January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

oxing's show as good as the men do ? A Thrilla in Manilla between women ? I
haven't a clear opinion about and I'm curious to know yours. |
|9/6/03 08:45:30
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Road...(too long
!)***What can I say? I get interested in something, and talk a lot
too. What do you mean
with "real good shape" ?***With the workouts they do, they're in top
shape, and it shows in their bodies. The really hard workers are doing as much
as the men. I feel myself ( or I
feel... Bah, you know) in very good shape, 5'6" 128lb, but I'm not
muscular at all and I could'nt fight ! What would happen if a
woman took a shot to the breast ( an uppercut, for instance) ?***It
would hurt a lot, more than it does when a man's hit there. They wear a
protector. This would be
a problem, don't you agree ? Especially if that
woman has a big breast !***You won't see many really large breasts in a
super well conditioned woman. When you get in shape, you lose fat
proportionately all over your body. Since breasts are mostly fat, their size
will decrease more than say, your ear lobes will (even though the ~percentage~
of loss is the same). If a woman was really big breasted before losing weight,
she'll still be larger than another woman who was small before shedding
pounds. Do you think the women can offer a
boxing's show as good as the men do ?***It depends on what an audience
member wants. Can they be just as tenacious and stubborn and tough? Yes. They
can be well conditioned, fast, well schooled in the fundamentals, and everything
else that makes a fight good. However, they won't be as big or as powerful, and
won't hit as hard. There's also a certain desire on the part of sports audiences
to want to watch performers who're a lot better than they, the audience is. Some
crowds may not accept women as this. A Thrilla in Manilla
between women ? I haven't a clear opinion about and I'm curious
to know yours. ***Let's define the Thrilla in Manilla. It was two
highly gifted, superbly conditioned men who fought like pit bulls. There
appeared to be some personal issues too. In terms of a contest though, everyone
knew that with these two, there'd always be a war, practically a fight to the
death. Women could bring all these things except one. Ali and Frazier were the
very baddest things on the planet. Women will always have to suffer a certain
amount of, "Hey, she's pretty good...for a girl." People like to see T-Rexes
fight, not chipmunks, however intense the latter might be.|
|9/6/03 10:32:53 AM|Massimo|Rome||.com||||10|Roadscholarette-I didn't
mean that you talk too much ! Absolutely not ! I was just joking about your name
" Roadscholarette" that is pretty long...I love joking, and maybe sometimes
I joke too much ! I'm very interested in what you say !|
|9/6/03 02:05:30 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||9|Some
interesting comments on women's boxing. Here in Cleveland, a girl named Vonda
Ward is a pretty good draw at 190lbs. She recently worked a card with Don King (
thousands have told her, "Don't sign anything with Don King", but I guess it
went o.k.). Boxing comes from a very primal place, and it's not surprising women
want in on it too. Boxing also comes from a primarily poor-urban place as well,
and white men haven't really boxed in numbers since the 50's and the rise of
suburbs. White men generally prefer baseball and football. Tommy Morrison was
mentioned as "another white hype", he was a very good heavyweight with some
impressive wins. Ron Lyle was a remarkable fighter because he did start so late
, after prison, and his Foreman fight is a must-see. He was quite a package. He
was clearly not ready for Quarry, though. JQ had a way of making fools out of
those who underestimated him, and too many did because he was white. That might
be the core of his story. Again, a clear sign of boxing's lack of credibility in
the general public, few white participants. |