Professional Boxer. He was the younger brother of hard-punching heavyweight Jerry Quarry. Mike had a professional record of 63-13-6 with 17 knockouts in a career that spanned from 1969 to 1982. He brought a 36-0 record into the biggest fight of his career against Bob Foster for the light heavy weight title on June 6, 1972, in Las Vegas. Foster knocked out Quarry in the fourth round. Mike Quarry went on to fight another 10 years, but the loss to Foster haunted him. Quarry carried another burden throughout his life - being known as Jerry's little brother. Mike lacked the hard punch that was the hallmark of Jerry's career. Michael was a lot better boxer, but he would have to go the distance, and have to take a lot of the abuse you do when you go the distance.
Professional Boxer. He was the younger brother of hard-punching heavyweight Jerry Quarry. Mike had a professional record of 63-13-6 with 17 knockouts in a career that spanned from 1969 to 1982. He brought a 36-0 record into the biggest fight of his career against Bob Foster for the light heavy weight title on June 6, 1972, in Las Vegas. Foster knocked out Quarry in the fourth round. Mike Quarry went on to fight another 10 years, but the loss to Foster haunted him. Quarry carried another burden throughout his life - being known as Jerry's little brother. Mike lacked the hard punch that was the hallmark of Jerry's career. Michael was a lot better boxer, but he would have to go the distance, and have to take a lot of the abuse you do when you go the distance.
Bio by: Ron Moody
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