January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

that Ali took it seriously enough however and perhaps required a couple more
tune ups(Personally I thought Quarry/Ali 1 was a better fight). When
they(Ali/Frazier) met again, I believe neither was champion and on the third
occasion, although it was very entertaining, I think we were watching two guys
who were really spent, although I give them both credit for their display of
courage etc. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that for his brief reign, I
thought that Frazier was outstanding in his division. It's true that he didn't
fight Lyle, Shavers and Norton but I believe those fighters became valid
contenders after Foreman de-throned Frazier. It seems to be a syndrome with
heavyweights when they are defeated as champions, many of them are
finished(physical,psychological???)Patterson, Liston, Foreman, Tyson to name a
few(Ali was probably an exception). It was the Golden Era of heavyweight boxing
though and all of those guys put on memorable performances. |
|5/13/05 10:20:43 AM|Massimo |Roma||4||||10|Joey-Interesting post ! I
heard on this site that Frazier-Chuvalo was a very exciting fight and that
George held his own. Our friend "Fan" ( one of the two "Fans" in this site) told
us that ! Do you confirm ?|
|5/13/05 12:31:37 PM|Massimo |Roma||drugs.com||||10|It's official, Toney-Ruiz
has been declared NO CONTEST so, I guess, Giovanni Ruiz is still HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPION OF THE UNIVERSE, for Angelo's joy !By the way, I have just seen
1991 ight between Toney and Dell'Aquila, it's just impressive how small
Giacomo used to be and how andre' he is now...It's unbelievable that it's the
same person. If somebody in 1991 would have told me "Toney will be heavyweight
champion some day (or someday)"I would have answered (o responded) "Are you nuts
or what ?". Is there some flyweight outta there who wants to be the next
heavyweight champion ?|
|5/13/05 12:35:43 PM|Massimo |Roma||4||||10|Correction-If somebody in
1991 had told me etc. Sorry !|
|5/13/05 04:22:59 PM|Joey|Canada||aol||||10|"Interesting post ! I heard on this
site that Frazier-Chuvalo was a very exciting fight and that George held his
own. Our friend "Fan" ( one of the two "Fans" in this site) told us that ! Do
you confirm"(Massimo's
post)************************************************It was an exciting
fight and George generally held his own in most fights but unfortunately in this
one he was swarmed by Frazier, had his eye socket broken up and quit(wisely). In
his career, George was never knocked off of his feet. He was stopped a few
times(FRAZIER, FOREMAN), went the distance with Ali, Patterson & Terrel(the
Patterson fight was a good one for George and a lot of fans felt that George
should have had the decision. His fight with Terrel; I thought George definitely
won that one but the judges saw it differently. Oh well that's boxing for
you!)|
|5/13/05 04:53:55 PM|Fan|Fandom||Fan@Fandom.com||||10|I watched Frazier-Chuvalo
again recently and George had some good moments. Frazier was winning, but it
was back and forth action. George Chuvalo was rarely in a bad fight, Zora
Folley being one of them. Old Zora was rarely in a good fight. |
|5/14/05 01:25:41 AM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Joey, I don't
believe George Chuvalo ever quit in his life. I haven't seen the Frazier fight
in years but as I remember it, his corner stopped the fight when he had his eye
badly damaged. He didn't quit.Also, when he fought Foreman Chuvalo was
taking a bad pounding and the referee stepped in and stopped it. Chuvalo
commeted that the ref was crazy for stopping it. He obviously wanted to
continue.|
|5/14/05 09:08:18 AM|Massimo|Santa Monica beach, Ca (and now, beat me
!)||4||||10|Fan-What do you mean "old Zora was rarely in a good fight" ?
I think Zora was an excellent heavyweight ! Although he was in bad shape and
old, he gave Oscar Bonavena a boxing lesson in 1965. Zora has been a top 10
contender for many years, in his prime, he would have played with Ruiz ! In