Richard (Hero) Murunga (22 April 1949 – 26 October 2018) was a boxer from Kenya.

He started boxing in 1968, at the age of 19, encouraged by his father, Ernest Illuk, who was a Kenyan army officer.

He deserted the army in 1973 as Kenya boxing authorities did not allow him to join professional ranks.

Murunga had two wives, Mariam Wambui and Nawal Ahmed, and seven children.

He converted to Islam when he married his second wife Nawal, and took a Muslim name, Khalifa.