January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

|6/9/05 02:03:54 AM|Massimo |Roma||4||||10|Kent-Thanks ! I can't even
immagine what James "Cassius Clay was humble" Toney would say if you asked him
"what do you think about Primo Carnera ?". He probably would start vomiting
!Angelo-I don't agree with you that Tyson needs money. No matter
how much money he gets in his next fights, he'll throw it out of the window just
in the same way he did with the money (maybe what 200 millions ?) he got (or
even gained) throughout the rest of his career. He should quit his career and
care about his own health. He got a choice: being a healthy and poor man or
being a poor and ill man.|
|6/9/05 03:22:44 AM|Gino M|San Leandro, CA||gmast49@juno.com||||10|Haven't been
by in a while, friends. Several items:1) Anyone see Big (really big) Riddick
Bowe just barely get by Billy Kudrun or whatever? Billy did well for a guy who's
really only part-time -- almost finished Bowe in one round. James Toney
shrewdly observed that Bowe should lose weight (from 280). I noticed again the
announcers got many details and observations wrong, probably to hype the fight.
If Riddick wants to come back, why not? Just about all the other heavyweights
now are stiffs. 2) Angelo, what do you think I am, French? Pure wop,
paisan. San Francisco born just like DiMaggio. 3) Kent, I disagree about
Hollywood directors not wanting boxing movies to be real. I used to be a grip
and heard directors talk about making the fights and boxing "more realistic".
They just don't know what it is. Most of them are pansies. 4) Steve, were
you the one who said Frazier didn't let Ali mess with his head? He sure did,
buddy. He was mad and distracted as hell when Ali called him ugly, and the ugly
gorilla. He still hates Ali to this day and never misses a chance to put him
down. That's messing with a guy's head. 5) Who was it who said JQ was a
master of the stare down? Give me a break. For one thing, Jerry was white, if
you haven't noticed, and no black fighter is going to find any white guy fearful
or scary. These black guys are usually from the street, everybody, where people
carry guns and shoot people with them. By the same token, Massimo, what Italian
is going to be intimidated by an Irishman? No offense. Besides, Jerry was a
small man. Do you think Lennox Lewis or Riddick Bowe or other big guys would
find him intimidating? Or Frazier or Toney or Trinidad or any Motown fighter or
any other black guy in any division? For that matter, Latinos, too. Do you think
Roberto Duran's gonna wet his pants if somebody looks mean at him? Except for
Liston and Foreman, nobody scares anybody in staredowns. That's kid stuff. Give
it up. That's my opinion and thank you!|
|6/9/05 08:19:43 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Gino: I'm
the one who said Ali didn't get in Frazier's head. I wasn't quite right about
that---he did get in Frazier's head, as evidenced by the fact that 35 years
later, Frazier still can't let go. But what I meant is that Frazier didn't get
rattled enough to let it affect him in the ring. He managed to beat Ali once
and fought him twice more, performing well both times. For my money, Ali is the
best ever. Frazier gave him fits three times (especially their first and last
fights). As well, Norton didn't buy into Ali's routine and he performed well
too. As for JQ's stare down technique, I don't think it necessarily scared
or intimidated anyone, but it served the purpose of showing that JQ wasn't
intimidated himself. Watch the JQ/Shavers prefight. During instructions, JQ is
staring him down while Shavers is giggling. Three minutes later, Earnie wasn't
laughing anymore! But I agree, the stare down is mostly macho crap. When the
bell rings, the better fighter, not the better actor, usually wins. |
|6/9/05 08:35:27 AM|Patrick Gibbons|Milwaukee
WI||gibbp@mail.wawm.k12.wi.us||||10|Great to see the sight is still up and
running with all the diverse comments from boxing fans around the country.
Staredowns at the start of a match are more internal than a fighter's ability to
scare the opponent. Jerry had a great one which helped "him" get into a fight.
By the way,the last I heard, Bellflower could probably rank with most "mean
streets" around the country. I don't think Jerry's early background was growing