January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

THE MORE I REALIZE HOW SHORT LIFE IS. DOES ANYONE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE
GOVERMENT IS CAPABLE OF REFORMING BOXING, THE GOVERMENT CAN'T EVEN ALLOW PRAYERS
TO BE SAID IN SCHOOL.#2 JIM, I AM NOT THE FOREST WARD WHO YOU ARE REFERRING
TO, IT IS A PEN NAME(ALTHOUGH MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS REAL), I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE IF
ANYONE WOULD REMEMEMBER HIM. JIM, YOU KNOW YOUR BOXING. I WAS AT TIMES SQUARE
THE DAY HE BOXED GEORGE FOREMAN. FOREMAN NAILED HIM IN THE 1ST ROUND WITH A
LEFT HOOK, AND IN THE SECOND ROUND HE NAILED FOREMAN WITH A RIGHT HAND. QUARRY
AND FRAZIER ALSO SPARRED THAT DAY, THAT WAS IN JUNE OF 1969. LETS SEE HOW THE
FIGHTERS FROM THAT DAY ARE DOING, JERRY QUARRY IS DEAD, FOREST WARD THE LAST I
HEARD IS STILL ALIVE AND HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF JAIL, AND HAS BEEN DECLARED
MENTALLY INCOMPETENT, JOE FRAZIER IS SLOWING DOWN, BUT HE MAY BE ALRIGHT I
REALLY CAN'T SAY,DESPITE THE FACT HE FOUGHT MOST OF HIS CAREER WITH ONLY ONE
GOOD EYE (SO MUCH FOR BOXING PHYSICALS). AND GEORGE FOREMAN IS A NATURAL
TREASURE. DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY 75% OF THE FIGHTERS I JUST NAMED ARE
PERMANENTLY DAMGED OR PREMATURELY DEAD AS A RESULT OF BOXING. PLEASE MAKE NO
MISTAKE I LOVE THESE GUYS ESPECIALLY FOREST WARD, I FOLLOWED HIS CAREER FROM THE
AMATEURS HERE IN NYC, I REMEMBER HIM BOXING IN THE THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE,
AND WINNING THE GOLDEN GLOVES, AND BEATING KENNY NORTON IN THE NATIONAL AAU
FINALS IN SAN DIEGO IN 1967, AND WINNING THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES IN CANADA IN
1967. WELL, HERE I AM SEMI-RETIRED AND ENJOYING GOOD HEALTH, AND REMEMBERING
WELL THEIR GLORY DAYS. WHAT WAS JERRY QUARRY DOING THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE,
WANDERING AWAY FROM HIS CARE GIVERS AND ASKING PEOPLE IF THEY HEARD OF ALI OR
FRAZIER, AND THEN TELLING THEM THAT HE FOUGHT BOTH OF THEM, AND THEN NOT
REMEMBERING HIS WAY BACK TO HIS HOUSE. I NO LONGER WANT TO LIVE WITH MY
MEMORIES OF THESE GUYS IN THEIR GLORY DAYS,IF IT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY
SICH A TERRIBLE PRICE. ONE MORE PIECE OF INFORMATION. I SAW EMILE GRIFFITH
FIGHT A LOT IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN THE LATE 60'S AND EARLY 70'S. I USED TO
SEE HIM AROUND NEW YORK A LOT, NEVER MET NICER GUY IN MY LIFE THAN EMILE. THE
LAST TIME I SAW HIM WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO AT THE RING 8 VETERANS BOXING CLUB
HERE IN NEW YORK, HE SEEMED FINE. WELL A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN 3 YEARS. RECENTLY HE
WAS AT A BOXING BENEFIT IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND A FAMOUS CUT MAN FROM NEW YORK
WHO HAS KNOWN EMILE SINCE HE WAS IN THE GOLDEN GLOVES IN 1958, TELLS ME THAT
EMILE DID NOT REMEMBER HIM, AND THAT EMILE NEEDS A CARE GIVER TO BE WITH HIM ALL
DURING HIS WAKING HOURS, AND DURING THE TIME THE THE CUTMAN SPOKE WITH EMILE,
EMILE CONSTANTLY ASKED HIM WHERE HE WAS. IT GET'S WORSE, LATER THAT NIGHT EMILE
WANDERED FROM HIS HOTEL, AND COULD NOT FIND HIS WAY BACK. THE POLICE HAD TO
LOOK FOR HIM AT NIGHT WITH HELLICOPTERS, EMILE IS ALL OF 64 YEARS OLD. QUIZ
TIME, WHAT DO EMILE GRIFFITH, FOREST WARD, AND JERRY QUARRY HAVE IN COMMON? THEY
WERE ALL TRAINED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER BY GIL CLANCY. GIL IS OVER 80 YEARS OLD
AND IN GOOD HEALTH AND WELL OFF, AND A NICE GUY, AND NONE OF HIS SONS OR
DAUGHTERS EVER BOXED, ALTHOUGH ONE DAUGHTER WAS A BOXING COMMENTATOR. FLOYD
PATTERSON IS IN THE LAST STAGES OF ALZHEIMERS, HE HAS GREAT TROUBLE SWALLOWING
HIS FOOD, SOON HE MAY NEED A FEEDING TUBE. PERSONLLY I BELIVE IT WOULD EASIER TO
MAKE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT SAFER THAN IT WOULD BE TO MAKE BOXING SAFER.#3
FINALLY WE COME TO KENT. KENT, I AM NOT NEW TO THIS SITE I'VE MADE POSTING'S
OVER THE YEARS, NEVER LOOKED TO PROVOKE AN ARGUMENT, AND ALWAYS LEFT A
LEGITIMATE EMAIL ADDRESS. IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN THE WORLD OF ONE SIDED
THINKING, THAT IS YOUR CHOICE, BUT REMEMBER YOU ARE NOT THE ARBITRATER OF WHAT
IS ALLOWED TO BE POSTED ON THIS BOARD, OR WHAT CONSTITUTES INSIGHTFUL THOUGHTS.
YOU ARE NOT JUDGE AND JURY. ONCE AGAIN IF WE ARE TO TALK ABOUT THE PAIN AND
SUFFERRING THE QUARRY'S SUFFERRED WE CANNOT FORGET OF THE PAIN AND SUFFERRING
THEY INFLICTED ON OTHERS, IT TAKES 2 TO BOX, AND ONE IS GOING TO BE THE WINNER
AND ONE IS GOING TO BE THE LOSER. THAT IS AS IT IS IN LIFE AND IN BOXING.
SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN I WILL TALK ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUE, YES,
JOE LOUIS HAD A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM WITH COCAINE, HE STATED AS MUCH IN HIS
BIOGRAPHY WITH BARNEY NAGLER. AND SO DID JERRY AND MIKE. JERRY DID TIME IN JAIL
FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE(THAT'S PUBLIC RECORD), AND MIKE QUARRY MOVED TO