January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

name another fighter who achieved what George did over a period of 30 years
including the Olympic Gold with these limited abilities.I love Quarry to bits
and have most of the material available on him. But to say that he could have
beaten Foreman is unrealistic in my opinion. True, you never can tell what can
happen in the ring but statistics speak for ability in this case.For those who
say George is just a slugger I say to them you have EXTREMELY LIMITED knowledge
of Boxing.Watch Foreman against Jack O'Halloran and see how George outboxes the
bigger man for a few rounds then destroys him. |
|12/6/02 07:34:55 PM|Jeffery Smith|New Orleans||jls@runbox.com||||6|Perhaps I'm
overrating him here, but in retrospect, whenever I expected George to win, he
lost (Ali, Young, Holyfield, Morrison), and whenever I expected Jerry to lose,
he won (Foster, Lyle, Shavers, Mathis). And it is because he won against
overwhelming power punchers. My "vision" of Jerry is not from 1974 on, but
between 1967 and 1974, when he was at his prime. Some fighters are able to fight
and do a credible job for 3 decades (Foreman), and some are at their peak for a
relatively short time (Quarry, Frazier). I thought Frazier was unbeatable. I
thought Foreman was unbeatable. I thought Tyson was unbeatable. When they lost,
they lost BIG, as in humiliating defeats. Jerry was tiny by today's standards,
but he packed more oomph in 200 lbs than anyone other than Dempsey and
Marciano.Jerry Quarry had the misfortune of having been born in the same
era as Frazier and Ali. He was a much smarter and faster boxer than Foreman. I
love George to death, but he was a bulldozer who could be avoided. He was
probably at his best when he fought Boone Kirkman the first time because he
didn't stop to admire his work. Two years later, he stopped not to admire his
work but to catch his breath. His feet were in cement. Jerry had a field day
with guys with their feet in cement.I'm not trying to be difficult. I
rehearsed Quarry versus Foreman 1,000 in my head. Jerry always won. :-
)By the way, I saw Jack O'Halloran fight many times (he became a San
Diego native soon after George ate his lunch). Another truly good guy, but not a
fighter. Mac Foster demolished him in one as I remember.|
|12/6/02 07:45:09 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||geraldschultz162@msn.com||||10|On this
Foreman thing, Evren you certainly have right to your view, and I may be
repeating my take on this, but I don't see big George your way. Foreman was
runner-up for the Olympics in '68. The winner was a Quarry-like Clay Hodges, who
went to Vietnam, so George could win the gold. George won that gold by being a
huge intimidating kid, not by being the best, which is no discredit to Foreman.
The best man cannot win if he doesn't think he can. Foreman has admited to
respecting Quarry a great deal, and dodging him. They make a great match,
slugging/pursuing George vs. tough/ counterpunching quicker Quarry, which was
the same thing, basically as Frazier/Quarry. Only Jerry's lack of defense skills
kept him from beating Joe, who he could clearly outbox. Joe had better
fundementals than George, but not his size. The Foreman I recall had flat feet,
poor balance, no real jab, and poor defense, power and size being his major
assets. I don't agree that George is #2, considering Louis, Marciano, Tyson,
Tunney and others who dominated for long stretches with just one belt to chase.
Foreman did look perhaps his best in Frazier2, but as Perielta, Lyle, Young and
Ali showed, could be outboxed by guys who weren't intimidated by him. Jerry
definitely fits that profile. We will never be able to truly solve this, and
it's just opinion, but I see Jerry as a match for not just for Foreman, but also
Norton, Holyfield and Larry Holmes, all of whom many regard pretty highly.
Movement fighters with height, like Ali and Ellis, to me, gave Quarry more
trouble than the Lyles and Shavers who charged him, as George undoubtedly
would.|
|12/6/02 08:18:52 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Jimmy D, I
spoke to Bobby Quarry earlier in the week and he said the Battle of The Bouncers
and tribute to Jerry Quarry is going to be January 4, 2003 at The Dome in
Bakersfield, formally called Strongbow Stadium. It looks like it is a go this