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

[Bill Paxtom]

Thursday ~ May 10, 1973

Brondy Hallen ~ Copenhagen, Denmark

Attendance ........ { 4040 } ....... Capacity { 4500 }
Gate Receipts ...... $38,000 {U.S. Dollars}

* Mike Quarry - 38-1-2 {12 KO's} ~ 5' 11" ~ 174 lbs. {Age; 22 years, 2 months}
vs.
* Tom Bogs - 66-5-1 {24 KO's} ~ 5' 9 1/2" ~ 174 lbs. ~ {Age; 28 years, 6 months}
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~ The Skinny ~

Mike Quarry is ranked at #3 WBA and #6 WBC at Light-Heavyweight.

Mike who is under the guidance of Gil Clancy {New York} will be having his '3rd-Bout'
in '37-Days'.

Mike's last bout only 17-Days ago {April 23rd}, was a 'rough-battle' with veteran Hal 'TNT' Carroll.

Tom Bogs is the European Middleweight Champion, and is the #10 WBA Middleweight.

Bogs can no longer make {160 lbs.}, and is moving up to Light-Heavyweight.
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~ Bogs Wins Narrow Decision ~

~ Bogs Outpoints Quarry ~

~ Tom Bogs Scores Unanimous Decision Over Mike Quarry ~

~ Mike Quarry Defeated By European Champ ~

In one of the best bouts seen here in Copenhagen in years took place tonight, as both fighters
displayed excellent technical boxing.

Denmark Hero - Tom Bogs used a 'brilliant' left-jab and rallied strongly over the last 3-Rounds
to win a 'narrow' Unanimous 10-Round Decision over visiting American - Mike Quarry.

Both fighters weighed in at {174 lbs.}, but Quarry was the harder-hitter over the first 3-Rounds,
as he went after Bogs with a hard-assault, by dishing in left-hooks and uppercuts in an attempt
to end the bout early.

Quarry also 'nicked' Bogs over his left-eye with a left-hook in Round 2. But the Denmark Hero held
his own over the first 3-Rounds, and started to 'dish-out' with his own solid punches in Round 4.

In Round 5, the action got heated inside, and Quarry 'head-butted' Bogs, opening the cut over his
left-eye. The Referee - Herber Tomser 'warned' the American for illegal use of the head.

In Round 6, Bogs went after Quarry fast, and slammed in several 'hard' right-hands into the
American's face, which opened a cut on Quarry's left eye-brow.

In the best Round of the night {Round 7}, both fighters went at it 'tooth-and-nail', slamming each
other with their best power-punches. In a 'critical moment', Quarry accidentally head-butted Bogs
over his left-eye again, causing the 'cut' to open and to start bleeding again.

The Referee halted the action, to check out the cut, but he let the bout go on. From that point,
Bogs moved in close and used his fast left-jabs and movement to detour Quarry's attack.

Quarry was warned 'several times' over the last 4-Rounds for illegal-use of his head {butting}.

Scorecards
* 6-4-0 > {Tom Bogs}
* 5-4-1 > {Tom Bogs}
* 5-4-1 > {Tom Bogs}

The Associated Press scored the bout {5-4-1} for Tom Bogs.

Fight Purses
* Mike Quarry ...... $18,000 {U.S Dollars} {Plus Travel and Hotel Expenses}
* Tom Bogs ......... $10,000 {U.S. Dollars}
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After Bout Comments

Mike Quarry >
"He was very fast and is a well-moving fighter. I thought that the bout could have been ruled
a Draw. It was real close."

"I would like another go at him. I know that I can beat him."