January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

world visit this site every day. And we should be appreciative of them for
providing a forum for us to do it. So thank you to all the Quarrys. If you ever
come to Australia I'll buy you all some beers. |
|11/2/03 03:14:26 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|I just hope
people like Forest Ward are not put off by some of the silliness that prevades
this page sometimes. He was a good poster who kept us on our toes at
times.Believe me, this site is tame compared to some of the others I
have seen. Eastside Boxing gets heated sometimes but the administation there
bans people if they cause too much trouble.I read the article over at
Eastside Boxing but I don't think it gave much reason for Bugner being better
than Jerry. The main argument the author made was that Bugner did better
against Ali and Frazier than Jerry did. Styles make fights so his argument
doesn't really hold water.Oh, by the way, some people said that they are
fans of mine so I should say who I am a fan of. Drum roll plaeas.......... THE
MUFFINMAN!!! With Paul Maduros being a close second. What's up Paul from K.C.
I hope you post here soon. You are great fan of Jerry's. |
|11/2/03 11:14:13
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Paul -I
caught some footage of Bugner a couple of nights recently on cable. One was in
relation to his efforts to transfrom Russell Crowe into something cinematically
believable as James J. Braddock, for his upcoming movie. Bugner now looks more
like an NFL linebacker - just huge - but in terrific shape for a 20 year old,
much less one in his mid 50s (which is what the second feature was about - guys
who continue to fight way past their prime).I heard the same thing about
his fight with Page. Frank Bruno TKOd him, but I think he beat Bonecrusher Smith
for some version of the title, at the age of 50, and said he'd like to fight
Tyson (and we thought his mind was still intact!).I had an interesting
thought watching him. He was still chillingly fast and powerful in the gym
filmings, yet slow as a Frankenstein monster in the actual bouts. Lots of
fighters look great in training, lousy in fights. Ali, Frazier, and Foreman
looked lethargic and uninspired during a lot of their training, yet were killers
in the ring. I sometimes wonder why some fighters bother to hit the speed bag
(not as hard as it looks to someone who can't hit one), or jump rope, then walk
flat footed through their fights, and throw nothing but haymakers in the
ring.I know in football and basketball, a coach would be all over
someone loafing around, citing the old and revered maxim that you "play like you
practice." I've seen other fighters who might as well have just jogged and hit
the heavy bag and nothing else, for all the good the "else" did on fight night.|
|11/2/03 07:27:20 PM|Sonia Hathaway (Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia81@aol.com||||10|Ok Ladies and Gents: Lets all just enjoy the site,
and keep on coming back, its what Dad & Uncle Jerry, would have wanted.
Opinions, Facts, and all that good cool stuff, is what its for too. So be cool,
and be good all. Chow!|
|11/3/03 02:15:31 AM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|RS - I heard
that Bugner was helping Crowe with that film. Bugner lives on the Gold Coast
about 1000 kilometres north of Sydney. He is now an Australian citizen and when
he came here he tried to endear himself by calling himself 'Aussie Joe'. But I
have to say there is never any bad publicity about him and he is popular here.
It's always positive with him, never negative, and never any controversy about
him. I saw him once at a Jeff Harding fight in Sydney and you are right in
saying that he takes care of himself. He looked very imposing. By the way,
Russell Crowe goes for the same football team as me (the mighty South Sydney
Rabbitohs). We came last this year. That's a scary name for a team mascot, don't
you think Massimo ? |
|11/3/03 09:48:13
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Paul -
Bugner looks like he might be sort of a maniac type guy. Not his size,