Tyrone Everett

Everett, who had a professional record was 36-1 with 20 knockouts, was inducted into the Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.

John DiSanto, a fight fan who grew up in Philadelphia, went to Eden Cemetery in 2005 to pay his respects at Everett's grave. "But I couldn't find his grave," DiSanto said. "Then I saw there was no stone or marker where he was buried, just grass. I was struck by his story and had been doing a website devoted to Philadelphia boxing history for about a year. I thought this would just be an extension of what I was doing — honoring these guys with something worth caring about."

On December 10, 2005, members of Everett's family — his mother, Doris, and his brothers, Mike and Eddie — were on hand for the placement of Everett's headstone.

At the time of Everett's death, he was scheduled to have a rematch with Escalera in Puerto Rico in June 1977.

On May 26, 1977, Everett was shot and killed by his girlfriend, Carolyn McKendrick, after she came home and found him with a transvestite named Tyrone Price.

On December 2, 1977, McKendrick was convicted of third-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime, but she was acquitted on the charge of heroin possession. A jury of eight men and four women deliberated for 2½ hours before reaching the decision. On June 28, 1979, she was sentenced to five-to-ten years in prison.

On November 30, 1976, Everett challenged Alfredo Escalera for the World Boxing Council Junior Lightweight Championship at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. After fifteen rounds, Escalara was awarded a highly controversial split decision victory over the slick southpaw. Tom Cushman of the Philadelphia Daily News wrote:

Everett lived with McKendrick at her row house in South Philadelphia. She was married but separated. McKendrick, a mother of two, left her husband of almost three years in 1974 and started dating Everett the following year.

Everett turned professional in 1971 and eventually made enough money to buy a bar, two apartment houses and a Cadillac. "Money is the only reason I'm fighting," he once said. "Man, you gotta be out of your mind to say you like to fight. Who wants to get in the ring and get beat up?"

Tyrone Everett (April 18, 1953 – May 26, 1977) was a professional boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He was a top-rated contender in the junior lightweight division during the 1970s. His best known fight is a controversial decision loss to World Boxing Council Junior Lightweight Champion Alfredo Escalera on November 30, 1976. Everett was killed by his girlfriend on May 26, 1977, after she found him with a transvestite.

Known as "The Mean Machine," Everett was a sublimely skilled southpaw. The Associated Press called him "a classic boxer, using the ropes, deceptive power and skillful counter-punching." In the book Philadelphia's Boxing Heritage 1876-1976, the authors stated that Everett "could do everything that champion Pernell Whitaker could do, and Everett was a harder puncher."