Mike Quarry

Mike Quarry
Mike Quarry
Born	March 4, 1951
Died	June 11, 2006 (aged 55); La Habra, California
Nationality	American
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	82
Wins	63
Wins by KO	17
Losses	13
Draws	6

Michael Wayne "Mike" Quarry (March 4, 1951 – June 11, 2006)^[1]^[2] was a light heavyweight boxer. He had a record of 63–13–6 including 17 knockouts during his career.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Mike Quarry was born in Bakersfield, California. He began boxing at the age of 8 and obtained his license to fight as an amateur at 17. He tried to emulate his older brother Jerry Quarry, a renowned heavyweight fighter . "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.^[6]^[7]^[7]^[8]

Mike Quarry died at age 55 in La Habra, California. His death was attributed to pugilistic dementia, which had also caused his brother Jerry's death.^[9]^[2] Mike Quarry's grave is in Shafter, California in Shafter Cemetery.

Professional boxing record

62 Wins (16 knockouts, 46 decisions), 13 Losses (5 knockouts, 8 decisions), 6 Draws ^[10]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	4–3	Blufort Spencer	PTS	8	27/08/1982	Crystal City, Virginia, United States
Loss	53–15–1	Bunny Johnson	TKO	7	08/02/1981	Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	10–7	Alvin Dominey	PTS	10	30/08/1980	Hyatt, Incline Village, Nevada, United States
Win	5–4–1	Pascual Ramirez	KO	8	23/11/1979	Hyatt, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United States
Loss	11–2–1	Tommy Evans	TKO	8	12/07/1978	Oakland, California, United States
Draw	11–2	Kevin Smith	PTS	10	13/06/1978	Ice World, Totowa, New Jersey, United States
Loss	6–8–1	Pete McIntyre	KO	5	10/03/1978	San Diego Coliseum, San Diego, California, United States	McIntyre knocked out at 1:54 of the fifth round.
Win	64–28–7	Ron "Burnaby Brawler" Wilson	SD	10	24/02/1978	San Diego Coliseum, San Diego, California, United States
Draw	19–4–1	Ned Hallacy	PTS	10	24/01/1978	Wichita, Kansas, United States
Loss	29–3–3	Mike Rossman	RTD	6	11/05/1977	Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States
Win	4–8	Fred Wallace	PTS	10	23/03/1977	Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Loss	27–3–3	Mike Rossman	MD	10	11/12/1976	The Aladdin, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	45–47, 45–46, 46–46.
Win	22–14–3	Tom "The Bomb" Bethea	UD	10	30/10/1976	The Aladdin, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	47–44, 48–44, 47–45.
Win	37–28–3	Eddie "Red Top" Owens	UD	10	05/10/1976	Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Win	17–5–2	Tony "Gang" Greene	PTS	10	24/08/1976	Miami Beach, Florida, United States	46–48, 47–43.
Win	9–11	Billy "Nitro" Freeman	KO	8	03/08/1976	Orlando, Florida, United States
Win	4–25	Sylvester Wilder	TKO	5	22/06/1976	Orlando, Florida, United States
Win	8–3	Chuck Warfield	PTS	10	08/06/1976	Orlando, Florida, United States
Win	15–5–3	Nat Gates	SD	10	11/05/1976	Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Win	22–1–1	Mike Rossman	UD	10	30/09/1975	Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, United States
Win	9–12–1	Tony Santiago	SD	10	09/09/1975	Orlando, Florida, United States
Loss	11–1	"Boxing" Pedro Soto	MD	10	25/07/1975	Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	45–45, 43–45, 44–46.
Win	15–18–1	Vernon "Sledgehammer" McIntosh	TKO	6	08/07/1975	Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Win	15–17	Vernon "Sledgehammer" McIntosh	UD	10	03/06/1975	Orlando, Florida, United States
Loss	24–2	Yaqui Lopez	UD	10	14/05/1975	Stockton, California, United States
Win	28–8–4	Melvin Mott	UD	12	21/04/1975	Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas, United States	Texas Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	43–30–1	Bobby Rascon	PTS	10	17/02/1975	Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Win	45–9–2	Jose "King" Roman	UD	10	03/01/1975	Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory, Tampa, Florida, United States
Win	10–0	"Boxing" Pedro Soto	UD	8	09/12/1974	Felt Forum, New York City, United States	5–3, 5–3, 6–2.
Win	43–29–1	Bobby Rascon	UD	10	26/11/1974	Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Win	36–18–3	Karl Zurheide	UD	10	21/05/1974	Jones Hall, Houston, Texas, United States
Win	21–4–2	Gary Summerhays	SD	12	10/04/1974	Orlando Sports Stadium, Orlando, Florida, United States
Loss	44–3–1	Pierre Fourie	PTS	10	02/03/1974	Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Win	41–26–1	Bobby Rascon	UD	10	15/02/1974	Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Win	45–10	Brian Kelly Burden	UD	10	05/02/1974	Oklahoma City, United States
Win	35–17–3	Karl Zurheide	UD	10	18/12/1973	Eagles Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Loss	25–5–1	Chris Finnegan	PTS	10	13/11/1973	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	97–100.
Loss	42–12–8	Andy "Scappoose Express" Kendall	MD	10	03/10/1973	Orlando Sports Stadium, Orlando, Florida, United States
