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.

On October 18, 1882 he defeated the Middleweight Champion of America, John Rooke, in 3 rounds.

[1] Cleary suffered an accident which resulted in the amputation of a foot in 1893.

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.