January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Ali Three and Norton-Young, two very close fights, I offer the following
opinion: Norton fought Ali very smartly but failed to score a knockdown, never
had Ali in serious trouble and gave away too many rounds. He might have been
aggressive, but that's only one part of scoring a fight. You always hear that
Norton was robbed in this fight, but I didn't see that. He fought well, but
didn't do enough to take the title from a Champion. To take this full circle, I
submit that if anything, Jimmy Young was robbed against Norton. Simply, he
scored more points. It was a close fight and I think Young outboxed Norton.
It's interesting to note that Muhammad Ali believed that Norton would have
beaten George Foreman had Norton known that the winner would fight Ali in
Africa. I totally disagree with Ali---I think Foreman would KO Norton time
after time, not matter what the circumstances. But Ali truly respected Norton
and thought that Norton had better stamina and the capability to win. Ali
thought that if Norton had the motivation that he would have a huge payday, as
Champion, defending against Ali in Zaire, he would have sucked it up to beat
Foreman. I say no way. |
|8/29/03 10:42:53 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z||||10|THE JUDGES HELPED MARCIANO
BECAUSE HE WAS WHITE??? Well I guess those same judges also helped Ali against
Norton (I think Norton won all three fights), Young, Doug Jones, and a few
others. Every fighter gets some controversial wins, not usually for racial
reasons. Everyone who saw JQ fight Larry Middleton in England said the fight was
really not that close, but JQ won by only a quarter of a point. |
|8/29/03 10:43:06 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z||||10|THE JUDGES HELPED MARCIANO
BECAUSE HE WAS WHITE??? Well I guess those same judges also helped Ali against
Norton (I think Norton won all three fights), Young, Doug Jones, and a few
others. Every fighter gets some controversial wins, not usually for racial
reasons. Everyone who saw JQ fight Larry Middleton in England said the fight was
really not that close, but JQ won by only a quarter of a point. |
|8/29/03 12:26:21 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Funny, how the
average guy on the street thinks he could automatically compete with a
professional athlete like a boxer. I often write articles for another website
and I was mentioning to a friend of mine that I had met James Toney, the
crusierweight champion. I said that it was interesting that Toney, when I shook
his hand, shook my hand very lightly and that a lot of pro boxers I meet because
of my articles do the same thing. My friend said, "if he isn't going to shake
my hand like a real man, than I wouldn't even shake his hand." He then added,
"I could kick his ass!" This guy, having no idea who James Toney is and
equating a firm handshake as a sign of manhood, also had no concept that the
fighter is shaking someone's hand lightly to protect the tools of his trade,
used for knocking some other man's head off!My friend still didn't get
it when I said, "you wouldn't last ten seconds with James Toney, a three time
world champion." So if an average "Joe" would think he had a chance
against a real fighter, then it is not a stretch for a world class athlete such
has Jim Brown to think he could do it. After all, he had already suceeded in
another sport.On the subject of great athletes trying to change sports,
remember when basketball great Michael Jordan retired from basketball the first
time and he tried to make it as a baseball player? Not only did Jordan not make
it to the major leagues, he was at best a below average minor league player
after being one of the greatest basketball players to ever play the game.|
|8/29/03 02:06:46
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|There are several
reasons the average person wouldn't want to tangle with a good pro. As an aside,
boxing is unique, in that there is no formalized cut system as in the big four
professional sports. In boxing, anyone with mediocre physical talent and/or
without the emotional makeup can be a "pro," meaning they can fight and be paid
for it, and of course, be consistently beaten up, unless they fight other low
level fighters. However, the top pro (or top amateur) in boxing is as