 In the final two rounds both fights tired and in the eighth and final round referee David Ervine docked Hall a point for holding.At the end of the fight the Belfast ref scored the bout 77–75 in favour of Murray which again extended his unbeaten record.On 14 May 2005, Murray was due to fight Hartlepool's Alan Temple for the vacant Irish Light Welterweight championship National Boxing Stadium in Dublin on the undercard of a Bernard Dunne fight.