Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2007.24.092Description
Pat McMurtry is ready to go on the attack after knocking Bill Boatman to the canvas in a professional heavyweight fight back in 1954 at the Tacoma Armory. Referee Davey Ward waits for Boatman to get up to his feet. McMurtry, who was in his first year as a pro fighter, won the fight and continued his climb to contention. In a few years, McMurtry's father, Clarence McMurtry, who was his son's manager, turned down an offer to fight heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson. It was a decision Pat would regret.Made/Created
Date made
1954Place
Location
Tacoma Armory, Tacoma, WALexicon
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Boxing, Professional/Semi-ProRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
McMurtry, PatPerson or Organization
Boatman, BillPerson or Organization
Ward, Dave