January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

checked around -- Jose Urtain was 49 when he killed himself in Madrid.|
|1/31/03 03:55:32 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|I read somewhere,I
forget where,a story in which Joe Farris stated that Ike Cayton and himself saw
Jerry Quarry knock Norton out in a training session.Anyone have more info. on
that? Hey Evren,What I meant by single mindedness is being able to stick to your
opinion or the facts if you know your correct.Forest,that's a great story on the
Mathis fight.I enjoy getting that kind of information.even with pay-per-
view,nothing beats the excitment of being at ringside at a live fight!I don't
think anyone condones wife beating,and I agree that guys like Mike Tyson
,Bowe,and Tony Ayala are little better that thugs.However,I don't care!All I
care about is how they perform in the ring.I'm sure Ron Lyle must have done
something wrong to serve all those years in prison.He was,however,a very
exciting fighter to watch.Boxing is a brutal business.Most participants are not
angels. |
|2/1/03 05:23:41 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|I recently watched Urtain's bout with
Henry Cooper and felt he was very limited. He was also very very rough, but when
Henry returned the favour he lost heart. That was his first loss other than an
earlier DQ to Alfredo Vogrig.Other notable fighter he met were:-Jurgen
Blin(WPTS15,LPTS15,),Greg Peralta(LKO8),Jack Bodell(WKO2),Jose
Roman(LPTS10,DPTS8)Richard Dunn(WKO4),Vincente Rondon(WPTS8),Alfredo
Evangelista(LKO5), Jean-Pierre Coopman(LKO4). He died by throwing himself from a
10th floor window.Not sure if anyone heard but James Broad the 80's contender
died penniless a few months back. Also recently we have lost Chuck Davey, Paul
Pender and Vince Martinez. |
|2/1/03 07:07:38 PM|forest ward|south carolina||joekevin@cs.com||||8|I am
somewhat surprised about the interest in Urtain. It was reportd a few years ago
shortly after Urtain committed suicide;that he was very depressed over the fact
that his career was a sham and that he was a homosexual. And as a result he
killed himself. I am sure as is the cases with most suicides the truth lies
somewhere in the middle and we will never know the reason why.|
|2/2/03 03:08:13 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Very sad story
about Jose Urtain. It seems his whole life was surronded by lies. About his
prowess as a boxer and apparently also about his personal life. However, I hope
some people don't read into it that boxing was a source of his problems. Anybody
who commits suicide usually has deep rooted problems that would be there
regardless if he was involved in boxing or not.|
|2/2/03 01:44:58 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|Anyone have more on the death of Eddie
Machen ? I'm a real fan of his and really admired his ability.|
|2/3/03 07:23:24 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Cleveland Williams
also passed away about two years ago. He was struck by a car and died from
internal injuries. |
|2/3/03 01:54:41 PM|joe krause|chicago||sadmspats@yahoo.com||||10|Machen fell
out of a window I heard. I have no idea how it happened. He trained Spencer
for the Quarry fight of course then ??. Good fighter, under appreciated to be
sure.|
|2/3/03 02:17:16 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Leotis Martin who
kayoed Liston also died as did Ted Gullick who was once an up and coming
heavyweight in the Cleveland area I believe. He fought Foreman and went out in
2.|
|2/3/03 02:47:00 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||ronnyrains@yahoo.com||||10|thank you MR.GERARD AND MR.WARD,on they
info.Evren I have an article on Machen,i'll have to find it,going back to the
world ratings on Quarry,they ring magazine actually did Jerry they best although
they gave him they #1 grudingly for 4 months of 1970 (hell-he earned it ).W.B.A,
A CLOSE SECOND,(they were they official committe). and the W.B.C WAS completely
political of there snubbing of Jerry,they had him unranked when he fought ali in
1970,what a sham job.|