Billy Murphy (Lowell)

Name: Billy Murphy
Birth Name: Patrick J. Lynch
Hometown: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1978-06-11 (Age:76)
Stance: Southpaw
Pro Boxer: Record

Billy Murphy of Lowell needs to be distinguished from Billy Murphy of Staten Island NY. New York's Murphy was a fighter of approximately the same weight who occasionally ventured into New England.

Patrick Lynch used the name Billy Murphy because he didn't want his sister, a nun, to know that he made money with his fists.

Later in his career, he was a stablemate of Jack Sharkey and was managed by Johnny Buckley.

During his career, he defeated Dick (Honeyboy) Finnegan, Johnny Indrisano, Al Shubert, Harry (Kid) Brown, Jack Zivic, Andy Chaney, Danny Cooney, Meyer Cohen, Francis Rossi, Lou Paluso, Mickey Travers, Phinney Boyle, and Canada Lee, fought a draw with Young Corbett III, and engaged Louis (Kid) Kaplan, Young Harry Wills, and Al Mello.