Mike Quarry ~ Forced To Fight On By Father ~ 'Road To Palookaville'

[Bill Paxtom]

May 1, 1973

~ WBA Ratings ~

*** Bob Foster
#1 . Pierre Fourie
#2 . Victor Galindez
#3 . Mike Quarry
#4 . Chris Finnegan
#5 . Eddie 'Bossman' Jones
#6 . John Conteh
#7 . Andy Kendall
#8 . Jimmy Dupree
#9 . Lonnie Bennett
#10. Rudy Schmidke

Years Later {1977}

Mike Quarry >

I made a bad mistake hooking up with Gil Clancy in 1973.. He forced me to take the bout with
Hal Carroll. I had a bed chest infection, and really had a problem breathing. I caught the infection
from the 'air-circulation system' in my Hotel Room in New York City.

He is OK as a Trainer, but he is not a good Manager. He made a lot of bad decisions. He only
looked at the Fight Purse and his cut {33 1/3 %}. He didn't care about you as a fighter. He looked
at you as a commodity.

I just had that tough bout with Hal Carroll on April 23rd, and then Gil goes ahead and signs me up
to fight in Denmark, against their Middleweight Hero - Tom Bogs.

That 'moron' signed me up to fight on March 10th. I only had a little over 2-Weeks to rest from that
tough bout with 'TNT' Carroll. I was too 'reserved' as to not question his decision on taking the bout
in Denmark.

The only thing that Gil {Clancy} said to me was > "Mike the money is good. And Tom Bogs can't punch hard."