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

[Bill Paxtom]

May 1, 1977

~ Mike Quarry and Mike Rossman Set for 3rd-Bout ~

Mike Quarry and Mike Rossman will do it one more time {Number 3}, when
they tangle on Wednesday Night - May 11th at Madison Square Garden.

The Light-Heavyweight bout will be televised by NBC-TV. The bout will be
the Preliminary Bout before the 'highly-anticipated' Heavyweight bout between
Ken Norton and Duane Bobick.

This bout will be a 'Special 11-Round Bout', and the Officials have been
asked to score 'no' Even Rounds.

Mike Quarry {Age; 26 years, 2 months} is ranked as the #8 WBC Light-Heavyweight
and will bring in a record of 59-8-4 with {15 KO's}.

Mike Rossman {Age; 21 years, 10 months} is ranked as the #8 WBC Middleweight
has a record of 29-3-3 with {17 KO's}.

Rossman has stated that he is now campaigning as a Light-Heavyweight.

Mike Quarry, who is trained by older brother Jerry, has brought in 'highly regarded'
Trainer - Eddie Futch to fine tune his younger brother.

Jerry Quarry >
"Mike has prepared well for this bout. Teddy Brenner told me that if Mike wins, he will
get WBA Champion - Victor Galindez here {Madison Square Garden} sometime in the
late-Summer for us."

"This is Mike's big opportunity, and maybe his last one. He know's that he has to win."