January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

of injury. There will always be fighters, and athletes in many other sports who
have too much guts for there own good. They don't know when to quit. If the
people around them, their "team mates" if you willand the officals, can stop
the event before it goes too far serious injury can be avoided. But in the
sport of boxing many will still wind up like the Robinson's, Quarry's or Ali no
matter what safe guards are in place. I will have to pick Ali by decision over
Frazier. Louis by KO in 7. |
|9/3/02 08:08:31 PM|charles anderson|pine
bluff,arkansas||ctjjandfam@aol.com||||10|i would like to see some of jerry's
fights where he wins, such as lyle,foster,ect. even zanon would be better than
watching the ali and frazier fights over and over and over on espn classic.|
|9/3/02 08:11:44 PM|charles anderson|pine bluff,
arkansas||ctjjandfam@aol.com||||10|what do you think, kent? you got any pull
with espn?|
|9/4/02 04:07:34 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Charles, the
only pull I have with ESPN is that I sat right behind the announcers table a
couple of times on ESPN 2 Friday night fights. Teddy Atlas gave me a funny look
as if to say, "that is pretty lame," because I kept yelling, "let's get ready to
rumble," every time the public address announcer (not Michael Buffer) had his
back turned. I only had those ringside seats because I showed up the first day
they went on sale. It is difficult to get sites or publications to "comp" me
tickets at times, so often the money comes out of my pocket. Trying to break
into the big time in sports journalism can be difficult. So to make a long
story short, no, I have no pull with any of the networks. It does give me an
idea of doing an article about how fans have to watch the same repeats over and
over again, and about how sick we are of it. I could send it to ESPN and see if
it helps any. PS, I actually do a fairly good imitation of Buffer's signature
saying. |
|9/4/02 08:59:03 AM|Joe Krause|Chicago||sadmspats@yahoo.com||||10|Louis didn't
run from anyone, and if you didn't run from George he would cream you. This
would end in a KO in the 6th for Foreman. Ali in his prime was not as much
better than the "old" Ali as everyone says. I have all his fights so I should
know. He was quicker but made more mistakes. Nonetheless Ali by close
decison.|
|9/4/02 08:33:29 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz@firstam.com||||10|Your
tournament has been fun to follow, but must say I'm surprised Foreman is in your
Final Four. A huge puncher, yes, but with poor balance and few real skills which
Lyle and Young further exposed after Ali skillfully handled him. Louis would
pick him apart, but his flat-footedness might indeed give George his opening,
tough call. I think Ali was peaking about the time he was stripped, 1967 or so.
Frazier is as courageous a fighter as anyone I've ever heard of, but could not
defeat a focused Ali. One thing I noticed in their fights is the way Ali would
lean way back on the ropes where Frazier could not head punch him, then come
down on Joe when Frazier went back to the body. I'm not an Ali fan, based on the
way he treated Joe, and his politics, which were very anti-christian. But he's
the best I've ever seen. Jerry was very respectful of him, and did not get much
back for it. |
|9/5/02 11:06:05 AM|Bob Bumbera|NC||renfbera@aol.com||||10|C'mon Joe. Foreman
over Louis? Ok, Foreman is bigger by about 20 pounds and taller, there's no
doubt he was one of the strongest heavyweights of all time, his upper body
strengh was tremendous, and he would use that to push, pull and throw guy's off.
Louis was also a very strong guy, who was a very accurate and deadly puncher.
His left jab was one of the best ever seen in a heavyweight. So good that other
fighters jabs are judged against it. Big George was very easy to hit, he
telegraphed his punches, he had no stamina or footwork. He could take a good
shot but, if he didn't take you out in the first 5 or 6 rounds, which was a
strech for him, you could pile up the points. His style was tailor made for a