Mike Quarry

Professional Boxer, Boxer

1951 – 2006

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Who was Mike Quarry?

Michael Wayne "Mike" Quarry was a light heavyweight boxer. He had a record of 63-13-6 including 17 knockouts during his career, which began in 1969 and ended in 1982.

Quarry was born in Bakersfield, California. He first began boxing at the age of 8 and obtained his license to fight as an amateur at 17. Mike tried to emulate his older brother Jerry Quarry, a renowned heavyweight fighter. " always felt like he didn't have his own identity," Robert Pearson, his brother-in-law, told the Los Angeles Times. "At one time Michael said, 'They might as well put on my epitaph: Here lies Jerry Quarry's little brother.'" He had his one chance at a title shot in 1972, when he went up against Bob Foster for the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association light heavyweight crowns. Quarry lost on a fourth-round knockout.

Quarry died in La Habra, California; his death was attributed to pugilistic dementia, which also caused his brother Jerry's death. Mike Quarry's grave is in Shafter, California in Shafter Cemetery.

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Born
Mar 4, 1951
Bakersfield
Also known as
  • Michael Wayne Quarry
  • Irish Mike Quarry
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Nationality
  • United States of America
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Died
Jun 11, 2006
La Habra

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on July 23, 2013

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