Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2007.24.039

Description

Brothers Pat and Mike McMurtry stand among the champion boxers of the 1951 Vancouver B.C. Sun-Diamond Belt Championship. Just three years later, Pat won the NCAA heavyweight title while boxing for Idaho State College. And Pat turned pro, beginning a successful professional career. Pat posted an impressive 103-2 record as an amateur before turning pro in 1954 and went 33-4-1 as a pro, winning his first 16 fights. In this photo of winning boxers standing in the ring are from left to right: Mike McMurtry, Pat McMurtry, Bill Pinkus, Dick Graddon, Len Kupchak, Len Walters, Bob Shires and Willie Ira.

Made/Created

Date made

1951 - 1952

Place

Location

Vancouver, B.C.

Lexicon

Search Terms

Boxing, Professional/Semi-Pro, College

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Mike

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Pat

Person or Organization

Pinkus, Bill

Person or Organization

Graddon, Dick

Person or Organization

Kupchak, Len

Person or Organization

Walters, Len

Person or Organization

Shires, Bob

Person or Organization

Ira, Willie

Person or Organization

Vancouver B.C. Sun-Diamond Belt Championship

Related Events

Event

1951 Vancouver Sun-Diamond Belt Tournament