Photo: Brady Dillsworth
The boxing community was saddened on Sunday when longtime Philadelphia personality Rob Murray, Sr. succumbed to cancer. Murray was a well known fight figure for three-plus decades as he managed, trained, promoted and did almost everything around Philadelphia boxing. Murray was the original manager of future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins. He trained Bennie Briscoe for a short period. Murray managed world title challengers Will Taylor and most recently guided the career of World Heavyweight title challenger “Fast” Eddie Chambers and his brother Steve Upsher Chambers. For the better part of the past decade Murray was the Director of Boxing at The Legendary Blue Horizon.
Funeral arrangements are as follows:
Sister Clara Muhammad School
4700 Wyalusing Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Wednesday, June 5, 2012 at 12:30 P.M.
