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Frazier---as much so as Joe Bugner or 1-4-1 Jimmy Ellis (and by the way, you can
tune up with sparring partners or fight an exhibition---you don't need to go to
Melbourne to get ready for Ali). Fact is, during these years, the guys I
mentioned were active, live opponents. This notion that "the timing wasn't
right," or that Frazier "didn't HAVE to fight them---he only had to fight Quarry
because Quarry beat them" is equally debatable. Of course he didn't HAVE to
fight anyone. It's not about mandates, it's about choices, testing yourself,
boldly going where you haven't gone before, rather than picking on rematches
against guys you've knocked out. Why is it so important that Frazier had to
fight all these guys at their peak? You take guys on when they're coming up,
peaking, or declining. Was Terry Daniels at his peak? |
|6/24/05 03:40:35 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|Hi ForestYou are right in
saying that Thomas Hauser was one of Ali's (many) biographers. It seems that
everyone wants to write about him, no doubt because there is a huge market to
buy the books.Hauser also worked as a journalist and he once wrote a
story after asking Eddie Futch who were the greatest heavies of all time. Futch
ranked Louis as the greatest with Ali and Jack Johnson tied for second place.
Oddly, he didn't place Frazier up there with them. Is Futch also an Ali
sycophant ? You rightly implied, Forest, that Frazier had smart
management who protected him from the kind of damage Ali seemingly got from
boxing. (I say "seemingly" because Ali says Parkinson's Disease would have
happened without boxing anyway and, while, I think he's wrong, I can't be
certain).I suppose your point, Forest, was that while Ali was fighting
Norton (x 3) and Shavers and Lyle, in all those wars, the pitter pats that a
clapped out Joe was having against Stander and Daniels and the blockbuster in
Australia against Ellis (who hadn't won for over four years) did him no
harm.But I have to say, with sadness, that I heard Frazier interviewed a
few months ago. He was slurring his words and his articulation was awful. The
interviewer had to keep repeating Joe's words just so the listening audience
could understand what the hell Frazier was going on about. It was
sad.Also, Forest, you mentioned (I think) that you saw the first Frazier
v Quarry fight. Did you attend the second fight as well (you know the one ....
it was a sanctioned eliminator by the YMCA) ? Did you also attend the Frazier v
Stander and Daniels fights ? Were they exciting, too ? Tell us about them
please, because there hasn't been too many books written about them.|
|6/24/05 05:38:32 AM|George Otto|Youngstown, Ohio||ehnpbsa@aol.com||||10|Gerry
and Angelo--Thank you for your kind words and feedback. regarding the Greg
Page situation, current litigation that may be decided in 12 months may indicate
that merely the enforcement of the 1996 PBSA may have protected Mr. Page from
injury. Below is another letter for everyone's
consideration.AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF BOXING,
INCORPORATED, 86 FLETCHER AVENUE, MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK 10552,
914.664.4571, www.aaib.orgTHE JERRY QUARRY FOUNDATION FOR PUGILISTICA
DEMENTIA, INCORPORATED549 10TH STREET, NORTHEAST, LINTON, IN 47441,
812.847.4137, www.jerryquarry.com24 June 2005The Honorable Bill
FristMajority LeaderUnited States SenateWashington, DC
20210Dear Senator Frist:Below is the second in a series of letters
concerning the past accomplishments and current positions. of the American
Association for the Improvement of Boxing (AAIB) and The Jerry Quarry Foundation
for Pugilistica Dementia (TJQF). The purposes of these letters are to inform you
concerning these items. In continuing to explain the efforts of the AAIB,
its efforts since 1965 to improve have been exhaustive. In 1985 much of the
sports media discussed the issue of banning professional boxing. The AAIB’s
Steve Acunto responded to this by producing in 1986. a remarkable document
entitled, On Banning Boxing. In this unique and remarkable publication, he put
forth many important ideas on how to re-regulate professional boxing, as opposed
to banning. And essentially, this document has provided many important