Draw	32–5–1	"Irish" Billy Wagner	PTS	12	21/07/1973	Felt Forum, New York City, United States	American Light Heavyweight Title. 5–6, 8–4, 6–6.
Loss	66–5–1	Tom Bogs	UD	10	10/05/1973	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Draw	27–7	Hal "TNT" Carroll	PTS	10	23/04/1973	Felt Forum, New York City, United States	5–5, 4–5, 8–1.
Win	8–3–1	Walter "Snake" White	UD	10	04/04/1973	Orlando, Florida, United States
Win	32–12–3	Ray "Windmill" White	UD	12	29/01/1973	Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, United States	California Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	30–20	Paul Kasper	TKO	5	11/01/1973	Orlando, Florida, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:45 of the fifth round.
Draw	12–17	Frank "Bob" Evans	PTS	10	12/12/1972	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States	46–46, 48–46, 45–47.
Loss	47–5	Bob Foster	KO	4	27/06/1972	Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	WBA/WBC World Light Heavyweight Titles.
Win	16–12	"Ground" Chuck Hamilton	TKO	8	03/04/1972	Inglewood Forum, Inglewood, California, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:15 of the eighth round..
Win	13–6–3	Tommy Hicks	UD	10	10/03/1972	Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States	8–2, 7–3, 10–0.
Win	33–6–2	Jimmy "The Cat" Dupree	TD	5	29/10/1971	Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, United States	NABF Light Heavyweight Title. 3–1, 2–1, 2–2.
Win	15–11	"Ground" Chuck Hamilton	UD	10	14/08/1971	Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, United States
Win	12–5–3	Amado Vasquez	TKO	9	31/05/1971	Baseball park, National City, California, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:23 of the ninth round.
Win	46–12–5	Ron "Burnaby Brawler" Wilson	UD	10	15/05/1971	Valley Music Theater, Woodland Hills, California, United States	7–3, 7–1, 6–3.
Win	3–8–1	Hill Chambers	SD	10	28/04/1971	Silver Slipper, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	47–45, 48–45, 45–47.
Win	4–10	Larry "Sea" Cruz	KO	1	13/04/1971	Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada, United States
Win	44–10–5	Ron "Burnaby Brawler" Wilson	MD	10	27/02/1971	Valley Music Theater, Woodland Hills, California, United States	6–4, 6–2, 4–4.
Win	29–7–7	Andy "Scappoose Express" Kendall	MD	10	23/01/1971	Valley Music Theater, Woodland Hills, California, United States	6–2, 6–2, 4–4.
Win	12–3–2	Amado Vasquez	UD	10	19/12/1970	Valley Music Theater, Woodland Hills, California, United States	8–2, 8–2, 8–1.
Win	7–4–1	Enrique Villareal	TKO	9	14/11/1970	Valley Music Theater, Woodland Hills, California, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:36 of the ninth round.
Win	5–3–1	Ray Ayala	MD	10	17/06/1970	Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States
Win	41–5	Eddie Avoth	UD	10	06/06/1970	Valley Music Theater, Woodland Hills, California, United States	5–3, 5–3, 4–2.
Win	1–2–1	Jesse Jerome Hill	PTS	10	25/04/1970	Santa Barbara, California, United States
Win	12–6	Filifili Alaiasa	PTS	8	24/03/1970	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Win	9–10–3	George "Moonport Mauler" Holden	UD	8	03/03/1970	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Win	1–2	Bob Matthews	PTS	6	19/02/1970	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	9–13–6	"King" George Thomas	UD	8	26/01/1970	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	3–1	Ruben Figueroa	SD	8	31/10/1969	Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States
Win	6–1	Teddy "Bear" Murray	UD	8	21/10/1969	Orlando Sports Stadium, Orlando, Florida, United States
Win	6–3–3	George "Moonport Mauler" Holden	TKO	7	14/10/1969	Orlando, Florida, United States
Win	16–3	Vidal Flores	PTS	8	09/10/1969	La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
Win	7–5–1	Dean Whitlock	TKO	6	06/10/1969	Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Win	4–4–1	Jeff "Berlin" Wall	KO	3	18/09/1969	Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, United States
Win	5–5	Ken Watkins	UD	6	09/09/1969	Valley Music Theater, Woodland Hills, California, United States
Win	9–12–6	"King" George Thomas	PTS	8	03/09/1969	Oakland Arena, Oakland, California, United States
Win	5–4	Ken Watkins	PTS	6	15/08/1969	Arena, San Bernardino, California, United States
Win	--	Larry Gregg	KO	2	11/08/1969	Aldrich Arena, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Win	2–0	Ruben Figueroa	MD	6	23/06/1969	Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States	2–2, 3–2, 3–2.
Win	33–35–6	Ernie Gipson	TKO	5	27/05/1969	Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
Win	4–14–1	LaVerne Williams	KO	3	19/05/1969	San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California, United States
Win	0–1	Bob Matthews	PTS	6	13/05/1969	Valley Music Theater, Woodland Hills, California, United States
Win	0–1	Butch McCarthy	KO	1	29/04/1969	Valley Music Theater, Woodland Hills, California, United States	McCarthy knocked out at 1:53 of the first round.
Win	--	"Boxing" James Dick	UD	5	18/04/1969	Inglewood Forum, Inglewood, California, United States