January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

two fighters with the last name of Davis. I remember the ring announcer called
it "the Davis jinx". I remember seeing Nixon in the top ten in one of the boxing
magazines at one point, but I don't think he was ever a world champion. I guess
Nixon probably wasn't as good as, say, Marvin Hagler or Ray Leonard, but I never
saw Hagler or Leonard shoot out the lightning-fast combinations that Nixon
could. Well, I just thought I'd give Nixon his due. As a boxing fan in the 70's
I was duly impressed. |
|7/12/03 12:01:22 AM|Sonia Hathaway (Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia81@aol.com||||10|Wow Mike Nixon, isn't a name we've heard for a while,
years ago, he married into the family. |
|7/12/03 10:19:24 AM|Jeffery Smith|New Orleans||jls@runbox.com||||10|Art Davis
and Indian George Davis were the two fighters who beat him. Mike was a game
scrapper who had the Quarry fighting spirit. I thought he married one of the
Quarry sisters or cousins. When Art Davis knocked Mike out, Davis was running
around boasting and acting like a fool, and Jerry got in the ring and said a few
words to cool him down. The Ring magazine quoted him as saying someing about
"knocking his shorts off", but I think it might have been a bit saltier. :-)|
|7/12/03 01:01:15 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|Yes I also followed Mike Nixon's
career,they only time he was ever in the top ten was as a junior middleweight
for WORLD BOXING after a KO WIN over Gert Steyn,in 1977.RING MAGAZINE HAD him in
their U.S.ratings when he beat Mike Rossman,at the time WORLD BOXING RATED HIM
#14,HE HAD EVERYTHING but a chin and frequently sparred with Sugar Ray Robinson
in 1971-72,also managed by Jerry Quarry,BETWEEN HIS CONTRACT RIFFS WITH veteran
pilot Mel Epstein, he was 27-8-1 10 knockouts and ko'd 6 times,last bout a ko
loss in MADISON SQUARE GARDEN to VITO ANTUFERMO on the ALI-SHAVERS UNDERCARD.|
|7/13/03 02:25:51 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|On Nixon: Mike's Career took a turn for
the better,when he got away from Epstein, and had Ralph Gambina,and started
throwing his punches better,and turning them over,AFTER THE DAVIS
DISASTER'S.From 1973 on he only lost to the very best of middleweight's "SUGAR
RAY SEALES,TONY LICATA,MIKE "JEWISH BOMBER"ROSSMAN(A nationally televised
rematch).and of course Antuofermo,He was robbed in a Draw with Rico Dinerous, at
the Olympic,(won every damn round).and also highway robbery vs Dave "SUGAR"
Love,winning every round then decking Love with a body blow,whom Love said was
low and could not continue,resulting in a 9th-round no decision,THE DAVIS
DEBACKLES REALLY HINDERED HIS CAREER!|
|7/14/03 10:09:34 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I remember a
pretty good lightheavy named Eddie Bossman Jones.I wonder whatever became of
him. I believe he was Foreman's sparring partner.Also Jimmy The Cat Durpree
another tough guy who no one was dying to fight either.|
|7/14/03 04:26:02 PM|seth wolfson|fairfax,ca||s.wolfson@earthlink.net||||9|I was
feelinga little nostalgic about my youth and the great years of boxing, which is
how I wandered to this site.Jerry Quarry was a terrific fighter, and my
favorite heavyweight, being a homeboy from LA, if not Bellflower.When I
met him in person, he was gracious and friendly. I was surprized not only at how
short he seemed for a heavyweight, but how broad and powerful he was.I
was sad at his passing, and heartbroken to discover how tragic his last years
were. I will remember him as a great warrior with a huge heart- and a fine
gentleman.And, oh yeah, he whipped Jimmy Ellis's butt.|
|7/15/03 12:21:49 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Seth, you hit
the nail on the head about Jerry being down to earth and easy to talk to. He
always had a way of making his fans feel important. He didn't act like he was
above us. I will always remember him for not only being a fine fighter, but also
a very fine gentleman. The sporting world could use a few more like Jerry
Quarry.|
|7/15/03 07:40:20 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|How tall was