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

[Bill Paxtom]

Wednesday ~ May 11, 1977

~ Mike Quarry Can't Say It, But Boxing Career Is Over ~

Mike Quarry
Age ..................... 26 years, 2 months
Total Bouts ........... '73'
Record ................. 59-9-4 {15 KO's}
Career .................. April 18, 1969 -thru- May 11, 1977 = {7 years, 1 month}
Total Rounds ........ '589'

Does not include;
* Sparring Sessions
* Gym Workouts with older brother Jerry Quarry
* Boxing Exhibitions
* Full-Contact Karate Matches and Exhibitions
* Amateur Career

But, was Mike Quarry's career really over ..........



Chuck Hamilton >
"In 1977, Mike was fighting on 'instinct' and natural repetition. He wasn't fighting on his skills anymore. It was
hard to watch. Mike would get hit, and his natural 'reaction' was to punch back and trade. Instead, he should
have been covering up and focused on defense, and/or move away."

"Mike was taking too many punches, to the head 'primarily'. In the bout with Mike Rossman, Mike took too many
punches 'flush'. I cringed every time I saw Rossman nail him with 'sucker' right-uppercuts. A good Professional
would never have been caught by so many 'sucker uppercuts', especially from way outside. Rossman couldn't
miss, even if he tried."

"Personally, I would have never put Mike in the Ring with Rossman in May 1977. Rossman was getting real
strong at the time {Age; 21 1/2}, as he was growing. And he was a real hard-puncher. It was 'not' a good
match-up for Mike, especially in New York."

"But they went for the short-end, and grabbed the money { $25,000 }, and threw Mike's health and well-being
out the window for a nice Fight Purse. That's the short-end way. Money, over your future health."