Aug 12 Ron Ayers                  Bay City, Mi                       KO  2
Sep  6 Tony Mundine               Brisbane, Que, Australia            W 10
Oct 21 Fred Reed                  Saginaw, Mi                        KO  1
Nov 23 Mario Maldonado            Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10
Dec 10 J.B. Williamson            Las Vegas, Nv                       L 10

1983
Feb  4 Robbie Sims                Worcester, Ma                       D 10
Mar  5 Johnny Heard               Bay City, Mi                       KO  5
May 27 Jean-Marie Emebe           Providence, RI                     TK  9
Jul 10 Thomas Hearns              Atlantic City, NJ                   L 10
Sep 13 Alex Ramos                 Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10
Nov 19 James Kinchen              St. Joseph, Mo                      L 10

1984
Feb 24 Joe Brewer                 Wichita, Ks                        KO  2
Mar 28 Ernie Singletary           Atlantic City, NJ                   W 15
          -IBF Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Jul 22 Chong-Pal Park             Seoul, South Korea                 LK 11
          -IBF Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Oct 24 Joe Byrd Jr.               Saginaw, Mi                        TK  3
Dec  8 Wilford Scypion            Phoenix, Az                        TK 12
          -USBA Super Middleweight Championship

1985
Feb  9 Lenny Edwards              Port Huron, Mi                     TK  3
Mar  1 Robert Pew                 Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  2
          -USBA Super Middleweight Championship
May 31 Lloyd Richardson           Wheeling, WV                       KO  3
Jul 26 Bobby Czyz                 Atlantic City, NJ                   L 10
Nov 15 Mike Hyman                 Greensboro, NC                     KO  2

1986
Feb 25 Lindell Holmes             Sterling Heights, Mi               LT  3
          -USBA Super Middleweight Championship


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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