January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

expression on Norton's face when he went down was priceless---he looked like he
was just hit by a train. I always pegged Norton as cocky, arrogant and more
than a bit full of himself---Hollywood Kenny---and I think maybe the jealousy
was the root of his hatred for Quarry, never a Champion, but voted "most
popular." Maybe that's what Norton needed. Instead, he couldn't even have a
civil relationship with his son. Jerk. I hate to make comments like this about
someone I never met, but his behavior and his own words have fired me up. Sad
irony that Norton, articulate and craving the spotlight, had that car accident
that messed him up. |
|3/31/05 06:16:31 PM|Fan|Fandom||Fan@Fandom.com||||10|Ken Norton had tons of
heart, he just froze and got clobbered against huge hitters. To say he didn't
have heart shows a lack of knowledge about Ken's career. It would be like
saying Jerry didn't have heart because he got cut in big fights. Also, it
hasn't been pointed out all the good things Ken said about Jerry after actually
getting to know him. Ken had a lot of respect for Jerry.|
|3/31/05 06:51:10 PM|Steve|N.J.||NA||||10|massimo,if you ever want to save a
tape of Ali at his absolute finest,the very peak of his talent,then the
Cleveland,{Big Cat},Williams fight was the best,showcase example I've ever
seen.Williams was an old,shot fighter.However,thats not the point.Ali was so
fast and accurate ,he was a blur of motion. |
|3/31/05 07:52:41 PM|Steve|NJ||na||||10|The only good thing Norton said about
Quarry in his book,was that they hugged in mid ring,and all animosities where
forgotten.Norton also stated that Quarry grew up in a tent in Oklahoma.While he
himself grew up in a wonderfull middle class family.I don,t see how just
freezing and getting KO'D,against those nasty bullies like
Foreman,Shavers,Garcia,and Cooney,would lead you to believe that Norton had tons
of heart.Quarry fought Norton and Frasier untill he was cut to pieces.Now that's
heart!Quarry would have walked through Norton in his prime.|
|3/31/05 10:52:13 PM|Howard C.|Louisville||howardc@louisville||||10|Strong
comments about Norton ! Before he beat Ali in 1973 he hadn't really done
anything and his reputation was made overnight on that victory alone.
His best fights apart from Ali, were Quarry, Young, and Stander but, as
Angelo rightly says, he was slaughtered by big punchers like Foreman, Shavers,
and Cooney (admittedly when his career was all but over).I'd always
thought that if you had a boxing Mount Rushmore of the 1970s you'd have Ali,
Frazier, Foreman, and Norton (if you consider Holmes an 1980s
fighter).However, in hindsight, reconsidering Norton's career on reading
Angelo's comments, I don't know whether he deserves to be there. Maybe Jerry
deserves the fourth place because, apart from his tremendous ability and courage
to face anyone, he was also one of the most popular fighters of that
period.When Norton beat Jerry, Jerry was past his prime. In the two
preceding years he'd beaten Lyle and Shavers. So although it's surprising that
Norton ko'ed him in 1975, I suspect that by then all the wars finally caught up
with JQ.Most fans think of Jerry and Norton as having their careers
quite a distance apart. But Jerry turned pro in 1965 and Norton only two years
later in 1967. In fact, Jerry was only three months older than
Norton.Yet these are the 'name' guys that JQ fought and Norton didn't:
Machen, Patterson, Spencer, Mathis, London, Chuvalo, Mac Foster, Lyle, and Joe
Frazier.Jerry had 183 amateur fights and 66 pro ones (249 total), while
Norton had only 26 amateurs, and 50 professional fights (76). Norton certainly
had a lot less mileage on his clock when he fought Jerry in 1975. |
|4/1/05 02:00:39 AM|Massimo |Roma||4||||10|During an interview Norton was asked
what are the main differences between 70s boxing and today boxing. Ken said that
the 70s fighters had to fight 15 rounds for a title fight and were always in
very good shape, while now the fighters are already tired after 7 or 8 rounds.
He also said that in the 70's there was much more dedication to the sport and
then cited the great fighters of that era, "Ali', Foreman, Frazier, Larry