January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Patterson, Johannson, Holmes, Machen, Folley, C. Williams, Bugner, Bonavena,
Ellis, Cooper, that is available on tape. It consitutes 56 total tapes and
about 120-130 hours of run time. The following Quarry fights are available
somewhere. Tony Alongi I, Eddie Machen Highlights, Joey Orbillo, Brian London
I, Alex Miteff, Floyd Patterson I, Billy Daniels, Floyd Patterson II, Thad
Spencer, Jimmy Ellis, Joe Frazier I, George Chuvalo, Mac Foster, Muhammad Ali I,
Jack Bodell, Muhammad Ali II, Ron Lyle, Earnie Shavers, Joe Alexander
Highlights, Joe Frazier II, Ken Norton, Lorenzo Zanon. Good Luck|
|3/28/05 12:35:50 PM|Massimo |Roma||4||||10|Fan-Now, that's a collection
! My own collection sucks (it's slang...) in comparison ! Have you seen the
fight between Ron Lyle and Joe Bugner ? Was it close or not ? Among the fights
in your collection what (or which) are the most exciting ? How was Frazier-
Chuvalo ? One sided ? What about George Chuvalo-Cleveland Williams and Chuvalo-
Folley ? Thanks !|
|3/28/05 06:10:43 PM|Fan|USA||n/a||||10| Thank you all for your help.
ESPN Classic has shown a couple of Jerry's fights recently. They ruined my St.
Patrick's Day by showing Ali I, and over the weekend featured Frazier II, one of
my more depressing visits to MSG. I was convinced Jerry could win both of them
at the time. But then, about the only one I ever thought he would likely lose
was Norton, having taken the fight on two weeks notice and already shot. In his
prime, Jerry would have taken out Norton in my opinion, a la Shavers. |
|3/28/05 07:21:42 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Fan, I never
have felt bad about Jerry's first fight with Ali because he tried hard and if
not for the cut, who knows what might have happened.The second Ali fight
bothers me to no end as Jerry, for whatever reason didn't pursue Ali as hard as
he was capable. For most of the fight he just plodded after Ali throwing
ineffective punches and eating a lot of leather in return. Jerry's fire just
wasn't there in Ali 2.|
|3/28/05 09:36:41 PM|Fan|USA||n/a||||10| I agree re: the first Ali fight. It
was pretty risky for Ali to take on Quarry in his comeback fight. Jerry had a
real shot that night. He looked to be in great shape, and he was starting to
land. Then came the damn cut. I remember Jose Torres called it "a gift from
Allah" in his book "Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee", and Torres was a
huge Ali supporter. Another instance of the patented Quarry "hard luck".|
|3/28/05 10:38:14 PM|Arthur Deutcsh|Brooklyn||catfoot@charter.net||||8|Did
fighters in the "old days" use pork brine or salt brine to harden their hands
and their skin? Thank you.|
|3/28/05 11:30:11 PM|Ed|Cicero n y||mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|Kent (Ali vs
Quarry 2)I read Quarry was very upset with his brother getting knocked
cold by Bob Foster on earlier event on card. He said hed never fight with him on
card again, that it got him all out of his fight plan..Dont forget Mike was out
for quite some time..even Foster went over to him and looked
worried.ArthurYes I read (Dempsey was one i saw) that old timers
did soak in brine to toughen their skin...i remember Vito Antuofermo had his
forehead scraped so he wouldnt cut in fights against Marvin Hagler.|
|3/28/05 11:57:16 PM|Howard C.|Louisville||howardc@louisville||||10|Steve,
Monzon v Hopkins would be something to see. I'd go for Monzon but it would be a
great fight. I'm sure you know that Monzon was one of the very elite, any era,
any weight.Regarding your other comment some days ago about Vietnam, a
friend of mine is married to a Vietnamese woman and lives half the year with her
and their daughter in a suburb of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). I'll find out from
him what the Vietnamese beer is like today.I'm supposed to visit there
later this year, although I'm a bit uncertain and think that I might be getting
a bit old to begin roughing it again. The brother of a friend of mine died in
the Vietnam War and it was something to do with the battle of Coral.If I
do go over there, and I probably will, I also intend to visit Phenom Pen. The
history of that place interests me and the Killing Fields was one of the most