Mike Quarry born in Bakersfield, California, (March 4, 1951 – June 11, 2006) 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.
He first began boxing at the age of 8 and obtained his license to fight as an amateur at 17. Mike Quarry tried to emulate his older brother Jerry, a renowned heavyweight fighter. "(Mike) 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.'"
Mike Quarry 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. Mike Quarry's death was attributed to pugilistic dementia, which also caused Jerry Quarry's death. Mike Quarry's grave is in Shafter, California in Shafter Cemetery.