January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

fighters like him. I wonder if 30 years later Middleton wonders about, "what
might have been." if got a couple of breaks along the way. That's what saddens
me when I think about Jimmy Young, he got the break and let it slip away ( I
still like him just the same). That's why I treasure a Marciano,or a Frazier.
They had talent sure, but maybe even more importantly they had the drive and
determination. They had to sacrifice and pay the price, and God Bless them they
did.|
|3/22/03 02:12:45 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||10|I agree that
Jimmy Ellis was a very good, underrated heavy, who gave Joe Frazier a good
fight.Even healthy and ready, Jerry Q would have had to work very hard to beat
him, though I think he would have. Rock and Joe to me personify truly courageous
fighters who overcame clear disadvantages with heart and power to be remarkable
champions. Archie Moore is another to be considered in this light. Previous
posts mention 'breaks' going against good fighters, How about how long Ken
Norton, who did not get to really contend until his 6th year despite a great
record? I think even Muhammed Ali realized that without a real public persona to
draw the public, he too would be on the outside looking in. Joe F. was very
aware that if he ever lost prior to his fight with Ali, he might be dropped by
his management, pretty motivational stuff I think. Meanwhile some guys like
Jerry had the red carpet for much of their career right from the start. Jimmy
Young did throw it away. I think an even better guy who blew it that way was
Greg Page. Thanks. P.S. I don't think Jerry's accomplishment in '65 at the
Golden Gloves is still yet given it's proper due. All KOs, wow! Almost like a
Hollywood movie.|
|3/22/03 04:41:22 PM|Keith White|Seattle, WA||QUARRYJKW74@AOL.COM||||10|Could
Jerry Quarry have beaten ANYBODY in the history of heavyweight boxing the night
he beat undefeated Ron Lyle in Madison Square Garden???? Was this the "perfect
shape and in tune Jerry" this particular night?|
|3/22/03 06:21:13 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|No|
|3/22/03 07:55:53 PM|Forest Ward|South carolina||joekevin@cs.com||||10|Gerry,
you are right about Greg Page what a waste of talent. Page had more talent in
his thumb nail than most Hall of Fame Fighters have in a life time. The 1st
time I saw him fight was in Nov. or Dec of 1976. Ten american heavyweights were
matched against 10 russian heavyweights, at Madison Square Garden. At the time
Page was unknown (at least to me anyway). He was 17 or 18 weighed approx. 212
and had a perfect build. He got knocked down in the fight, got up and lost a
decision. I thought Page won the fight, but more importantly I thought I was
looking at "Greatness." Page showed so much in that fight, speed of foot, quick
hands a good jab, good right hand... But for some reason he never applied
himself. Strangely even fighting at half speed Page had some sucess in the
pro's. Tony Tubbs also fought that night and I was impressed with him too (
although no where near the degree Page impressed me). He had a "soft body," but
he was quick of hand and foot too. A lot of those young heavyweights in the
late 70's and early 80's, Page, Tubb, Dokes... They seemed to want to emulate
Muhammad Ali. The Ali of the middle to late 70's, who many times would not
train seriously for a fight. And as a result appeared fat and almost lazy on
occasion. Instead, they should have emulated the Clay/Ali of thr 60's and early
70's, who even when he fought an inferior foe still came into the ring in top
shape. Witherspoon, Page and those other guys behaved as if they were on
"scholarships." The fans owed them a living.That is why even though there are
a lot of things I didn't like about Ray Leonard, I always admired him as a
fighter. He was a gladiator. He was willing to be knocked down, cut ...
whatever but he would stll give a 100% and fight to the end. I feel thayt way
about Oscar Del A Hoya too.Please I hope no one misunderstands me, I feel
for Greg Page in his present condition, and I could go on about what I think
needs to be done with boxing. But I've already done that enough on this site.|
|3/24/03 07:14:37 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|JIMMY DORSEY: No,