January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

THING IS MINT AND VERY RARE.........IF INTERESTED GIVE ME AN OFFER...........PS
I ALSO HAVE THE BRITISH CLOSED CIRCUIT VERSION OF THIS FIGHT..........ALI AND
FOREMAN GET AT EACH OTHER.....BOTH COPIES ARE MINT AND RARE|
|12/8/02 05:54:04 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|Just watched the disappointing fights
between Mayweather and Castillo and Klitschko-McCline(zzzzzzzzz).Then I watched
Kid Gavilan fight Danny 'Bang Bang' Womber..1953..oh my what a difference. Both
guys fighting their hearts out (for next to nothing I guess) unafraid of each
other but with consumate skill.A wholy awesome fight and a great upset - there
was'nt a title on the line - it was'nt necessary! I feel the fifties and sixties
were the pinnacle of boxing. It was as if the point of ascent for skill had just
reached it's peak in boxers and the 'desire'that fighters had was at it's
highest plateau before big money ruined most fighters appetites as their hunger
waned. It's interesting to note how often the guys fought back then -
Gavilan won his title in May 1951 - defending it once more that year - he also
in between title fights had another 5 bouts. In 1952 he had 9 bouts(all wins) -
3 of which were title fights. 1953 there were 10 more bouts (9wins)-3 of which
were title fights. Amongst the fighters he beat in them 3 years - Eugene Silent
Hairston, Johnny Bratton(twice/1 draw), Billy Graham(twice), Walter
Cartier,Bobby Dykes, Gil Turner, Chuck Davey, Ralph Tiger Jones and Carmen
Basilio !!!!In his title winning year of 1951 he was unbeaten in 12 ! 29 wins 1
loss and 1 draw in those three magical years in the Pabst Blue Ribbon Age of
Boxing of the early fifties..aaahhh|
|12/9/02 06:08:25 PM|Jeffery Smith|New Orleans||jls@runbox.com||||6|That
heavyweight fight was a snoozer. McCline seemed to be too terrifed to fight
other than a few acts of bravery with grimacing and grunting. And Vladimir
didn't do any more work than he had to do (almost none). I think Vlad is better
than Vitali, so the Lewis fight might be interesting. Or it might be just like
this one.Next week is Holyfield and Byrd. Lord, I hope you poor guys in
London don't have to wait until 4:00 a.m. to see these things. Are they tape
delayed?|
|12/9/02 06:39:28 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|Kent I have that particular tape JERRY
QUARRY VS RON CRANMER(MR.JIMMY SENT IT TO ME).Cranmer was a white boy, he looked
to wheigh about 190. Jerry missed a left hook, the first punch of the fight that
would have koed Cranmer. i'm sure,JERRY had all the points took away and the
crowd booed, they weren't that bad, But Cranmer would have won anyway, in fact
they had him winning every round.|
|12/9/02 07:15:08 PM|gerry schultz|ohio||geraldschultz162@msn.com||||9|One thing
about a point of view is it is always a work in progress, and I've definitely
had fun and learned a few things on this site. In rethinking a few things, I can
see where Jerry fighting Foreman might be much the same as his fighting Frazier.
To me, Jerry had a real chance to win, and found Joe a lot in their fights,
before losing in a great effort. A fight in '73 with Foreman might well have
gone the same way, I just again see where Jerry could beat him. Maybe that in
and of itself is enough. Holmes the boxer would give him a lot touble with
movement and jab, and probably would defeat Jerry, but again I see where Jerry
could beat him. His fight with Norton did not represent Jerry's ability at all.
It may sound denegrating, I don't mean for it to be. Foreman, Frazier,
Holyfield, Norton, Holmes are all men of accomplishment, where Jerry must get
the benefit of speculation while having not quite gotten there. I simply see
where his possibilities were with these guys, which is a good compliment in
itself. Also, I consider Jerry champ-caliber, though he did not actually get
there. I hope that clarifies a little. |
|12/10/02 12:52:05 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca ||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Wladimir
Klitschko did what he had to do to defeat McCline. McCline seemed to only have
one plan, to set the tempo with his jab; and when it became apparent that he
couldm't out jab Klitschko, he didn't seem to know what to do. He had some