January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

to his brain, they did to his internal organs as well. He was having spells of
dizziness and feelings of "drunkenness" way back after winning the title from
Liston, but of course doctors told him what he wanted to hear - nervousness,
stress, etc. He saw some quack after retirement who said he had "no signs of
brain damage." How incompetent can you get? Sheesh. With the sorts Ali fought,
it would be frightening to be in his body and experience the panorama of results
during and immediately after each fight, as well as the things that came,
stayed, and worsened as time went on. Dementia of all sorts is an odd condition.
The person is unaware of some parts of what's happenening or has happened, but
they're very aware of other parts, made worse because they don't have a mind
that's at 100% to help them cope. A vicious cycle then.Foreman was going
to have to knock Ali out to win. A decision would have gone to Ali, no matter
what. We never had to find out what sort of scores the judges cooked up ahead of
time, ala Ali's ludicrous winning margin in Manila at the time of the stoppage.|
|11/14/03 10:57:31 AM|Fran|PA||Plc7755@aol.com||||10|Wepner was a club fighter
and was never in the top 10the only knock outs he had were against his wife. Who
did Wepner beat to deserve a shot. They were just protecting "The Greatest"|
|11/14/03 11:40:23
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Actually, I saw
Wepner as #10 in a real old magazine. Of course, your point was whether he
deserved to be there, which he didn't, of course. You're always going to get
stiffs in a sport like boxing though, where there's no cut system as with the
team sports, and occasionally, one can be useful for a top fighter to coast with
and pick up a bogus payday. If no one paid for these fights, they'd stop having
them. But people always do...|
|11/14/03 11:48:40 AM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|Fran-I have a DVD in which
Wepner says " I was in the top of the wordl from 42 weeks before the Ali'
fight". Anyway, I agree with you that he didn't deserve it. One of the most
beautiful things I have ever seen in a boxing ring is Ali's strange dance
against Jimmy Ellis !!!!!!!!!!|
|11/14/03 11:57:25 AM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|Fran-I meant in the top 10
of the wordl in my last comment.|
|11/14/03 12:48:04 PM|Pete|Cleveland, Ohio||pco@hotmail.com||||10|Ali stayed on
too long. It was the fame and the money which kept him in there. The Foreman
fight was not fixed. Ali outsmarted and outfought Foreman. Foreman was an
intimidating powerhouse, in his prime, but not much more. He was kicked around
by Ron Lyle, Jimmy Young and of course by Ali. Archie Moore had said that
Foreman was a poor listener and I believe that to be true. Tyson would have beat
Foreman in his prime. Chuck Wepner is the tomato can with the lawsuit. He
stepped on Ali's foot, which caused the knockdown in their fight. George Chuvalo
has much more class than to sue for money almost 30 years after the fact. The
THRILLA IN MANILLA was a gruelling match for both Ali & Frazier. Ali may have
thought about quitting, but he wouldn't have and Angelo Dundee wouldn't have
allowed him to. He beat Frazier and both were finished after that fight. Ali was
in his prime 65-67. Unfortunately his career was cut short. We may have missed
some great fights 67-69, had he continued with his career during those years. |
|11/14/03 01:27:30 PM|Fran|PA||plc7755@aol.com||||10|I used to wait for the
latest edition of ring magazine or Boxing Illustrated to come out to get the
latest scoop on my most exciting heavyweight of all time Jerry Quarry. He NEVER
got the credit he deserved. As a young guy trying to follow in his footsteps and
wanting to be just like him I used to study his moves in the ring any time I
could see him fight I'd memorize his moves. He was so smooth in the ring with
his counterpunching ability he would takeapart much bigger oponents. He'd move
his head and double up the hook body then head. He could bob and weave very
smoothly. He was a very unique fighter. It is amazing that this site is here
and he is getting the attention now. I know Mike must have been influenced by
Jerry and whatever happened to his brother n law Mike Nixon the middleweight