January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

as long as a good portion of donations make it to former boxers in need. I read
in the Wall Street Journal recently that Don Imus' Ranch (Charity Ranch for kids
with serious illness) is corrupt. Imus has croonies on the payroll and uses the
ranch as a personal getaway---they use charity funds to hire a chef and
assistants, and Imus goes there and has the chef make meals for him and uses the
amenities. Illegal? I doubt it. Unethical? Depends who you ask. The cost
factor is upside down---millions of dollars raised, HUNDREDS of kids served per
year---but parents say the kids experience there is first rate. Same might hold
true for Cooney. By the way, I was having lunch at a DC institution, Ben's
Chili Bowl on U Street, and a FOX News reporter came in to ask me for some
comments on Mike Tyson's upcoming fight in DC. I gave her a quick interview,
but I don't think they used it on the newscast. Who knows, maybe they'll use it
when the fight draws closer. |
|4/15/05 01:36:30 AM|My name is Massimo|del bel paese la' dove 'l si' sona
(XXXIII, Hell )||warrencoolidgeisthegreatest.com||||10|Yesterday night, in
Paisaland, ESPN showed Marvin "Humble" Hagler vs Eugenio "Ciclone" Hart. What a
great fight it was !!!!! It was a Frazier-Quarry 1 for smaller people. The
heavyweight division is my favourite division, but I like very much the 70's and
80's middleweight division too. Marvin Hagler, Roberto Duran, Tommaso Hearns,
Iran Barkley, Zucchero Ray Leonard, Eugenio Hart, Benito Briscoe were all
exciting fighters. Eugenio was a very dangerous puncher with probably a weak
chin. He fought a great fight against Hagler; he fought toe to toe (it means
"alla pari") with one of the greatest pound for pound: MARVIN "HUMBLE" HAGLER.
When he quit on his stool, for no apparent reason, after the eight round he was
doing very well. Marvin Hagler vs Eugenio Hart was a great fight, a fight for
collectors, a fight to watch over and over again. |
|4/16/05 05:03:34 AM|George Otto|Youngston, Ohio||ehnpbsa@aol.com||||10|A recent
article and comments posted on the East Side boxing site regarding the federal
government controling boxing contains many good ideas and thoughts. Let me add
a few more as one who has reviewed the boxing organizational scene and commented
on it for almost 10 years for no pay as the chief counsel/legislative director
of the American Association for the Improvement of Boxing and the Jerry Quarry
Foundation. Since WWII, boxing has declined to the level of a niche sport---one
that only attracts attention at periodic periods of time. College athletics,
basketball, football, baseball, golf, hockey, tennis, and other sports have long
surpassed boxing as an object of consistent interest. Furthermore,
proportionately, the boxing business has declined. A huge reason has been a
lack of credibilty and honesty and integrity that other sports have---along with
a central authority over the bulk of the matches/games/contests. This has
happened even on an international basis. Boxing has never had a central
authority to bring order to its chaos. The people making the most money have
earned it today with no thought or concern about the future or the ongoing
growth of the sport----which has inevitably resulted in its overall decline.
That is why boxing needs a central authority. And, if the private sector
refuses to do it (which it has for more than 60 years), then having the federal
government, which does some things well when the public holds it accountable,
constitutes the only viable alternative. For those who want change this has to
happen. For those who do not want change, they will see a continued decline in
the overall condition of the sport---particularly in terms of making money and
taking care of the fighters. Finally, as is true of most solutions such as
this, there are both winners and losers from a financial and emotional
standpoint. However, the mission and purposes of TJQF (the Jerry Quarry
Foundation) and the AAIB (the American Association for the Improvement of
Boxing) are to improve boxing, not to make everyone happy, glad, prosperous,
amused, or feeling fulfilled. And hence these comments. Finally, the John
McCain bill to set up a federal boxing commission is back before Congress again
this session.|