Name: "Irish" Pat McMurtry
Number Five Heavyweight Contender in 1957
- Defeated Ezzard Charles (W 10).
- Defeated Bobo Olson (KO 2).
- Defeated George Chuvalo (W 10).
- Defeated Charley Norkus (W 10).
- Defeated Henry Hall (W 10).
- Defeated Howard King (W 10).
- Winner of three Pacific Northwest Golden Gloves Middleweight championships.
- Won the All-Marine Heavyweight Crown.
- Became a referee after retiring from the ring.
- Inducted into the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame.
- won 33 (KO 25) + lost 4 (KO 2) + drawn 1 = 38
rounds boxed 184 : KO% 65.79
- http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=034178&cat=boxer
Favorite Book: "Davey Crockett" by Irwin Shapiro
"The first book I read, and completed, was "Davey Crockett" in the 7th grade. I like reading biographies. I read "Truman" and I read General Patton's biography. Thank God Patton was on our side! I also read anything about the Marine Corps. I subscribe to "Leatherneck" magazine every month and I enjoy going through it. I don't like fiction. I like to read about real people's lives." |