January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

nut KOO KOO.You people are living in some kind of a fantasy world of a sport
that you clearly don't understand.Have fun though,everybody has to be
somewhere.|
|10/30/03 11:14:29 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|The Rocky
movies are entertaining but not very realistic. I watch movies and television
to escape from the reality of everyday life and that is fine as long as it
isn't done too much.The so called reality shows are not reality at all
as they are still staged to a certain degree. The only reality T.V. there is
would be watching the news footage of the California fires and that is not very
much fun to me.I agree with whoever said the statue of Rocky that was in
public was an insult to Joe Frazier. But it also was an insult to the many other
fine Philly boxers that have toiled down through the years in that fine fight
town.Jerry would have chopped down Bugner. Mr. Jimmy said Jerry sparred
with Bugner while in England and had his way with him.|
|10/31/03 03:25:22 AM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|Someone
mentioned fighters from Philidelphia. If my memory serves me correct, wasn't the
1970s middleweight Benny Briscoe (who fought the great Carlos Monzon) from
there. I think Briscoe might have had Philipdelphia as part of his nickname. I
don't think there should be any doubt that Jerry Quarry would beat Bugner. I
agree with RS that it would be a decision, given that Bugner survived against
Ali and Frazier. Also, I am embarrassed to admit that back in the 1970s I used
to watch the first Rocky movie before I played football to psych me up. The
whole team used to. With the benefit of hindsight, it is now clear that we were
a team of imbeciles. |
|10/31/03 03:33:25 AM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|I don't think that Bugner was so
harmless ! Hemanaged to hurt Frazier in that tenth round and he did pretty
well in the first Ali fight.Who begins well is in the middle of the
path... Do you understand what I mean Tim ?|
|10/31/03 10:02:50 AM|Fran|S.E. PA.||plc7755@aol.com||||10| When was Bugner ever
in with a an undefeated top ranked heavyweight in which he was the underdog and
won. Who did he ever beat when they were in thier prime. Bugner wasn't in
Quarry's class. When did he ever have the Garden rockin for him like Jerry did.
No Contest Jerry would smoke him.The 70's were the golden age of Philly
middleweights. Bad Bennie Briscoe fought the great Monzon to a draw in Monzon's
back yard. What does that tell you. Bobby Boogalo Watts and Willie the Worm
Monroe both beat Marvin hagler. Cyclone Hart was on a fast Track to a title
until he fell out of the ring against Denny Moyer at the Spectrum and was never
right after that. Max Hord didn't you have a good career as a
middleweight back in the day?|
|10/31/03 11:00:43
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Paul -
Boxing is supposed to be about "hitting without getting hit." Joe
Frazier took it a little far one way, Joe Bugner the other. Bugner lacked the
destructive instinct of Frazier or Foreman as well. Perhaps a clone/mix of the
two would be the perfect fighter? :-)He was TKOd by Shavers, but then
the night Quarry beat Shavers, JQ was well aware that he was one landed Shavers
punch away from the result being reversed. Anyone is with a bomber like Earnie.
Bugner was four inches taller than Quarry, about twenty pounds heavier,
had a decent chin, and was dedicated to survival, something he did well,
emerging relatively unscathed from losses to both Ali (twice) and Frazier. He
was probably a little faster than Jerry, but didn't hit as hard. JQ could always
have caught him of course, but I suspect it would instead have been a long and
relatively uninspired night of patiently chopping Bunger down slowly like a big
tree, winning finally by decision.|
|10/31/03 12:18:07 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|I agree with all of you, Quarry
would have beaten Bugner by a convincing decision. Quarry deserves a position
above Bugner in heavyweight history, but this doesn't change that Bugner was 3