15 Facts About Tyrone Everett

Tyrone Everett was a professional boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Tyrone Everett was a top-rated contender in the junior lightweight division during the 1970s.

Tyrone Everett's best known fight is a controversial decision loss to World Boxing Council Junior Lightweight Champion Alfredo Escalera on November 30,1976.

Tyrone Everett briefly quit after losing an amateur bout to Jerome Artis, but Jimmy Arthur, who trained Tyrone Everett, convinced him to return to the gym.

Tyrone Everett turned professional in 1971 and eventually made enough money to buy a bar, two apartment houses and a Cadillac.

On November 30,1976, Tyrone Everett challenged Alfredo Escalera for the World Boxing Council Junior Lightweight Championship at the Spectrum in Philadelphia.

Tyrone Everett was found alone in a second-floor bedroom at McKendrick's home.

Tyrone Everett died minutes later at a hospital from a gunshot wound to the head.

Tyrone Everett lived with McKendrick at her row house in South Philadelphia.

McKendrick, a mother of two, left her husband of almost three years in 1974 and started dating Tyrone Everett the following year.

Tyrone Everett was charged with murder, possession of an instrument of crime, and possession of heroin.

Tyrone Everett told the court that she felt threatened when Everett raised his hand and moved toward her.

Tyrone Everett further testified that Everett taunted McKendrick and tried to strike her before he was shot, but Price placed himself between them.

Tyrone Everett told the jury that McKendrick hit him on the head with the gun and then pointed it at Everett.

Tyrone Everett, who had four children before he died and another one after his death, was buried in an unmarked grave at Eden Cemetery in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.