Mike H. Fitzgerald co-authored a book with Tennessee-based boxing writer David Hudson entitled Boxing's Most Wanted (ISBN 1-57488-714-9), and also judges professional boxing

Professional Boxing

Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided among the fighters and promoters as determined by contract...

 matches.

Fitzgerald is the author of boxing's all-time knockout leader, Archie Moore

Archie Moore

Archie Moore, born Archibald Lee Wright , was light heavyweight world boxing champion who had one of the longest professional careers in the history of that sport....

's biography, The Ageless Warrior (ISBN 978-1582612553).

He also co-authored books on Ken Norton

Ken Norton

Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. is a former heavyweight boxer. He is best known for his 12-round victory over a peak Muhammad Ali where he famously broke Ali's jaw, on March 31, 1973, becoming only the second man to defeat Ali as a professional .He and Ali...

, Earnie Shavers

Earnie Shavers

Earnie Dee Shaver , better known as Earnie Shavers, is an American former professional boxer and is widely considered along with George Foreman as the hardest punchers of all time...

 and Craig Bodzianowski.

Fitzgerald had about 20 amateur bouts, won a Toughman Contest

Toughman Contest

The Toughman Contest, founded in 1979 in Bay City, Michigan by boxing promoter Art Dore, is a chance for the novice amateur fighters to test themselves in the ring.-Format:...

 in Dubuque, Iowa

Dubuque, Iowa

Dubuque is a city in and the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River. In 2010 its population was 57,637, making it the ninth-largest city in the state and the county's population was 93,653....

 in 1991 and had one bout as a professional boxer at the Fieldhouse in Madison.

Fitzgerald lives in Janesville, Wisconsin

Janesville, Wisconsin

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, with his wife Debra and son Ross.