January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

low to the jaw, not the bludgeoning of a sledge hammer. Look at Sugar Ray
Leonard's KOs or Alexis Arguello's or Ali's. The sledgehammer is a TKO thing,
after belting the other guy around a lot. Even Big George did more of the SNAP
KOs to jaws than the bludgeonings to the head, throat and mouth. Therefore, you
can do the SNAP with an arm punch, but the problem is it's not nearly as
economical, as balanced, or as efficient. That's why it's good to involve your
shoulder and side in it, in smooth strokes. Look at the perfection of Larry
Holmes's left jab. The idea of swinging from the sole of your feet is Rocky
Balboa crap. If you do that, your little sister is going to catch you off
balance and push you to the canvas with her left hook. Hell yes, I'd pick
Larry over Joe. It's another extreme size mismatch. Holmes was a great, great
champion who did not lose for years. I never liked Frazier nearly as much as
anyone else, maybe because he was so damned busy. He squandered 50% of his
energy huffing and puffing and bobbing. He needed that for himself somehow, and
it scared a lot of opponents. Yes, I do think his meeting up with Big George's
dynamite punch exposed Joe for the mortal he was. Cleve Williams could
really bang, but not much else. In mid-career, he got shot by a Houston cop and
lost one kidney. You saw Ali leave him in a heap. Any questions? Anyone who
is not a pro boxer pretending to be a good fighter is a joke, not counting
sincere amateurs on their way up. I get a kick out of people saying they go to
their health gym to box. Even fitness gurus like Chuck Norris have not the
foggiest notion of how to box or fight in the ring with boxing gloves. In a
great quote, Joe Frazier once said, "It's a lot harder than it looks." Ernest
Hemingway was an excellent athlete and not fat, but he was not a professional
boxer. He was a jerk who mouthed off, too. The only truly good "civilian" boxer
I ever saw was actor Ryan O'Neal, who could have succeeded as a pro. Otherwise,
forget it. Inmy opinion, the gap between a health club "boxer" and a real pro is
much wider than the gap between a Tuesday night softball player and a Major
Leaguer. There is absolutely no way to fake it in the ring or "get lucky"
against a pro. Those are my opinions. |
|8/28/03 10:16:27 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||joekevin@cs.com||||10|Hey John
G, I agree with you on Frazier-Holmes. The Joe Frazier of 1968-1971 would put
too much pressure on Holmes. Holmes could not hit hard enough to keep Frazier
off him. Joe would come in low bobbing and weaving, and constantly throwing
punches on his way in: and just steamroll him after a great effort by Holmes.|
|8/28/03 10:26:46 PM|steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Hey
Roadschollarette,Jerry Schultz,and Tubby,thanks.I'ts good to have some fresh
blood on this great site!Your posts are solid,and realistic.Keep them coming I
wish I could type,spell,and express myself as well as you guys.I do know from
personal experience,that trying to push a 200 lb.man who is in fight mode any
where he doesn't want to be is very ,very,difficult.Based on what I knew back
then ,Iwould have picked Thad Spencer over Quarry.Mac Foster over Quarry by a
blowout!Ron Lyle by an early or middle round KO.NO DOUGHT IN MY expert opinion
mind,Shavers over Quarry in two rounds!These amazing quirks in Jerry'career are
part of his unusual popularity and mystique.Whenever he climbed in the
ring,even against Ali,Frazier,or maybe even against Foreman,there was always the
what if factor. |
|8/28/03 10:39:02 PM|Tubby Breslin|Fullerton, CA||bearstubastanchu||||10|Steve,
you make a really good point. Most of us fans, even though we enjoy pure
technique and fine boxing, still would prefer 9 (or 10) out of 10 times to see
someone entering the ring with the intention and skills to knock the other guy
cold. That was Jerry Quarry all the way. He had that chance in every fight, even
the times he was outmatched. Even Godzilla would have had to respect that in
Jerry -- the kid could hurt anybody. |
|8/28/03 11:12:28 PM|steve |N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Hey Angelo, I don't
know whoe's talents and skills your downgradin,Ali's or Fraziers'!Ali and
Frazier rose to a boxing occasion in their first and third fights that no one