January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

|12/19/02 02:05:01 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|YOUR welcome Steve,you have alot of
boxing knowledge yourself,I think Kent and I do not take it too
seriously,besides, we have our own fearless leaders club,where as JIMMY Q was
our leader Moe,and you can join anytime HA HA! This particular site is great,
and usually everyone conducts there self as ladies and gentleman.Its ironic how
famous Jerry really was and is, and how so many people can remember him, take
care!|
|12/19/02 11:35:42 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Yes, our
little club started out by us, Mr. Jimmy Q and me trying to remember where
Jerry's fight with Eduardo Corletti took place. Mr. Jimmy thought at first it
was at the L.A. sports areana or the L.A. converntion center, while I thought it
was at the Olympic audirorium. Jimmy D jumped in and said it was at the L.A.
Forum. I think he turned out to right in the end but when he first said it, I
told him, "OH A WISE GUY!" KNUCK! KNUCK! KNUCK! We all went back and forth a
couple of times like a bunch of LUNKHEADS, just like the real Moe and his two
friends used to. I realize only those in the Los Angeles, Ca area or those that
have live there would know where any of these places are.|
|12/20/02 01:14:17 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|Nice article from Boxing Illustrated
July 1994. 'The Greates Non-Champions of all time'.(All weights)Some of the
fighters included - 48. Henry Cooper.47. Ernie Schaff. 41. Tommy Farr. 40. Jerry
Quarry. 39. Eddie Machen. 38. Zora Folley. 25. Jimmy Bivins. 23. George Godfrey.
11. Lloyd Marshall. 7. Harry Wills. 6.Joe Jeanette. 1. Sam Langford.|
|12/21/02 01:24:34 AM|Sonia Hathaway (Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia81@aol.com||||10|Just wanted to say to everyone here, hope your
Holidays are safe. Enjoy them! We love & miss you Dad, Uncle Jerry, and Mom,
too.|
|12/21/02 06:28:10 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Okay,Jimmy Dorsey and
Kent,I may have gotten a sliver of info.you guys don't have.I'll get to that in
another hundred words.This way I can hold your attention.When I say,"don't take
things too seriously,I mean don't take ME too seriously when I kid you
guys.Jimmy,your absolutely correct about Jerry's amazing popularity after thirty
some years.It goes way beyond "The Great White Hope",racial factor.This guy had
so much charisma ,it was as Evren said "He seemed to have an aura around him.Did
you see him on the tape of the superstars competition where he was competing in
the home run derby?With his shaggy blond hair,golden California tan,wearing a
sleeveless,t-shirt showing off his shoulders and arms in the bright
sunlight?Every time he smacked one of those pitches past the home run
markers'the crowd went wild.You could tell He loved the crowd and the crowd
loved him.Okay,back to the new info.I recieved it from someone whom I can only
suppose does not choose to take part in these discussions.I therefore will
respect his privacy.He said he witnessed a fight between Bobby Quarry and Mike
Nixon in a kitchen in Bakersfield.He said "Now that was a street fight"!|
|12/21/02 10:01:17 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Well Steve, I
talk to Bobby Quarry on a fairly regular basis and I will try to remember to ask
him the next time I talk to him, maybe this weekend, if he ever got in a fight
with Mike Nixon. I had heard that Jerry had gotten in a fight with Nixon, but
this is the first time I have heard anything about Bobby fighting with him.
Wasn't Nixon married to Wilma Q at one time? This is true isn't it Sonia or
other family members out there? I do know that Wilma Q is married to a nice man
now, as I met him at Jimmy Q's memorial reception and Wilma and him were very
gracious hosts. I think it is amazing also that not only is Jerry still popular
with the fans, that the Quarry family is still on people's minds. There are not
any families out there like them. they are unique. But in a way, I feel rather
silly thinking about some of these details of things like who fought who in a
street fight. I sometimes think that maybe we should get a life! NAH! What
would we do if we didn't come to this board, my favorite boxing site on the