Peter McNeeley
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"Hurricane" Peter McNeeley (born October 6, 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former heavyweight boxer best known for his 1995 fight with Mike Tyson, in which McNeeley was knocked out after 89 seconds (it was technically a disqualification, as McNeeley was DQ'ed after his manager Vinnie Vecchione threw in a towel to stop his fighter from taking anymore punishment after the second knockdown).
McNeeley is the son of former heavyweight contender Tom McNeeley. McNeeley won the USBF heavyweight championship with a second round stoppage of Mike Sam at the Fleet Center in Boston in his next fight. He recorded four consecutive early-round knockouts over a nine month stretch before he suffered another setback at the hands of journeyman Louis Monaco in Denver on July 13, 1996.
Now living in Norwood, Massachusetts, McNeeley spends his time in the gym teaching others to box, most recently working with members of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute wrestling team.
Apart from the fight with Tyson, other notable opponents include Eric "Butterbean" Esch and Henry Akinwande. Esch stopped McNeeley in the first round in their meeting in 1999, while Akinwande was able to stop him in the second round of their meeting in 2001.
McNeeley attended Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
[edit] Legal troubles
- In 1998, McNeeley was discovered passed out in a Medfield, Massachusetts D'Angelo's sub shop. Newspaper reports indicated that he was intoxicated.
- In March 2006, McNeeley was arrested in Norwood, MA, after he punched a man and stole his wallet containing 50 dollars.
- On June 29, 2006, McNeeley was arrested for driving the getaway car used in a robbery of a Walgreens in Stoughton, Massachusetts. After searching the car, police recovered $180 in cash and a black fanny pack which had also been stolen from the store.
