January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Chuvalo. In the fight's immediate aftermath, Jerry's entourage claimed that
Clayton's count was quick. There was no malfeasance on Clayton's part, however;
Jerry rose just as Clayton had tolled ten. Like Cosell, Sugar has a
strain of bluster and self-promotion about him. I wouldn't give much weight to
remarks he may have made about Jerry looking to quit. I've seen a tape Sugar
narrated several years back that featured highlights of Jerry's career. After
his ill-advised last comeback against Cramner, Sugar remarked that it was tragic
to see what had become of a "once great fighter". Gone were the heady days when
he floored and bested his boyhood idol, Floyd Patterson, at 22; his pitched
battle against Frazier in 1969; the disappointments against Ali, and the nights
he soared against the likes of Lyle and Shavers. He was reduced now to fighting
some no-name pug in a Denver hotel for a thousand bucks. |
|9/27/02 12:11:20 PM|Kent Appel|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|As a
fan, the losses to Ellis and Chuvalo were the most frustrating. In hindsight we
know Jerry was injured before the Ellis fight. It is just that Jerry should
have been at least WBA champion, even if only briefly. I wish Ellis had given
him a rematch instead of Ellis fighting Patterson. Jerry would have won the
rematch. As far as Chuvalo goes, Jerry was put down with a good punch but he
didn't appear too badly hurt, Jerry somehow forgot he had jumped up at about the
count of two and when he kneeled down, he thought he was taking the eight count.
It was a mental lapse on his part, he simply lost track of the count. Jerry
Quarry never, ever quit in a fight. |
|9/27/02 01:21:00 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|OKAY: i happen to have both press
clippings OF 2 N.Y. papers on they ALONGI,BOUT IN OLD MSG.I was proud of Jerry
in this one, and i will post it SUNDAY, get your own opinion.Is all I am going
to say, new york times, AS FAR AS CHUVALO, Only reasontly put it on Jerry's
record as a loss!!!|
|9/27/02 01:47:42 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|"californian Drops opponent in rough bout
at Garden"-Jerry Quarry of Los Angeles,tough resilent and dogged,fought to a 10-
round draw with they more experienced Tony Alongi,and emerged as they most
intersesting heavyweight of Madison Square Gardens dozen last night.Pressing his
attack on the bigger man,Quarry managed to get underneath Alongi's good left
jab,and knock him down in the 7th with a left hook to the face,the crowd seemed
ok with they verdict. And they really didn't seem to consider Alongi's long and
vicious thumb. His three solid left hooks to Quarry's groin,and his quick elbows
in the clinches,Quarry a 20 yr old 6-footer,4 inches shorter, 7 years
younger,and about 15 pounds lighter,tried not to consider them either,but his
legs slowed in the later rounds due to the low drubbing.Referee Mercante(one of
his infrequent bad nights scored the bout even)as did judge Aidala 5-5.and Leo
BIRNBAUM,who should have never been gave a pencil had it 7-2-1 Alongi.n.y TIMES
Scored it 6-4 Quarry. all six HW MATCHES CONSISSED of young heavyweights, but
only Quarry seemed to combine a sense of patterned intelligence with pure animal
power,his jab needs more training, but his reactions were quick,and his
willingness to stay belligerent and pressing ahead was impressive.P.S. JOE
FRAZIER WAS ALSO ON THEY UNDERCARD!!I'll take this article by Robert
Lipsite,over anything ole Bert Sugar had to say of JQ!!!!|
|9/27/02 08:58:12 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz@firstam.com||||10|I may be
restating myself, but Quarry was robbed vs. Chuvalo --- not deliberately. He had
Chuvalo and was in control clearly, Chuvalo's face was a mess. Whe Jerry went
done, he sprang up quickly, then went BACK to one knee to use the count. He rose
AGAIN exactly at 10. Since it was his Second time rising, he should've been
allowed to continue, but the ex-Globetrotter stuck it to him. It was close
enough to go that way, yes. But it was a robbery given that Jerry was clearly
winning. Chuvalo did not beat him. As for Ellis, I don't know anyone who thinks
Jimmy, a good heavy for the time like Chuvalo, was better than Jerry. That's the