January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

|10/22/03 03:45:24 PM|Massimo|Rome||5||||10|Sugar Ray Leonard was a great
champion, but I put him a step below Marvin Hagler and Robinson because
sometimes he looked scared in the ring and didn't fight bravely !|
|10/22/03 03:57:34 PM|Massimo|Rome||6||||10|Wasn't Roberto Duran better as a
lightweightthan as a middleweight ? I think he was the best lightweight
ever, but not the best middleweight ever.|
|10/22/03 06:06:50
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarett@hotmail.com||||10|I think Duran hit
the wall of greatness as a welterweight. No one was even close as a lightweight,
almost likewise as a welterweight, but he was running in the middle of the pack
as a middleweight. It was a pretty fast pack, but he wasn't leading it.I
think his no mas fight is a major blemish, without real explanation. Was it an
off night or was he sick, and was therefore being humiliated? Was he being
humiliated, period? Was he going to crap his pants due to something he'd eaten,
as has been suggested? Who knows? I don't think a current fighter always
beats one from the past, or vice versa, but even allowing for changes in style
on the part of some of the old time greats, I don't put them in the 80s class
(though I think there'd have been some good fights).|
|10/22/03 06:29:18 PM|max hord|fernandina bch,fla||rasluc@msn.com||||10|RS:
Leonard was a GREAT fighter.(one of my favorites)Duran was not.Great fighters
don't quit like he did.He quit because he was getting his ass kicked.PERIOD. |
|10/22/03 06:36:37 PM|max hord|fernandina bch,fla||rasluc@msn.com||||10|Hey KOO
KOO you can be nice when you want too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!|
|10/22/03 10:41:18 PM|Bob Bumbera|HCMC||renfbera@aol.com||||10|R.S. and I agree
about another thing, my favotite fighter of all time is Roberto Duran, even
though he quit vs. SRL. The first time I saw him fight was against Ray Lampkin.
He looked like Jack Dempsey did in pictures, drooling, snarling, dark eyes
fixed on his target like a shark. He had everything a fighter needs to be
great. And he did one thing few fighters can do, as he aged and moved up in
weight he changed his style. His losing effort vs. Hagler he stood in front of
Marvin and blocked,slipped and parryed almost everything Hagler threw at him,
and he almost beat a prime Hagler. Against SRL the second time he got the Sonny
Listons and quit because he knew he would be KO'ed by Sugar Ray. Hell, I was
wathcing the fight and I knew Sugar would knock him out. His 32nd birthday win
over Davey Moore was another masterful effort. A little thumb in the eye to
teach the young man a lesson, then a complete thrashing. I don't know....I
still think Duran is one of the greatest of all time and the second greatest
fighter I ever saw...the first being....yeah,yeah,yeah...Roy Jones Jr. Oh
yeah...speaking of welterweights...If you want to watch a beautiful boxing
match...SRL vs. Wilfrado Benitez. |
|10/23/03 02:33:33 AM|Massimo|Rome||1||||10|The "no mas" fight was a blemish for
Leonardtoo ! A great champion like Leonard should behave in a sportsmanlike
way and shouldn't actlike a clown...|
|10/23/03 04:27:28 AM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|Duran was
great. He fought often and was never afraid of moving up a division, but it is
hard to forget the 'no mas' incident and to my mind that stops him being among
the most elite. I'd even have Carlos Monzon above him. He fought 102 times, only
lost three, and was never knocked out. It's easy to knock the opposition he
faced, but that's not his fault. I was re-reading Angelo Dundee's book and his
top fighters that he saw fight are: Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Leonard, Tony
Canzoneri, Joe Louis, Henry Armstrong, Willie Pep and Rocky Marciano. |
|10/23/03 08:37:26 AM|Fran|S.E. PA||plc7755@aol.com||||10|I think Duran was the
best fighter of all time. He was able to move up in weight and his ability to
slip n slde and counter later in his career showed him improving as he got
older. |
|10/23/03 10:16:47
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Pound for pound, I