January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Young fight also showed George couldn't handle the heat. I have never heard
anyone claim Foreman's fight with Young was fixed. Now that really would be
absurd!I don't think Jerry could have beaten Foreman at Foreman's very
best, the nights he kayoed Frazier and Norton.|
|2/18/04 03:37:45 AM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|I have seen a sinthesis of Foreman-
Peralta 1, wasreally an exciting fight ! Big George won clearly,he hit
Peralta with many hard punches. Gregorio " Goyo" showed a great chin ! However,
Peralta held his own in that fight. Not many humans ever fought as good Big
George as Peralta. Sorry for talking about boxing,Back to " White
Shadow"I'm sorry for Ken Howard's death ! I spent a good time watching "
White Shadow" ! Is Warren still in good shape ? Thanks !|
|2/19/04 01:31:57 AM|Ed|Cicero N Y||mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|The Gregero Peralta
vs George Foreman fight always surprised me. Peralta managed to go the distance
with probably the hardest hitting heavy of all time, but Peralta was stopped by
Willie Pastrano probably the lightest hitting lightheavy weight champion of all
time. It was on cuts that he got stopped (and Peralta was a big favorite to win
title having beaten Pastrano in a non-title fight) but he was still stopped by
him.Mass: I saw ur hero Carnera a couple weeks ago on espn classics he was
ahhhh ummm big. How come u never mention Nino Benvenuti? His shoe size not big
enough for u? You could fantasize about fighting Nino but Primo way to big for
you, his finger as big as your arm!|
|2/19/04 02:23:20 AM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|Ed-I have almost never
mentioned Nino Benvenuti for 2good reasons.1) The heavyweight
division is THE DIVISION in boxing. A light-weight champ would have his ass
whipped in a bar' s brawl. To whip the HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP's ass it needs Calvin
Lane...For me it's hard to talk about someone with a shoe size under 13in
!2)Nino Benvenuti doesn't need to be defended ! His greatness is evident for
everyone ! He won agold medal in Rome in 1960 and beat Emile Griffith
twice.|
|2/19/04 07:21:54 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Foreman improved
steadily after the Peralta fights, especially in regards to balance, footwork,
and power. It is unfair to evaluate him by those kiddish performances. It is
like judging JQ by his loss to Eddie Machen early in his career. Jerry improved
200% in later years and was far better than that one fight would indicate.|
|2/19/04 08:15:46 PM|Forest Ward|New York City||NY, NY||||10|John G., that was a
great point you made. I always enjoy reading your comments they are always
insightful, and never inciting. In recent months I've obtained films of Peralta.
I have him fighting Wayne Thorton, and the second fight with Pastrano (I have
previously seen the Foreman fights). Peralta was a heck of a fighter. He was a
very good scientific boxer, who was willing to mix and trade punches. His
problem was that he was too big to be a lightheavy weight, and to small to be a
heavyweight. Willie Pastrano probably fought the best fight of his life
beating Peralta in the second fight. It was a very interesting fight. When
boxing is done right, it's a great sport, thats how I felt watching Peralta-
Pastrano II.|
|2/19/04 11:31:59 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Yes, Peralta
was a very good fighter, a likely winner of the crusierweight title had the
division been around when he fought. In addtion to his fights with
Foreman and Pestrano, Peralta had two fights a piece agaisnt Ron Lyle and Oscar
Bonevena, He lost a decision to both of them but held each of these fighters to
a draw in their other meetings.Another factor that caused problems with
Peralta for Foreman was the fact that Peralta had over 90 pro fights when they
first fought compared to about 16 for Foreman, a tremendous advantage in
experience for Peralta. |
|2/20/04 12:53:48 AM|Ed|Cicero n y||mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|Good points Kent.
George was still a little green (he stopped George Chuvalo later that year so he
wasn't all that green) when he fought Peralta, but i think Peralta would have