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May 19, 1858 County Laois, Leinster, Ireland Died on 05 Sep 1893 (aged 35)
American boxer
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About Mike Cleary
- Mike Cleary (May 19, 1858 in County Laois, Ireland – September 5, 1893 in Belfast, New York) was an Irish-American boxer. Cleary was born in County Laois, and emigrated to the United States.
- He was known as a quick and "scrappy" fighter.
- On October 18, 1882 he defeated the Middleweight Champion of America, John Rooke, in 3 rounds.
- Rooke had promised to knock Cleary out before the fourth round.Cleary suffered an accident which resulted in the amputation of a foot in 1893.
- He developed tuberculosis and died the same year.
- He was buried in Belfast, New York, but his body was moved next to his mother's plot at New Cathedral Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
