January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

himself said,he hit like a baby.Not even in the same league as Norton 1978. They
threw Spinks to the wolves and made a dollar off him,JUST LIKE THEY DO 90% OF
ALL FIGHTER'S. He's in Joplin Missouri A lot, I've had friends seen him there
and he's very corgial.Had a terrible up-bringing in East ST.Louis (there was no
Cus D'MATO for SPINKS).Was a crowd-pleaser,who was there to give fans there
money's worth. Won a world title that counts for something.And yes had an
impeccable amateur record as a light-heavy.|
|3/4/04 02:32:32 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Good to hear
Indian Red Lopez will be getting his just due this Saturday at the California
boxing hall of fame awards ceremony. I am honored to be attending, as I
will also be there to cheer for our own Mike Quarry and of course Jerry, who is
also being honored posthoumously. I hope I get to meet Indian Red, a
fellow California Mission Indian, as I am part Luiseno Mission Indian.
Ernie, win, lose, or draw, fought his heart out and he was no loser.
Brenda, I knew it was the California hall of fame and not the
Cauliflower hall of fame. Don Fraser asked me what the heck I was talking about
when I called to order my ticket.|
|3/4/04 09:59:59 PM|Sonia Hathaway (Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia90101@aol.com||||10|Kent, is it this weekend that Uncle Mike, is being
inducted in Boxing Hall of Fame?|
|3/4/04 11:50:51 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Yes Sonia,
Mike is being honored by the California boxing hall of fame this Saturday, March
6, at a luncheon at 11 AM at Stevens Steak House in the City of Commerce. I
wish I had known that some of the Quarry family didn't know when it was as I
would have posted it here. I do know Brenda posted the telephone number and
contact name on how to get tickets about three weeks ago. That is how I got my
ticket.|
|3/5/04 02:13:28 AM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|YOU PEOPLE ARE ALL
SICK, WHAT A BUNCH OF WIMPS, LET ME BREAK OUT MY VIOLIN, CRY ME A RIVER KENT|
|3/5/04 07:29:05 AM|Sonia Hathaway (Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia90101@aol.com||||10|Just seen on the news that Mr. Lopez, had been
missing for 11 yrs, and they found him in a homeless shelter. |
|3/5/04 10:42:13 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Ali WAS shot
when Spinks beat him---what's more, by training harder and focusing more on the
rematch, Ali basically pitched a shutout against Leon. Of course, later, he
dropped to, I think, about 217 1/2 to fight Holmes (mostly by diet pills
unfortunately) and got his clock cleaned. He was probably better off at the
later point, heavier, when he fought Berbick and again he lost.Norton should
have been able to take Spinks with relative ease, but styles make fights and one
never really knows until they get it on! Leon was like a poor man's Joe Frazier
and who knows, that type of pressure might have bothered Norton. But once
Norton figured out that Spinks didn't have the punch to take him out, I think
he'd fight aggressively and win going away. |
|3/5/04 11:05:50 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|The Koo Koo
Klock has no heart! He is tne only one here who doesn't think the Ernie Lopez
story is a touching story. One of the reasons this site is here is to
point out what happens to fighters once they leave the ring. Figters such as
Ernie "Indian Red" Lopez deserve better than wandering the streets with no place
to live. They deserve a decent pension, medical care, etc when they retire.
After all, they put their blood on the line for a sport we all enjoy. They
deserve something in return.|
|3/5/04 01:53:29 PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||usual||||10|I've mentioned in other
forums, as well as in RL, the stories of fighters whose lives have turned sour,
particularly after retirement. The overwhelming, almost unanimous opinion is
that, "We don't even get the ~chance~ to make that kind of money, or be that
famous - it's tough if they wind up broke or busted up. They knew what could
happen."The esteem, adoration, even idolotry given athletes when they're