January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

ing generalship other than walking forward, pushing, forcing an opponent to the
ropes, and unloading bombs. To me, that's a slugger. At least Sonny Liston had a
good jab.|
|12/5/02 06:06:42 PM|Jeffery Smith|New Orleans||jls@runbox.com||||6|For the
Foreman fans, he was susceptible to boxers. Gregorio Peralta boxed him twice
without much trouble, but was always retreating (losing a decision, and then
getting kayoed in the late rounds of a fight in which he frustated the dickens
out of Foreman). Jimmy Young also was able to evade George's bombs and win a
decision. Jerry had trouble when he was drawn into slugfests at close range, but
potshotting big, strong guys (even very tall ones like Buster Mathis.I
bet $5 that Lyle would knock out Quarry, and was totally humiliated that (1) I
bet against him, and that (2) he completely dominated the guy I picked to beat
him.Here's a question. On the web, I keep seeing that Jerry was from
Bakersfield. I remember him early in his careet as the Bellflower Bomber, which
is closer to Orange County. Did he ever live in Bakersfield?|
|12/5/02 11:00:26 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|I believe
Jerry was born in Bakersfield and he lived there as a young boy and later moved
to Bellflower. Bellflower by the way is about halfway to Anaheim, which is in
O.C. from Los Angeles. Where I am in La Habra is on the border of O.C. and Los
Angeles counties about 10 miles from Anaheim and 25 miles from L.A. |
|12/6/02 07:40:01 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|More on Foreman:
The Foreman of the SECOND Frazier fight was the best heavyweight boxer/puncher I
ever saw -- he had it all a wicked jab, awesome power, and decent speed. The
Foreman of the FIRST Frazier fight was the hardest punching heavyweight I've
ever seen -- before or since. Either way, in my book, George is #2 of all time -
- right behind Ali. Foreman was very rusty in the Lyle fight and it showed and
against Peralta he was just a kid. Watch him demolish Norton, Chuvalo, etc.|
|12/6/02 12:42:48 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Hey Ramblin Bob
Bumbera,did you deliberatly spell youth as "yout".If so'how dare you make fun of
our Joisey accent! Just kidding.You ara right on the describtion of Ali's
house,and boy are you right about Matt Franklin!Do you know the story of how he
got his name?He was found by nuns wandering on Franklin Ave.in Philly.Has only
about two or three years old.The nuns took custody of him.I believe they were
nuns from St. Mathews Parrish,and since he was found on Franklin Ave.,they named
him Mathew Franklin.He later converted to Islam and took the name Mathew Saad
Mahammed.He had to have been one of the alltime most exciting lightheavy's.Yes,
his fight with Marvin Johnson,or were there two,were classics.Do you remember
his fights with Dwight {the Camden buzzsaw}Braxton?He also changed his name to
Dwight Quawi. |
|12/6/02 03:04:14 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|I was just going to mention, all 3 of
those, LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS RECENTLY,FRANKLIN,BRAXTON,JOHNSON,JERRY MARTIN
ETC.GUESS WE ARE HAVING A PHILLY WINTER!!DIDN'T JOHNSON FINALLY KO
GALINDEZ?FRANKLIN WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES,I REMEMBER HIM CUTTING AROUND THE EYES
ALOT IN HIS BIG BOUTS, SO DID GALINDEZ OF COURSE WHO BEAT THEM ALL, EDDIE
GREGORY ETC,I KNOW GALINDEZ WAS A BRAWLER, BUT HAD BOXING ABILITY A SMART
CORNER,AND COULD ALWAYS SEEM TO GO 15 ROUNDS,WONDER HOW MIKE QUARRY WOULD HAVE
FARED?I CAN ALSO REMEMBER WHEN HE FOUGHT RAY "THE BULL" ELSON. ON AN ALI
UNDERCARD, SEEMS ALL THOSE GREAT ARGENTINE BOXERS DIED IN TRAGEDY,
MONZON,BONAVENA,GALINDEZ, |
|12/6/02 03:12:21 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|KENT:where is the battle of the bouncers
supposed to take place?Bakersfield fairgrounds?also did you know Mike WEAVER'S
OLD MANAGER ALSO HANDLED "scrap iron" JOHNSON? Don MANGUAL,AND CAN YOU LOOK UP
SOME MICROFILM AT THEIR LIBRARY FOR ME, ITS EASY, AND EASY TO GET TO?? TAKE
CARE!|
|12/6/02 06:27:03 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|If George was just a slugger then