January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

with a short left hook that knocked the man down and out in a bloody heap. My co
worker, the former deputy sheriff, recounted the story and he said that when he
arrived on the scene, he thought that the man was paralized except that one of
the man's feet was twichting as the man laid there unconscious in a pool of
blood. No charges were brought agaisnt Jerry as it was a clear case of self
defense. Oh by the way, the man was said to be about 6'6" tall and about 260
pounds. I asked Jimmy Q about this once and he told me the same story. My
feeling is this is a true story because Jerry's brother and a retired police
officer told me the same story.|
|11/28/02 10:25:00 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||ronnyrains@yahoo.com||||10|STEVE:living most of my life in the SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY,we used to hear all kinds of JERRY QUARRY stories,(STREET STUFF
THAT IS).One he broke both hands on a guy,and broke the guys jaw in 2 places,
one the police in Bakersfield were asking"can we cuff you MR. QUARRY,can we cuff
you?" Most of my info came from Jerry's close friend a welterweight named Billy
Wagner, who is now deseased.Wagner fought at they old strelich stadium in
BAKERSFIELD.Wagner was also going to introduce me to JQ, never materialized,What
really bummed me out was stepping into the SPORTS BOOK at the Las Vegas Hilton,
and a cocktail waitress said "DO you remember Jerry Quarry he was just here!!"|
|11/28/02 10:25:29 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||ronnyrains@yahoo.com||||10|STEVE:living most of my life in the SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY,we used to hear all kinds of JERRY QUARRY stories,(STREET STUFF
THAT IS).One he broke both hands on a guy,and broke the guys jaw in 2 places,
one the police in Bakersfield were asking"can we cuff you MR. QUARRY,can we cuff
you?" Most of my info came from Jerry's close friend a welterweight named Billy
Wagner, who is now deseased.Wagner fought at they old strelich stadium in
BAKERSFIELD.Wagner was also going to introduce me to JQ, never materialized,What
really bummed me out was stepping into the SPORTS BOOK at the Las Vegas Hilton,
and a cocktail waitress said "DO you remember Jerry Quarry he was just here!!"|
|11/28/02 05:10:16 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|LET ME BE MORE SPECIFIC, MOST OF JERRY'S
"STREET BRAWL" STORIES. ARE WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, AND NOT A SEASONED PRO, LIKE HE
OWNED VIKINGS HALL OF FAME TACKLE RON YARY IN HIGH SCHOOL,THEN THEY BECAME BEST
FRIENDS,I REMEMBER WHEN JERRY AND DEACON JONES WERE PROMOTING BOXING SHOWS UNDER
"salt and pepper enterprises" in Los Angeles.|
|11/28/02 05:27:00 PM|Kent |La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|I really
don't think Jerry went looking for trouble but that some people, even after he
became well known, wanted to try and take him on. I met Jerry in person and I
am about 5'11" tall and Jerry seemed about the same size as me. He may have
been slightly taller than me but I didn't notice much of a difference. My point
is, people who thought they were tough wouldn't be imtimdated by his prescence.
Plus, Jerry was an easy going guy and I don't think he was that easy to provoke
but some people were probably stupid enough to cross over the line. |
|11/28/02 09:17:12 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@
YAHOO.COM||||10|KENT: yes I agree Iv'e had alot of people tell me some would
take a sucker shot at Quarry, just to say "They hit Jerry Quarry" And i'm sure
alot of them paid for it, I know he had that scuffle with the pipeliners up in
Alaska, where one pulled a gun,Even "Irish" Mike Nixon SCUFFLED with Jerry|
|11/28/02 09:27:48 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@yahoo.com||||10|Kent: Where did you talk to JQ AGAIN? And
what where the circumstances,in other words elaborate for us Kent,Was he still
boxing? or still in the top ten rankings? Sorry to put you on the spot,But had a
boring Thanksgiving, except for watching the Redskins blow another one to
Dallas!!Where is John Riggins when they need e'm? ?|
|11/29/02 12:58:52 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Jimmy D, I
met Jerry at a bar in the early 1980s and he was just about through with his
career. Jerry was in a place in Costa Mesa, Ca (near Newport Beach). I can't