January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

every thing he had, couldn't catch him long enough to hurt him, he didn't really
train hard for the fight, thinking he would take the kid apart in two or three
rounds. He was tired and in pain and quit. Please don't think I took offense
to your post. Hey, I come here because I love boxing, Jerry was a hero of mine
and I like to re-live the past little bit, maybe gain a new insight or
perspective on some idols of my youth. And this site has done that for me. As
for the Ali-Louis fight. I'll have to go with Ali. Louis was not that great
when opponents showed movement and kept him off balance. Tommy Farr and more so
Billy Conn showed that. Conn was 5'11" at 174. Ali would come in about an inch
and a half taller and 10 pounds heavier than Louis, Ali had size, speed and was
too smart to get cornered by Joe. Ali by 9th round KO. |
|10/2/02 08:51:03 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|I always
thought Jerry was rushed too quickly into the big time. He fought Machen at age
21 and Patterson for the first time at 22. He also had his only two title shots
at age 25, against Ellis and Frazier. Jerry had so many tough fights that by
the time he was 29, he was through as a major talent. Bear in mind he also had
over 200 amatuer fights. In hindsight, maybe if he had been brought along
slower, than maybe he would have had a better chance of winning a title. In
contrast, Wladimir Klitschko of Ukrain is now 26 and he has not had near the
level of competition that Jerry had early. Klitschko is the biggest threat to
Lennox Lewis around (both literally and figurtivly) but could it be that he is
being moved too slowly? The opposite of Jerry?|
|10/3/02 09:23:09 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|As a sidenote: I
think that Jerry and JoeBugner would have been a good matchup.Buger
could box, take a puch, was gutty, but was not a great puncher. We all know
whatJerry brought to the table.|
|10/3/02 11:43:56 AM|Evren|London||@||||10|The one and only Ali would have
stopped Louis late in a match that would be very tough in the early going. When
Ali's weight tolled in the later rounds a battered Joe would be caught on the
ropes defenseless as Ali 'ripped into him'. The Winner is the greatest. I think
Jerry would have edged Joe Bugner in a tight match because of his greater
desire.|
|10/3/02 02:25:55 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENYURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|JOHN GERARD: YES I THINK QUARRY-BUGNER
WOULD BE INTERESTING,ALTHOUGH MR.JIMMY TOOK THE TRIP TO ENGLAND WITH JERRY AND
SAID HE TOYED WITH BUGNER IN THE GYM WITH INSULTING EASE(ABOUT 1972). OF COURSE
BUGNER CAME ON IN 75' WHERE QUARRY HAD THE WARS WITH FRAZIER,NORTON. I USE TO
TALK TO MIKE QUARRY OFTEN IN BAKERSFIELD SUMMER 1980. AND HE PRETTY MUCH KNEW
JERRY BEST,BOBICK,BONAVENA,BUGNER,KIRKMAN NO PROBLEM, I ALSO BELIEVE RANDY
NEUMANN WAS A BETTER FIGHTER THAN EVER GIVING CREDIT FOR,HELL HE WAS A COLLEGE
STUDENT WITH A 22-2 RECORD, NO PUNCH,BUT I SEEN HIM WIN EVERY ROUND VS BOONE
KIRKMAN ON THE 1975 FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS, ALSO ONE MORE THING,I HEARD OF RAY
"WINDMILL" WHITE'SPARRING EXPERIMENT WITH JQ IN L.A. WHEN WHITE WAS A
HEAVYWEIGHT EARLY ON.JERRY STARTED OFF TAKING IT EASY WHICH RAISED SOME
EYEBROWS, THEN WHITE CLINCHED AND DID ONE OF HIS PATENTED BEHIND THE BACK
PUNCHES TO THE FACE,JERRY WAS NOT AMUSED CORNERD WHITE AND DECKED HIM BREAKING A
COUPLE OF RIBS!!|
|10/3/02 03:16:18 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z2yahoo.com||||10|JIMMY DORSEY:
thanks for the info it was interesting. Kirkman as never the same after the
first Foreman fight - his confidence vanished after that beating. I think that
Jerry and Bonavena would have been a very good fight. Another very good
forgotten fighter is Larry Middleton who Jerry just barely beat over in England.
Bugner gave Ali and Frazier very hard fights and was much bigger than Jerry. Too
close to call in my book. |
|10/3/02 07:52:37 PM|Gerard Carrier|San Jose,
California||gcarrier62@go.com||||10|Any chance of a book on the life and career
of the late Jerry Quarry being published in the future?|