Michael Wayne "Mike" Quarry was a light heavyweight boxer. He had a record of 63-13-6 including 17 knockouts during his career, which began in 1969 and ended in 1982. Quarry was born in Bakersfield, California. He first began boxing at the age of 8 and obtained his license to fight as an amateur at 17. Mike tried to emulate his older brother Jerry Quarry, a renowned heavyweight fighter. " always felt like he didn't have his own identity," Robert Pearson, his brother-in-law, told the Los Angeles Times. "At one time Michael said, 'They might as well put on my epitaph: Here lies Jerry Quarry's little brother.'" He had his one chance at a title shot in 1972, when he went up against Bob Foster for the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association light heavyweight crowns. Quarry lost on a fourth-round knockout. Quarry died in La Habra, California; his death was attributed to pugilistic dementia, which also caused his brother Jerry's death. Mike Quarry's grave is in Shafter, California in Shafter Cemetery. [More at Wikipedia]

March 4th, 1951 in Bakersfield  /  Died:   Jun 11th, 2006 - Boxing-induced Dementia, at age 55