January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

|4/10/03 03:48:59 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|I read a Ken Norton
interview where he stated that Ali was an incredibly strong man in their
fights.I don't think fight fans give Ali enough credit in that department.He may
not have been a one punch knockout artist.He did , however, manage to grab most
of his opponents behind the neck , and pull their head down to waist level.He
also managed to tko George Forman and Joe Frazier.The only guys he couldn't seem
to hurt at will where Ken Norton and George Chuvalo. |
|4/10/03 03:49:33 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|George had his eye socket smashed by
Frazier. He required surgery for them to repair the cheekbone and eye socket.
George said it was the most painful thing ever. Hey ! Less of the bad mouthing
of Henry Cooper! He was'nt a bad fighter!|
|4/11/03 05:38:56 AM|Mark Sargeant|UK||lpu00mts@reading.ac.uk||||10| George
Chuvalo probably compares to Ali for having the best chin in heavyweight
history. Over 90 fights and not knocked down once is a incredible achievement
when you consider the calibre of fighters he faced from Ali, Foreman , Frazier
and Quarry to Patterson, Folley, Williams, Ellis, Bonanvena etc. He had
incredible reserve and strength in the ring and was a good fighter. His reaction
to events outside of the ring in his personal life make the man all the more
extradionary. A good fighter and an excellent man, boxing will rarely see his
like again.As for Henry Cooper, he really only had one notable win in his
career and that was an excellent victory over a prime Zoro Folley. Over than
that he was easily beaten by the other top fighters he faced, but continued to
dominate the European circuit for over 10 years. Joe Bugner was a better fighter
with a lot of durability. In a different era Cooper could have made a much
bigger impression with that awesome left hook, the best i've seen apart from
Tyson and Frazier, a very decent weapon, as a certain Ali found out.|
|4/11/03 06:04:00 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|EVEREN: Had
Cooper fought Chuvalo --who would you have bet on? |
|4/11/03 12:33:05 PM|EVREN|LONDON||@||||10|Difficult to say on that one. George
had this indestructable quality about him which would impose on Cooper's
fragility and walk right through. On the other hand Cooper, when required could
box and outsmart you. I would have to lean toward Chuvalo on this one though.
Regarding Cooper vs Folley I actually though Folley won that fight - he even
knocked Cooper down. Chuvalo was one of the roughest fighters I have ever seen,
in a nice way (if possible) He gave Buster Mathis one of the mightiest headbutts
in the first round that I have ever seen!!!!!!! He almost decapitated Mike
DeJohn while he was knocked through the ropes! Cooper beat of note :- Brian
London 3 times, Joe Erskine 3 times, Alex Mitteff, Wayne Bethea, Roy Harris,
Karl Mildenberger, Billy Walker and Jack Bodell. |
|4/11/03 01:38:51 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@yahoo.com||||10|Gang:I definetly would have to bet on
Chuvalo for sure,Cooper was a good fighter, and a great gentleman,whom,was the
victim of a "bad" decision vs Bugner,but man I'd have to say bet the house on
GEORGE CHUVALO!Just witnessed the entire Norton-Quarry bout,What a war!!Jerry's
last great bout.if he 'd have quit for sure then,and stayed with the CBS sports
spectacular thing,and not sparred with Bobby(AND TRY TO KILL EACH OTHER
EVERYDAY).WE'D still have the articulate Irishman around,But there's no quit in
a Quarry,TAKE CARE!|
|4/11/03 02:11:09 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I would have to
go with Chuvalo over Cooper. Cooper's knockout by Patterson was really a bad
mark against him.|
|4/11/03 08:46:08 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Hey,Jimmy Dorsey,SORRY
FEARLESS LEADER LARRY,but I don't think Jerry had anything left to prove by the
time he was exploited by Norton.I think Norton waited till he knew Quarry was
thouroughly used up as a fighter before he dared to fight him. Jerry Quarry
standing toe to toe with Frazier in their second fight was his greatist
acomplishment.On that day,no one else but Quarry would have lasted as long.Not