January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

sockets.It was just a horrible beating.After the fight it was discovered that
the other fighters gloves had been slit,and the padding removed! The trainer
deemed responsible for the gloves was suspended from boxing for life.Again, I'm
not sure,but I think it was Panama Lewis. If I am incorrect,then I apoligize to
Panama Lewis.He was, however,later reinstated to boxing. I think I read that
John Collins later was killed in a car wreck.There was a strong suspicion that
it was a case of suicide by auto. He was despondant over his career ending
beating,and no other cars where involved in his car going off the road.|
|10/29/03 06:02:36 PM|Massimo|Rome||5||||10|Max Baer killed 1 and a half persons
in the ring. I'm talking about Baer-Campbell and Baer-SchaafBaer-
Campbell- Onlookers claimed that Baer slugged C. unmercifully after he was
already unconscious but had held onto his feet by the ropes. Some hours later C.
died from a severe concussion of the brain.Baer-Schaaf- Baer didn't kill
S. but he ruined seriously his health.I'm not sure, but I suspect that
Baer was a cruel fighter !I have read in a book ( written by David
Remnick if my memory serves me well) that Charley Powell vomited blood for half
an hour after his fight with Cassius Clay. I never saw that fight, so I don't
know if Cassius fought with exaggerated cruelty. Probably not, he has a nice guy
face.|
|10/29/03 06:04:49 PM|max hord|fernandina bch,fla||rasluc@msn.com||||10|Hi
Steve.The boxer that got hurt and did later die was Billy Collins jr.The guy
that had his gloves rigged was Jose Resto.Terrible loss to his family and
friends.I can't remember right now who his manager was, but I remember not
trusting him any farther than I could throw my house.I was involved in amateur
and pro boxing for 20 years.I could tell you a lot of war stories.Mike Quarry
was involved in a fix one time in Miami.I was there when he got the shaft.|
|10/29/03 06:11:59 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Hey R.S. There was a
fighter out of Philly who was actually totally blind in one eye.Gypsie Joe
Harris fought his way to a welterweight title fight with Emile Griffith in the
late sixties.He had a crazy,herky jerky style.He did alot of sudden stops and
changes of direction.His style reminded me of Jersey Joe Walcott.After his loss
to Griffith,he dissapeared back into the Philly neighborhoods.I read an article
in which he said his favorite drink while training was scotch and milk! He was
truly a unique character in boxing. Yet, you never hear his name mentioned. |
|10/29/03 06:41:20
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Steve -I
remember John Collins. Middleweight, right? He was good, very promising. We saw
him at the Chicago Ampitheater on the undercard of Frazier's last fight against
Jumbo "The Human Punching Bag" Cummings. He fought a Chicago street tough named
Lenny LePaglia that night. I didn't know he was ever beaten so bad. I always
wondered why he didn't go farther.Massimo -Yes, Baer killed one
guy, and your man, Primo Carnera killed another, who had been demolished by
Baer earlier. Everyone gave Baer "credit" for the second tragedy.Steve -
Yes, Gypsy was a friend of Joe Frazier's. He memorized eye charts for
his exams, such that they were. Joe said in his book that "Gyp" knew about his
(Frazier's) eye problem too, but naturally didn't ever say anything.|
|10/29/03 06:46:28
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|A story I read
about Baer, not the nice guy he was often portrayed as:He was sparring
with a fan, who wasn't any good, and Baer circled, coiled, not throwing a punch,
easily picking off paint brush jabs and ponderous haymakers. Then, at the end of
the round, he waited for another jab to be slowly telegraphed, and whipped
across a lightning fast right over top of it. The guy didn't move for five
minutes, and Baer just laughed. Today, the fan would own Baer, and not only the
horse he rode in on, but every horse he owned. What a bastard.I was glad
that Joe Louis humiliated him later.|
|10/29/03 07:50:28 PM|Sonia Hathaway (Quarry)|Joshua Tree,