ON February 10, 1990 southpaw welterweight Andrew Murray made his professional debut. Murray travelled to Bridgetown, Barbados where he TKOed Alonzo Clarke in the fourth round. He defeated Conrad Hunte in his next fight before suffering back-to-back losses to Pascal David. Murray was soon after taken under the wing by manager Odinga Lumumba and went on a 16-fight winning spree. He won the vacant Commonwealth welterweight title in October 1993 following a sixth-round TKO of Tony Swift.In August 1995, Murray was in Nice, France to challenge Ghanaian Ike Quartey for the WBA welterweight title. Quartey won by a fourth round TKO.
Murray moved up to super welterweight and shocked the boxing world when he flattened then world-rated and previously undefeated Michael Covington, with a single punch in round three of a scheduled ten-round affair.
The southpaw left Covington flattened in the ring at the Foxwoods Resort, in Connecticut, USA on November 5, 1999. So devastating was the performance of the 28-year-old Murray that internationally-respected Ring Magazine rated his victory as one of the best knockouts of the year.
Murray died at age 30 after being involved in a car accident on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway on January 26, 2002. His record includes 27 wins (17 KOs), seven defeats and one draw.