January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

finished him in more dramatic fashion if the fight continued). But for the
Young fight, Foreman was well trained, well rested and knew what was on the
line. Jimmy Young simply had a good plan and stuck with it, again, exposing the
chinks in George's armour. It's for this reason that Quarry would have a
fighting chance, as a decided underdog, to upset Foreman. But here's
another one to ponder: Ron Lyle vs. Ken Norton, both at their peak. I think
this would be a very interesting matchup. Norton had trouble against sluggers,
but Lyle wasn't as devastating as Foreman or Shavers (Lyle beat Shavers by
letting Earnie punch himself out). Norton might be able to survive long enough
to get the tide going his way. Also, Lyle made some mistakes that the better
boxers capitalized on. Norton could take advantage of this to get the win. I'd
love to know what everyone on the board would predict for Norton-Lyle in their
prime. I'd call it a toss-up.Regarding Marciano: Pound for pound, he might
have been the best heavyweight ever. I've only seen highlights of his fights---
but you can't question his punching ability. He was ferocious when he got a guy
in trouble---a great finisher. Two contemporary heavyweight champs, Holmes and
Tyson, both raved about Marciano's ability to fight. Holmes apologized for the
"jockstrap" comments he made when Peter Marciano showed up at the news
conference after the first Michael Spinks fight and proclaimed Marciano to be
"one of the all time greats" even mentioning that he has a framed photo of
Marciano at his home/training site.Tyson has also mentioned that Marciano's
style was an inspiration early in his career. Fighters know fighters and
Marciano didn't compile a 49-0 record by accident. He was smaller and lighter
than more modern heavyweights and might have trouble with that aspect---but
let's not dismiss his chances for that reason alone. I don't buy into "the
bigger they are, the harder they fall" mentality either, but a broken rib on a
big guy is the same as a broken rib on a smaller guy, and Marciano handed a few
of those out. |
|8/27/03 09:02:49 PM|Sonia Hathaway (Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia81@aol.com||||10|Just a note to Roadscholarette, in case you haven't
read letters from the past, our Father James Quarry, passed away about 1 year
ago, so you won't be getting postings from him. We love & miss you Dad, and
Uncle Jerry, very much.|
|8/27/03 10:03:52
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Sonia -I
had started reading in the 1999 archives, and was working my way up, and had no
idea your father passed on, or I wouldn't have posted to him in a million years.
You have my apologies for that, and sympathies as well.|
|8/27/03 10:22:33 PM|Sonia Hathaway (Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia81@aol.com||||10|I know just thought I'd let you know, he's missed very
much in our lives, and on this website, so we hope you all keep visiting, and
posting.|
|8/28/03 07:30:39 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|ON MARCIANO'S
PUNCHING POWER: I already told this story on another board, but since Marciano
and Foreman have both come up on this board recently, I will run the risk of
boring some readers. Over ten years ago, my wife and I were at an amateur boxing
show at the Elks Club in Queens, NY. I had a chance to speak with former worlds
champion Sandy Saddler who along with Dick Saddler and Archie Moore consisted of
Foreman's original management and training team. I asked Sandy who in his
opinion punched harder, George or Marciano. I personally thought George hit much
harder and figured he would agree. Saddler surprised me and said that Marciano
hit a little harder and that he thought if Foreman had fought the Rock prime vs
prime, Rocky would have won. I was really surprised. Saddler was a perfect
gentleman and was very nice to my wife. I don't know if he was angry at George
about something or just honestly felt Marciano was the better hitter. Either
way, I thought I would share that story.|
|8/28/03 08:53:39