January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Classic Tuesday May 13th at 6:30pm They will be showing The Forgotten
Heavyweight Jerry Quarry.I had emailed ESPN Classic to see if they could
show the first Frazier Quarry fight! Let's hope!Thank you all for keeping
Jerry Quarry's memory alive.Ben|
|5/12/03 05:56:53 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||10|Thanks, Kent
for the wedding congrats. Had to respond to a couple of things since posted. I
agree regarding Tyson, he had (has ?) tremendous two-handed power and handspeed
prior to prison and the fact that he missed some of the suggested matchups, to
me, takes nothing from him. I have him at least Top 10-12 all time. Morrison
had, I think, a similar standing with the best heavies of his day (Tyson, Bowe,
Holyfield )that JQ had in his. His career ended at only 29, and people forget he
was leading Mercer when he got caught finishing him. I rate him a little better
than Cooney, who had a lot of talent but came up short on heart in key fights.
Bobick, from what I read, did not follow up on his amateur success and was very
cocky. He did get the nod over Larry Holmes and Teofilo Stevenson as a amateur,
though. Speaking of Holmes, some of his weaker performances were listed again in
regard to fighters who took him deep in his defenses. I still feel that JQ-
Holmes would be a very good match, and not as lopsided for Holmes as some think.
Finally, Mr. Ward, whose postings have been interesting reads, I have to respond
to your swipe at Jimmy Carter. This may not be the place to say, but Carter has
more respect around the world today than any American since Kennedy, and was
long overdue for the Nobel Prize he just received. I would hardly compare
someone who was a Captain in the U.S. Navy , a Phd. laureate, and a former U.S.
President (among other things ) with a very good but not great heavyweight
boxer. Let's keep this inside the ropes, gentleman, ok?. |
|5/12/03 08:29:34 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||Joekevin@cs.com||||10|Gerry,I
knew Jimmy Carter was born here in South Carolina, and fought out of New York.
Jimmy Carter was considered to be the all-time champion of the "lend-lease"
champions of the Carbo, Palermo era. Jimmy Carter won the Lightweight
Championship 3 times, and was managed by mob front man Willie (Friedman)
Ketchum. Ketchum was from the Bronx, and moved to California during the Boxing
Investigations in New York in the late 50's. I stand corrected, I was not aware
that Jimmy Carter accomplished so much after he retired from the ring.|
|5/12/03 09:32:22 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Hey Forest Ward,you
are very good! You kept your responce "within the ring".What was Jimmy Carters's
career record ?|
|5/12/03 10:44:31 PM|rick spolato|S F Ca||bigingo243@aol.com||||10|Hey Slimebag
"Ward"..where do u get of dissing a fighter? any fighter! Your a little man
sitting in front of a computer screen poking fun at people that make u look like
an ant by comparison.I am no fan of Mr cooney infact i didnt even remember him
till reading this but he deserves respect like any other fighter whether they be
a 4 round prelim or heavyweight champ. I know you've never been a pro and
probably never even an amateur because someone retired from this brutal sport
would never talk about another fighter like you do. YOu think JQ would diss a
fighter like u did?Never! Any fighter can be critized. Some idiot like you could
say JQ lost to a built up middleweight, lost to an old Eddie Machen, gave a
fight to Chuvalo, etc and what would it prove, that the writer of such remarks
is an idiot.So Cooney didn't fight a lot of tough guys and found a short way
to a title shot. Good for him, its a murderous game and he played it that way
and if makes small minded people like you jealous thats great too.As far as
your other accusations go, are they a result of your investigaton or something
you "read". If theres any truth to it bring it to the proper authorities not on
a message board where you like to spew your kiddie vomit.OOOH and gee you
got a political comment too! They're so rare! Only thing that shows about you is
that you're an old man. Have a good day you Nobody!|
|5/12/03 10:58:28 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||10|It would seem
we are discussing different Jimmy Carters, Forest. Hopefully, you don't know any