What is Tom McNeeley?
{{Infobox Boxer |name = Tom McNeeley |image = |imagesize = |realname = |nickname = Jr |weight = [[Heavyweight]] |height = 6′ 2″ (188 cm) |reach = |nationality = [[United States|American]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|2|27|df=y}} |birth_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts<ref name=boxrec/> |death_date = {{death date and age|2011|10|25|1937|2|27|df=y}} |death_place = Weymouth, Massachusetts <ref name=wapo>{{cite news|title=Thomas McNeeley Jr.|newspaper=Washington Post|page=B7|date=November 4, 2011}}</ref> |style = Orthodox<ref name=boxrec/> |total = 51<ref name=boxrec>{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=12712&cat=boxer|title=Tom McNeeley - Boxer|accessdate=November 4, 2011|archive-date=April 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429195440/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=12712&cat=boxer|url-status=dead}}</ref> |wins = 37 |draws = 0 |losses = 14 |no contests = 0 |KO = 28 }} '''Thomas William McNeeley, Jr.''' (February 27, 1937 – October 25, 2011) was a professional [[boxing|boxer]]. He was son of [[Tom McNeeley, Sr.]], who was also a professional boxer. McNeeley attended [[Michigan State University]] where he played football. His first professional fight was on July 17, 1958. He fought 25 times without losing. On December 4, 1961, McNeeley fought [[Floyd Patterson]] for the [[World Heavyweight Championship]]. Patterson retained his [[wikt:title|title]]. McNeeley retired after a June 14, 1966 fight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=012712&cat=boxer|title=Tom McNeely - Boxer|accessdate=November 4, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He later served on the [[Massachusetts Boxing Commission]] for eight years. He was also a [[U.S. Marshall]]. Later, he worked in the athletic department of the Massachusetts prison system and as a counselor for state employees. McNeeley's son, [[Peter McNeeley]] was also a pro