January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Jerry? He is listed at 6'.I stood next to Tsyon on the street and he is
about 5'9".|
|7/15/03 12:21:57 PM|Dan Cunningham|San Francisco||DGCSOCCER@AOL.COM||||10|John
Gerard: Styles make fights. In addition there is not always rhyme or reason
many times in justifying how a fight turns out by comparing the fighters to
other results in other fights. There are sometimes too many variables involved
that the fight fan does not know about. For instance, Quarry sparred Norton
several times. Quarry had his way with him alledgedly ko'ing him with 16 oz
gloves on. But, when Quarry finally fought Norton, Norton got the better of
Quarry. Why? Because Jerry was not in shape and had been partying in Hawaii. The
promoter and manager for Norton knew this. Did we? No! Alas, Cooney was
promoting fights, smoking,drinking and partying when the Foreman fight came up.
Clancy liked Cooneys chances because of the power in the left hook. There was
not that much preperation made for Cooney in this fight and Clancy did not do
anything tecnically to improve Cooneys skills/lack of. The plan was to turn
this fight into a donnybrook with Clancy performing a Phil Jackson like support
for Gerry hoping that the left hook would win it.Final note: Eddie Animal Lopez
fought Cooney in a crossroads collision fight of two heavyweight prospects not
of a C rated journeyman fighting a heavyweight prospect. That was why it ws
broadcast on national TV. Two good winning fighters trying to make the next
level. To ask me to re-view the Cooney-Foreman fight to justify your point is
like me asking you to view the Quarry-Norton fight as to justify why Quarry was
not a great fighter. I won't because I know its not true, there are more factors
to be considered in the bigger picture of things.|
|7/15/03 12:42:08 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Dan: actually,
Dan, Clancy made a point of saying he wanted to work on Gerry''s balance and
ability to punch while going backwards. And he did a good job. Like I said, in
the first round, Cooney, to my mind, looked the best he ever looked -- at least
the most well rounded. He showed boxing skills he never showed before and the
ability to fight on the run. Clancy did a very good job. That's why I wanted to
show you the tape. No other reason except that it was a fun fight to watch and
it shows how different a given figher can be in the hands of other trainers. |
|7/15/03 12:44:18 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolna||Joekevin@cs.com||||10|John
Gerard, strangely enough Bossman Jones was Jerry Quarry's sparring before the
Mac Foster fight; and Jerry gave the Bossman considerable credit for his victory
over Foster.Then when Jerry fought Ali in Oct of 70, the Bossman was in
Ali's camp, and Quarry said something to the effect, "yeah, the Bossman used to
work with me, and if he shows his head around here I will break his neck."I
think the Bossman may have been working in the Foreman camp before George fought
Ali, in the movie the "Greatest," I think it portrayed the Bossman as a spy for
Ali in Foreman's camp.I think I remember him as a cornerman for Norton in
the 3rd Ali Norton fight.A few years ago I saw a boxing story on the
internet about the Bossman, he was working as a clerk/deliveryman in a liquer
store. The impression I got from the story was that he was not doing too
well.I saw Jimmy Dupree fight a draw with Willie Burton in the semifinal to
the Dick Tiger-Frankie Depaula fight in the Garden Oct 68. It was a dull, but
interesting fight, neither deserved to win, they both had to much repect for
each other, to take a chance, it was like a chess match. Where as the Tiger-
Depaula fght was one of the best fights I ever saw. The first five rounds were
comparable to the Foreman-Lyle fight. The last five riunds were nothing to
write home about, Depaula was shot, but he didn't quit. Tiger won a 10 round
decisionI met Jerry Quarry once, I am 5' 9" and Jerry had me by maybe 2",
but he was very broad. Big shoulders and forearms. He was built along similar
lines to Mickey Mantle |
|7/15/03 02:32:25 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|HEY FOREST,I KNEW "BOSSMAN" sparred with
all the big guns,I could just see JQ SAYING THAT TO THEY EFFECT,"Bossman" was a