January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

fury,quickness,and determination he exhibited through his entire career.This
even after a fearsome beating from George Foreman.
Mike Tyson,on the other hand,seemed to desintigrate after his loss to Buster
Douglass.|
|6/8/05 04:09:27 AM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Steve, I
honestly didn't remember you picking Hatton to lose. I just remember I
did.I am attending the Audely Harrison fight card Thursday. My
pal Toney will likely be there. I think he is innocent of his streroid charges
as he didn't have the streroid look verses Ruiz as he looked chubby. I
have a feeling his postive test was due to leftover residue from the legal
prescriptions he was taking when he was being treated for his arm
injury.I got an E mail from the promoter with and updated bout sheet for
the card and Vaughn Bean is not on the card. Tann is fighting a journeyman
fighter instead. Don't know yet why Bean is not fighting. |
|6/8/05 10:01:09 AM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|Kent-Why don't you ask your
brother James what he thinks about Audley Harrison. I already know he'll say:"
Harrison is a big bum !".|
|6/8/05 05:06:34 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Kent:
Aren't the tests sophisticated enough to distiguish between medication
(especially residual) and steroids? I'd like to believe that Toney is the
victim of a mistake, but generally, after all is said and done, most pro (or
amateur) athletes accused of banned substance use are generally guilty. The
first thing you hear from guys like runner Ben Johnson? "It was cold medicine."
I'm not saying I believe with 100% certainty that Toney is guilty of steroids,
but on the other hand, what more do you have than a hunch, that he's innocent?
The fact that he wasn't chiseled doesn't tell the whole story. Remember Tony
Mandarich, drafted by the Packers (I believe out of Michigan State)? In
college, he was just bulky, not muscular, but huge and bulky. He had incredible
strength, stamina and intensity, even though he didn't have Ken Norton's body.
When he went to the NFL and got off the juice, he shrunk a few sizes and Reggie
White got the assignment against him one afternoon and threw him around like
Raggedy Ann. Mandarich did improve and actually had a decent season or two, but
was never the dominating player he would have been if he stayed on steroids. At
least that's the word from insiders. I think Toney might have juiced to gain
weight and strength---the weight doesn't always go on solidly, but it works.
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|6/8/05 07:47:16 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Angelo, yes it
is possible that Toney was on the juice but I do remember hearing about how he
had to lose sometimes forty pounds to make middleweight and super middleweight
weight limits.He also looked quite heavy in the Muhammed Ali movie when
he played Joe Frazier in the film.Massimo, my brother James (I actually
have a brother named James Appel) doesn't know who Audley Harrison
is.Ha!Ha! I know your were talking about Toney and if I can, I will ask
him about Audley and tell you what he says.I can also ask Kirk Johnson
what he thinks of him and I bet his reponse will be different.|
|6/8/05 08:55:32 PM|Angelo|DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Steve: Your post is
accurate. I think that the difference between Frazier and Tyson (and the reason
Frazier was able to go to war late in his career and look good) is mental.
Frazier was one of a select few who, in the ring, didn't let my all time
favorite, Ali, mess with his mind. Frazier had focus and a sense of purpose
that Tyson lost very early. Is it too late for Tyson? Probably. I have to
say, Tyson is saying the right things now, and reportedly has trained like a
maniac for this fight against McBride. The knee is healed, Tyson is in shape
and apparently at peace with himself for now. He needs the money and has that
motivation going for him. If he wins this one and one or two more tune-ups
against stiffs, he'll get another crack at one of the titles. Oh boy, we're in
for some fun. |