January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

emember if he lived in the area at that time or if he was just visiting
friends. I had a chance to chat with him a couple of times and we mainly talked
about music. Him being a singer and I am a singer also. I used to do some bar
gigs but never anything big time. I saw Jerry in this bar several times but he
never seemed drunk or out of control and he never had an incident while I was
there. Jerry didn't seem to me to be the type of guy who went looking for
trouble. I was just speculating as to why someone would be foolish enough to
mess with him. Regarding the incident at the Quarry family bar, I was repeating
what Mr. Jimmy and the retired police officer I used to know had told me. |
|11/30/02 01:35:02 PM|Jeffery Smith|New Orleans||jls@runbox.com||||6|I found
this site with a search engine, not knowing that it existed. I was a huge Jerry
Quarry fan in the 1960's and 1970's. Having grown up in San Diego, I saw him and
Mike on Olympic Boxing Thursday nights. I was deeply saddened upon hearing of
Jerry's death a few years ago. Some of the streaming video at this site of Jerry
in 1995 brought tears to my eyes. In an age when heavyweights seem to bounce in
and out of prison, Jerry was a real class act. Nobody has adequately filled his
shoes in the boxing world. A champ among champs.|
|12/2/02 03:34:34 PM|charles anderson|ark.||ctjjandfam@aol.com||||10|jerry would
have walked thru bob foster like a wet paper bag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1|
|12/2/02 03:52:30 PM|Kent Appel|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|As I
have said many times, Roy Jones Jr. has not been tested. He is a talented
fighter but until he faces some adversity in the ring and he comes out on top,
he can not be considered an all time great. Jerry verses Jones would have been
interesting and it would be just the fight to answer what Jones is made of. I
think Jerry, because of his size and strength advantages, would wear Jones down
on way to a late round stoppage win for Jerry. Jerry would win for the same
reason over Bob Foster. This would have been a natural at the box office.
Jerry's revenge for what Foster did to his brother Mike. WELCOME JEFFREY SMITH
TO WHAT I LIKE TO CALL QUARRYVILLE. YOUR COMMENTS ON ISSUES RELATED TO JQ AND
BOXING IN GENERAL ARE APPRECIATED. WHY ONLY A 6 ON YOUR RATING OF THE SITE?|
|12/3/02 06:59:20 AM|T.A. Taylor |U.S. Army, Germany ||olympia33ct@yahoo.com
||||10|For any Quarry fans that may be interested, I have found a rare copy of
one of the three Mike Quarry bouts with Mike Rossman. It is the third bout of
the trilogy. I would rate the quality of the footage as Good. Also, the same
collector has a Mint version (Excellent Quality) of the 2nd bout between Jerry
and Joe Frazier. It is the complete program with cameo appearances by many
former Boxing Greats during the Intro's and has the postfight interview with Joe
Frazier. If anyone is interested contact me and I will provide you with the name
and address of the collector. This is a great site for us Quarry fans, keep up
the good work. |
|12/3/02 09:14:13 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|KENT: Why did Mr.Smith rate this a 6??
EASY, because of some of "us guys" ludicrous comments!YOU "LUNKDHEAD". (Just
kidding Kent,boy do I MISS MOE!).As I said before I agree JERRY QUARRY would
KAYO BOB FOSTER, MUCH LIKE FRAZIER DID! I wonder why those two never got it on?
I Heard Jerry made the FOSTER entourage walk around him on his way to the ring
in 72'.When I lived in Vegas. I do not know about the truth of that (don't they
come out like 20 minutes later from the last bout?).Ali-Quarry II THAT IS,Iknow
Foster had a lot to do in promoting JERRY on his crusierweight comeback in 1983,
when he kayoed Guerra,HEY KENT HERES A QUESTION FOR YOU, WAS THAT AT
ALBUQUERQUE'S CIVIC AUDITORIUM 8-31-83? Foster's old stomping grounds??|
|12/3/02 09:31:43 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@yahoo.com||||10|also KENT: JERRY DID TWO OTHER THINGS IN
LAS VEGAS WHEN HE WAS RETIRED,HE HAD A SINGING GIG AT CAESARS PALACE CALLED
"JERRY QUARRY WITH PLEASURE" AND BARTENDED AT THEY NEARBY "STAGE DOOR". I THINK
I WAS LIVING IN LAUGHLIN,NV. AT THE TIME.WHERE THEY HAD HIM DOWN AT THE
"EDGEWATER" ALAS I HAD TO WORK.WE AT QUARRYVILLE DO HAVE A TENDACY TO TREAT