January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

NS@YAHOO.COM||||10|STEVE: There is no reason for either party to apologize,i do
not get in these wars for i believe bickering over the internet is trivial,i am
sure Forest Ward believes the same, must be at least a boxing fan,if not a
fighter.both of you made good points as far as i'm concerned, Also JQ was too
tough for his own good we said that all along, i followed the man's career of
course,where i grew up it was easy.I saw the Ali-Wepner bout they other day,
sure brought the memories back,RIGHT Joe Louis should have stopped the bout,But
Jerry was hot and maybe Joe was gonna give himn every chance of winning,WHO
KNOWS!I KNOW the man was bleeding bad,but he was so tough and refused to go
down.same as Norton bout,.Personally i was only 14, but very against the even
signing of the bout,i wanted JQ to get his entitled title shot and leave
"SMOKIN" JOE FRAZIER ALONE!!|
|1/18/03 02:06:22 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAI
NS@YAHOO.COM||||10|STEVE: There is no reason for either party to apologize,i do
not get in these wars for i believe bickering over the internet is trivial,i am
sure Forest Ward believes the same, must be at least a boxing fan,if not a
fighter.both of you made good points as far as i'm concerned, Also JQ was too
tough for his own good we said that all along, i followed the man's career of
course,where i grew up it was easy.I saw the Ali-Wepner bout they other day,
sure brought the memories back,RIGHT Joe Louis should have stopped the bout,But
Jerry was hot and maybe Joe was gonna give himn every chance of winning,WHO
KNOWS!I KNOW the man was bleeding bad,but he was so tough and refused to go
down.same as Norton bout,.Personally i was only 14, but very against the even
signing of the bout,i wanted JQ to get his entitled title shot and leave
"SMOKIN" JOE FRAZIER ALONE!!|
|1/18/03 07:22:33 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|The thing is
Jimmy D, Forest comes on here and says nothing positive at all so a reponse is
warrented. But rather than enter into an argument with him, I have tried to ask
him for some postive input. I do question his statement that both Jerry and Mike
had addictions to alcohol and cocaine. Maybe there was some substance use on
their parts, but addiction? I think this is unfounded. As far as Joe Louis
having some problem with drugs, prescripiton or otherwise, I don't have
knowledge of this and I can't comment on it. I do agree that Joe should have
stopped Jerry's second fight with Frazier sooner though. Interesting comment
Ken Norton had to say in his book about Jerry's condition. Basically Norton
said he had some concern that he casued some of the damage Jerry suffered from
but that it just as easily could have been himself who suffered from the damage
and he knew what he was getting into and so did Jerry when they entered into a
dangerous sport like boxing.|
|1/18/03 10:59:46 PM|CHARLES ANDERSON|PINE BLUFF
ARKANSAS||CTJJANDFAM@AOL.COM||||10|JOE LOUIS WAS A GREAT CHAMPION OF BOXING AND
GREAT CHAMPION OF HIS COUNTRY WHO DESERVED BETTER THAN HE GOT, BUT HE WAS IN NO
CONDITION TO REFEREE ANY BOUTS IN 1974 FOR ANYONE LET ALONE JERRY AND JOE. WHAT
ABOUT THE BOOK?|
|1/18/03 11:39:41 PM|FOREST WARD|SOUTH CAROLINA||WAYNE MAGGEE@CS.COM||||10|HI
FOLKS IF I MAY LET ME RESPOND TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED. #1
I WAS NOT CRITICAL OF STEVE, I THOUGHT HE WAS A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS FAN, MY
FEELINGS ARE SIMPLY STATED AS A BOXING HISTORIAN AND A FAN FOR OVER 40
YEARS.TRYING TO MAKE BOXING SAFER, IS COMPARABLE TO MAKING THE CIGARETTE SMOKING
SAFER, IT CANNOT BE DONE. A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO A FIGHTER WAS KILLED
HERE IN NEW YORK, THAT IS ALMOST 35 YEARS AFTER JERRY QUARRY MADE HIS DEBUT
THERE. I AM NOT CALLING FOR THE ABOLISHMENT OF BOXING OR CIGARETTE SMOKING, I
AM SIMPLY SAYING THAT THE RESULTS WILL NOT CHANGE, AND THE JERRY AND MIKE
QUARRY'S WILL MULTIPLY AND OLD FANS WILL TALK ABOUT THE QUARRY'S GLORY DAYS, AND
THESE GUYS WILL BE DAMAGED FOR LIFE, AND DEPEND ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND
CAREGIVERS TO CARE FOR THEM AT THE AGE OF 45. THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THE
AMERICAN DREAM TO ME, IT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF DICKENS. THE OLDER I GET