January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Foreman would KO him very early. I think the only chance Tyson would have would
be the same chance everyone had to beat Foreman: Somehow survive his early
onslaught and vicious punches and take him into the middle or later rounds. If
he got tired and punched out like he did in Zaire---and Tyson still had juice,
Tyson could land the body and head shots to take him out. But it's a lot to
ask. Here's an interesting one for everyone:Who would win a Norton-Lennox
Lewis bout? The easy answer is Lewis because he's held the title and he's an
imposing size. But I don't know that he has the power or early finishing power
(i.e. killer instinct) to put Norton out early. And as we saw in Norton's
career, if he got into the rhythm of a fight, he seemed to get stronger each
round and more fearless. What about Frazier-Lewis? For my money, Joe would
smoke him out with a TKO. I could see Lewis starting strong against Frazier,
but fading fast when Frazier started to hook to the body and if Frazier landed
one of the booming hooks, he would take Lewis out.What does everyone think?|
|9/16/03 05:55:29 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||10|I'm pretty
high on Lennox Lewis. I wish he had met Tyson and Bowe in the early 90's to see
who was the best of that group, I have all three better than Holyfield, though
EH would/did give all three tremendous fights. Bowe, of course, did not last as
well as Holyfield and therefore I don't rate him as high overall. If Frazier
could muster the rage he had for Ali, he pounds Lewis after eating a ton of
punches. Norton was a tough matchup for most because of his good size,
speed/jab, and some real power also. Like Lewis, his weakness was taking the big
punch. Tough call. I'll stick with Tyson over Foreman because of his speed/power
package, but it's true he never faced a power guy like Foreman. It'd be a
tremendous match, just like the Lewis matches you mention. As for Russell, he
rates high all-time as the first great shot blocker/rebounder who changed the
way team defense is played. Had no real offensive game at all, though , without
Red Auerbach how great would he be? If he played for, say, Detroit back then,
he'd be a remarkable all-star, not a lot more. The Celtics could have won titles
with a number of guys at center they were so loaded. I do not rate him nearly as
high as most do, I'd put him somewhere behind Shaq as a center, but ahead of him
as a player because of what he contributed to the game. |
|9/16/03 06:32:39 PM|max hord|fernandina bch,fla||rasluc@msn.com||||10|Mike
Quarry was such a gentleman.There was a place on Coloniel drive in Orlando that
we always tried to eat at when we could.It was called Al and Linda's.The
specialty was steak.Mike,of course was the man in Orlando and all the people
working there would just go nuts when we walked in.He always said yes sir/no sir
to the older folks and the young people would just stare and whisper.Mike made
everyones day when he went there.What a guy.|
|9/16/03 06:36:45 PM|max hord|fernandina bch,fla||rasluc@msn.com||||10|Frazier
would have beat Lewis.Lewis is not a GREAT fighter.Frazier,on the other hand
was.|
|9/17/03 05:02:14 AM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4@aol.com.au||||10|I've always
considered Frazier to be one of the greats, but I wonder if his resume justifies
that judgment if you take his three fights with Ali out of the picture. I know
that he beat Foster and Ellis and Jerry, but he was twice flogged by Foreman,
Bonavena went the distance with him (twice), and Bugner lasted 12 rounds as
well. I am no big fan of Lewis, but I wonder whether he would be way too big for
Joe and would bomb him out just like Foreman did. Maybe Joe's hatred of Ali took
him to heights that he couldn't duplicate against others like Foreman. I'm even
starting to think that Holmes deserves to be ranked above Joe as I think Larry
would have beaten him. Even so, the courage Joe showed against Ali is why lots
of guys like me became boxing fans. |
|9/17/03 05:32:54 AM|Massimo|Rome||h||||10|Gerry and Angelo-Why do you
hate Shaq so much ? He is a good guy ! I'mI'm joking, I respect your opinion
very much ! I never saw Wilt and I almost never saw Jabbar so... I have to
trust you...Anyway, don't forget Shaq was MVP of the Finals three