January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Holmes, Ron Lyle, Ernie Shavers,Jerry Quarry and myself, everyone of whom
could have beaten all the others in a given night". He showed respect for Jerry
Quarry.Steve-I have checked up Ali's record and I think that
only 31 out of his 56 wins were ratable EASY WINS. That's just a little more
than 50 %. So, as great as Ali' was (and he was really great), the legend of
Ali' dancing and dominating fights is only a legend. He won a good part of his
fights with a lot of sweat. Also, I wonder how Ali' would have done against a
1960 version of Cleveland Williams, a 1959 version of Zora Folley, a 1961
version of Eddie Machen or a 1959 version of Sonny Liston. Who knows ?
PS: by the way, I think it's a very good thing that the title fights
don't last 15 rounds anymore, but only 12. |
|4/1/05 03:13:57 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|Not sure what to make of it, but the
news of the Hagler v Leonard fight is interesting. The Italian promoter who put
the deal together must have lots of the folding stuff to offer the 7.85 million
dollars winner take all. It would have been better if this rematch
happened 18 years ago but from what I've read about these two legends it'll be
good to watch even though they're both nearly 50. The fight is to be in
September at some place called La Spazia in Italy. Hagler is living over there
now and he's quoted as saying he 'can't wait to get Leonard in the ring again'.
He's still saying that he won the first fight between them.The first
thing that goes in a fighter is speed and reflexes. I'm told that is what
Leonard relied on. So I'd have to pick Hagler in this one. I wonder whether
Hearns will line up to take the winner on. They're fighting at 172 pounds, which
is between light heavy and super middleweight. Interesting times.|
|4/1/05 03:25:20 AM|Massimo |Roma||4||||10|I have no desire to watch a Hagler-
Leonard rematch. La Spezia is a city in Liguria, in North-West Italy.|
|4/1/05 07:42:06 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Fan: Norton
showed heart against Holmes and to a lesser extent, against Ali. Both Holmes
and Ali were brilliant boxers, tremendous champions---and in my mind, easily in
the top 5 heavyweights ever. But, neither of them were feared power punchers.
Norton could take their punch and fight back. He didn't fear them. Part of
"heart" is overcoming intimidation and adversity to rise up---even if you end up
losing. Jerry Quarry had tons of it. Jimmy Young showed it against Foreman, in
a big way.Norton? Against guys who intimidated him, he folded. It's
reminiscent of Michael Spinks against Tyson: No heart. Look at Buster Douglas
against Tyson---it's not just that he won, but it's that he stood there and
traded punches with him. He got clocked and got back up to fight back. So many
times, Jerry Quarry was hurt badly but kept plowing ahead, trying his best to
compete. That's heart. |
|4/1/05 08:57:30 AM|Forest Ward|NYC||raymccormack2003@yahoo.com||||10|It's
interesting that we are talking about heart. I agree with much of what I
read. Last night I was watching Cooney-Spinks. Cooney had no fire in his
belly. Cooney had the opportunity to trade punches with Spinks mano to mano
after the 1st knockdown. After all, prior to that knockdown Cooney was stalking
Spinks the whole night with no sucess. Instead Cooney gets up and offers no
resistance, and fold like a cheap suit. Cooney did the same thing with Foreman.
Mr. Cooney was deficient in the "heart department|
|4/1/05 10:30:43 AM|Fan|Fandom||Fan@Fandom.com||||10|Angelo, I respect your
opinions. I must say though that Norton had heart. What he lacked a was a good
chin against huge punchers. He was durable as hell and had all the heart in the
world against most fighters. However, when put in against HUGE punchers he
could not take their punches. It was his flaw, just like Jerry had his cuts.
It had all to do with his chin, not his heart. He got up against Foreman and
Shavers and was on queer street both times. It wasn't his heart, it was his
chin, just like Jerry's eyes.|
|4/1/05 11:17:38 AM|Fan|USA||n/a||||10| Jerry was beyond shot when he fought
Norton in late 1975. He was already shot in 1974, when he was decked by Joe