January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

alance, and power on ice, in skates. |
|12/5/03 04:50:04
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|BTW, when I was
real little, my Dad took me and my brothers down to Navy Pier in Chicago, where
Ali trained for a while (before moving to Coulon's), while in training for his
Ellis fight the Summer after Frazier. It was cool! He really trained hard -
shadow boxed, jumped rope, hit the bags, and sparred with serious intent, rather
than gym rope a doping like he did later. Of course to a little kid, anyone
would have looked good, but I still knew I was seeing something special. My Dad
filmed it on 8mm movie film too, so I've been able to view it from an adult
perspective too! One other interesting thing: he and his sparring partners
really scrapped, and he was better than they were, but he didn't beat the crap
out of them as many champions did/do, just because he could have. I thought that
was pretty classy.|
|12/5/03 06:11:02 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|RS-In soccer, if you are a
bum you have no problem... But if you are good, they' ll kick the shit out of
you !!!!!!Do you remember Olartigoecea and Maradona ? |
|12/5/03 10:02:16 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||joekevin@cs.com||||10|For too
long now, Muhammad Ali has been given tremendous praise for his victory over
Cleveland Williams. Many knowledgeable boxing fans regard this as Ali's
greatest fight. I think it's about time the record has been set straight on
that "fight."That "fight" was the biggest hoax put over on the public,
since Floyd Patterson fought Pete Radermacher. At least when Patterson fought
Radermacher everyone knew it was a sham. But when Ali fought Williams the public
regarded it as a legitimate "fight." Nothing could be further from the truth.
Williams took 2 or 3 bullets in the stomach from a 357 magnum about 18 months
prior to the Ali fight. Normally one 357 magnum bullet in the stomach is enough
to kill someone. Although Williams did the loose one kidney After
getting out of the hospital with a bullet still in his kidney, and not fighting
in 18 months; Williams had 4 fights in 4 months. Williams fought and beat: Ben
Black, Mel Turnbow, Sonny Moore, and Tod Herring. As a result of knocking out 2
of these "tigers," Williams "qualified" for a fight with Ali. It should be noted
that the last legitimate contender that Williams beat was Earnie Terrell. He
knocked Terrell out in the 7th round in April of 1962. That's right 4.5 years
and 3 bullets earlier.The point I am making is when one talks about
Ali's great fights, and there were many make no mistake about. That Williams
"fight" should have never been allowed, and should not be regarded as a "fight".
No matter what the record book may say. An exhibition would be more realistic
description. Let me make it clear I am not denigrating Cleveland
Williams, in his time he was a very good fighter. And the lifetime goal of any
fighter is to fight for the championship. But by Nov of 1966, his time had
passed; he was just a shell of the fighter he once was. Williams finally retired
in 1972. What really amazes me is that somehow he was not lured out of
retirment in the early 80's, and signed to fight Gerry Cooney.A few
tidbits about that fight. The fight was promoted by Bob Arum. He later guided
Butterbean to the championship. And if yopu look closely at the tape of the
Ali-Williams fight you can see Don King in the ring after the fight is over
standing next to Ali grinning. Ironically, this fight took place after King's
most recent homocide, apparently he was out on bail. Because soon after he was
sent to prison for murder. |
|12/5/03 10:36:34 PM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|Lets be real,
Williams was not able to defend himself against Ali.Ali looked so good
because Williams had nothing to offer. Come onHe couldn’t miss his face , it
was a sad night for boxing. Like a lot ofOther sad nights. The idea of Mike
and Jerry fighting on the same nightWas a bad idea, because if 1 lost it
would effect the other. By the way IDidn’t like ken Norton , I thought he
was so full of himself, another guyWho I didn’t like knocked him out (gerry