So let us just say the 15-year-old is the best boxer in his age group and weight division (60kg) in the country and leave it at that.
He is a very talented wrestler as well but for now his focus is on boxing. He was selected for the Amateur International Boxing Association’s [AIBA] Road to Buenos Aires programme and attended a boxing camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra last month.
Auckland’s Kyle Chen (75kg), Boxing New Zealand’s northern region development coach Rakai Kirkwood, and Hastings head coach Craig McDougall also attended the camp which was funded by AIBA as part of its commitment to develop talent in the Oceania region.
It was Murdoch’s first overseas trip and an amazing he experience, he said.
"It was awesome. I was there for 10 days and all I did was train," he said.
"We’d run in the mornings or do some sort of fitness stuff. Then in the afternoon there would be skill sessions.
"One of the main coaches was Jamie Pittman. He went to the Olympics and Commonwealth Games for Australia.
"I picked up quite a few new skills."
That last quote will not make for pleasant reading for his opponents. Murdoch is undefeated in the junior ranks, although he has lost as a cadet and when stepping up to fight in the youth division.
The Kaikorai Valley College pupil is extremely dedicated. He heads to Olympic Gym in Mosgiel every night after school and is there from 4pm to 7.30pm. He is back in the gym on Saturday for a two-hour stint and he runs every morning.
It is a heavy workload and Murdoch has the matching ambition. He would like to represent his country at the Commonwealth Games and Olympics Games one day. His trip to Canberra was a good start along that road. The camp was set up to help fighters get to the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires next year.
But more immediately he is keeping his fingers crossed he gets named in the New Zealand team for the Commonwealth Youth Games which are being staged in the Bahamas in July. That team is expected to be named this month.
