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Name
  
Tom McNeeley

Movies
  
Gone Baby Gone

Martial art
  
Boxing


Role
  
Boxer

Children
  
Peter McNeeley

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Died
  
October 25, 2011, Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Thomas William McNeeley Jr. (February 27, 1937 – October 25, 2011) was a heavyweight boxer in the 1950s and 1960s. He hailed from Arlington, Massachusetts, and played football for Michigan State University. McNeeley had his first professional bout at the Norwood Stockcar Arena July 17, 1958.

Tom McNeeley Tom McNeeley Jr 74 fought Floyd Patterson for heavyweight title

On December 4, 1961, McNeeley challenged Floyd Patterson for the world heavyweight championship. McNeeley was on the November 13, 1961 cover of Sports Illustrated. McNeeley served eight years as the boxing commissioner of the Massachusetts State Boxing Commission.

Tom McNeeley's son Peter McNeeley and father, Tom McNeeley Sr., were also boxers.

Tom McNeeley died on October 25, 2011 at the age of 74 of complications from a seizure.

Floyd patterson vs tom mcneeley 1961


References

Tom McNeeley Wikipedia


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