January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

silly arguments again and again and again.You wrote that you "don't
consider that Frazier and Foreman fought twice" because Joe was not in his prime
the second time around. Fine. Let's just delete any fights Joe had when he was
out of his prime. While we're at it let's do the same for everyone else. Kent's
going to rewrite everyone's boxing resumes. That's journalism for you. Gimme a
break.Kent also writes that the Bruce knockdown was irrelevent and
mentioning it is the "height of absurdity" because it was only Joe's second
fight. Someone hit me on the head with a hammer. That fight doesn't really count
because Joe was too young and inexperienced. After Kent finishes
rewriting record books deleting out-of-prime fights, he's gonna delete
knockdowns and other incidents that happened early in careers. After all, non-
prime fights late in Joe's career, and pro fights early in his career, don't
count. According to Kent. And then Kent gives us his coupe de grace
(excuse moi, my French is as lousy as Kent's logic). Kent says it is unfair that
people have the image in their minds of Joe going down six times against Foreman
because the referee should have stopped the fight after the third
knockdown.Hello ! Knock, knock. Are you there Kent ? I have an
announcement. JOE WAS KNOCKED DOWN SIX TIMES BY FOREMAN. THE IMAGE IS
REALITY.But reality doesn't count either because Kent's gonna rewrite
the record books again and delete the last three knockdowns in the Foreman fight
(remembering of course that the second Foreman fight never really happened
because Joe was out-of-prime).After Kent's finished with the 'white
out', there's nothing much left. If Kent has his way, the record books will show
that Joe ducked more guys than he actually fought.Kent was also the guy
who complained that the Foreman/Frazier fights meant little because Joe never
got to land his left hook properly. Kent thinks prize fighting should be some
schoolyard game of Jackass where you stand there without moving and let the
other guy take his best shot at you. Kent critized Foreman for not
standing still to allow Frazier to hit him, he criticizes the referee for not
stopping the fight after the third knockdown, and he's critizing the history
recorders for including Joe's out-of-prime later fights as well as his early
fights.And just to show that Frazier Lovers don't have a sense of
humour, in comes Forest (Lover # 1). He kicks me and others for saying things
about his beloved Joe.Forest, the topic of Frazier was dead and gone.
And then Steve and Kent and someone posting as Smokin Joe began making comments
again. Kent (Lover # 2) then specifically criticized me for not answering his
questions. And when I did as he wanted and answered the questions,
Forest (right on cue, enter stage left) came in and king hit me for doing it.
Obviously you guys can't handle counter punchers. You and Kent think
that I should just stand still with my chin out while you throw your best shot.
And I was just starting to like you guys.|
|3/17/05 02:44:33 PM|Massimo |Roma||4||||10|I do believe that if the referre
hadn't stopped the fight, George Foreman would have kept knocking down Frazier
and at about the twenty-first knockdown Joe Frazier would have dead.|
|3/17/05 05:29:45 PM|Steve|N.J.||na||||10|Hey Ed from Cicero,very well said!|
|3/17/05 05:44:39 PM|Steve |N.J.||na||||10|Angelo,Jimmy Ellis wasn't that bad as
a heavyweight.He did knockout Bonevena.The guy you keep reminding everybody
knocked down Frazier twice. |
|3/17/05 06:05:11 PM|Steve |N.J||na||||10|Hey Howard,your correct about me.I
just can't let this debate about Frasier go.Consider my position,I watched
Frazier come up live and for real in Philly.In his first 20 fights, He was a
nonstop punching machine!He generated more excitement on the east coast than
Steve Carlton,the pitcher for the Phillies.I have a personel attachment to Joe.I
will always think he was in the top fifteen all time.You will never change my
mind. That said, I am declaring a unilateral truce with you.I won't argue with
you about Frasier anymore.|
|3/17/05 06:43:16 PM|Steve |na||na||||10|Hey Massimo,Your last post about