January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

in the ritzy part of Cherry Hill.W here all the mob guys live.No one I know ever
saw him there.I lived about three blocks from Bobby Clarkes house the night they
won the Stanley Cup.People wherewandering all over his property just
drinking,partying,and raising hell. |
|12/4/02 02:16:23 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|THANKS STEVE: I can talk all day about
stories like that,Ali acting crazy the day In Philly with Frazier, had to be one
of they all-time classics, i'll bet it was bedlam, if I REMEMEBER CORRECTLY,he
was either still exhiled from the sport,or had just beaten Quarry on cuts, and
Bonavena. (exhiled i believe to be more accurate).I REMEMBER THE world
rankings.W.B.A had 1-Bonavena 2-QUARRY, RING MAG.-1-QUARRY 2-BONAVENA, so you
have to give Ali credit for going right to the top three guys ending with
Frazier,did you ever get to see Jerry Quarry on "I DREAM OF JEANNE" it was
hilarious, not just because of Jerry, wished i had it taped, also Steve, do you
remember Middleweight Mike Nixon?(QUARRY CLAN- brother in law). He beat Mike
Rossman in Binghamton N.Y. AND South African contender Gert Steyn by KNOCKOUT!,
his big problem was his chin he lost 6 of 8 bouts by KNOCKOUT, and in 4 he'd won
every round, and a televised rematch in VEGAS with ROSSMAN, and ko'd on "FRIDAY
NIGHT FIGHTS". WE ONLY HAD IT 3-2-1 AFTER SIX ROUNDS TO ROSSMAN,BEFORE NIXON got
clocked,(he was the first fighter to beat Rossman as a pro).ended career by 4th
round KO to Vito Antofermo in MSG. He was one of the best built middleweights i
have ever seen, and although only 10 ko's in 27 wins, was known for his big
punch,and boxing ability, once ranked 14th world for his Rossman win,
International boxing had him #5 Junior Middle, after a great Steyn win in 1977.
take care!|
|12/4/02 03:40:05 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Jimmy D. I worked on a
hi-rise with two guys who lived in Cherry Hill and went to school with Mike
Rossman.His real name is DiPiano.He took his mother's maiden name Rossman,maybe
because they thought it would be more marketable at the time.Cherry Hill has a
very large Jewish population.By all acounts I've gotten ,Mike doesn't seem to be
a real nice guy.One of the guys told me he had a gym in his cellar.He was
allways trying to get neighborhood kids to fight him.|
|12/4/02 03:51:29 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@yahoo.com||||10|Steve: I can belive that about Rossman,
it is too bad Mike Quarry did not have the big punch he would have been 3-0 vs
Rossman,instead of 1-2,One fight I recollect,is when Rossman quit in his second
title fight vs Victor Galindez, because of a hand injury, Can you ever imagine
JQ or MIKE QUARRY ever Quitting with any type of an injury----now way!!
especially a title tiff!! I'LL tell you though a natural would have been a Bobby
CYZZ-Mike Rossman encounter, any predictions on that one ? i'd go with Cyzz i
guess.|
|12/4/02 06:51:11 PM|Bob Bumbera|NC||renfbera@aol.com||||10|Cherry Hill eh'
Steve. Part of my yout was spent in Willingboro. Ages 5 through 14. I was born
in Passiac and most of my family lives in the Clifton, East Rutherford area. My
mom used to drive us by Ali's house on the way to the Cherry Hill Mall. As I
remember it, a Spanish style house with a black iron fence around it. I think
he had a couple of Mercedes sedans in the driveway. When I was in the Boy
Scouts we'd get tickets to sporting events in Philly, Eagles and Fliers games,
Rollerdurby, the SF Bay Bombers kicked butt. And the the event that sparked my
interest in boxing a Joe Frazier training session. I don't know what fight he
was training for but it was in late '69 or early '70 it was probably Jimmy
Ellis. Hey, speaking of Philly remember Matt Franklin vs Marvin Johnson. Blood
and guts for 12 rounds!|
|12/4/02 07:11:51 PM|Jeffery Smith|New Orleans||jls@runbox.com||||6|My 6 rating
of the site was based only on having hit so many dead links at the time I
perused it. On the video page, about half of the links were dead. I'll go back
and check it.But while I'm on the line, I think Jerry would have