January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

he won both Young fights and I guess it is what the judges like, more punches
landed, quanity, favoring Young or harder punches landed, quality, favoring
Lyle. By the way, Lou Filippo seemed surprised that some people think
Frazier avoided fighters.The card I was at was the NABF bantamweight
title between Adam Carrera of California now 18-1, 8 by KO verses Julio Gamboa
of Nicragua 26-10-2, 16 by KO. Good action fight won by Carrera by 7th round
TKO. Is was shown on cable TV network Hombre TV and is being reshown a couple
of more times I am sure.I was sitting to the right of one of the
corners, next the ring if anyone happens to catch the broadcast. I am the heavy
guy who is taking off and putting on his glasses, I need them to read or write
but I don't need them to see the action.I am to the left of the older
gentleman ring judge, Filippo, next to two other guys next to the judge. The
directions are from my direction, not the TV camera, which would be opposite. |
|6/25/05 08:28:23 PM|angelo|dc||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Kent: I don't know if
I get that channel (Hombre) but I do get boxing cards weekly on a
Hispanic/Spanish speaking cable channel in the DC area---maybe this is
syndicated from Hombre? I will see if I can catch this week's card and see if
you're there. BTW, I know you aren't talking down to me/us about boxing---I was
just writing "for emphasis" I guess! But speaking of Ellis/Frazier II., if
Ellis actually pulled the shocker and earned a decision, what would have become
of the two fighters? Would that have blown Frazier's last title shot? Would
Ellis, who had been losing fight after fight, suddenly be a hot commodity again?
Look, the fight was made because the liklihood of Frazier losing was nil, but
anything can happen anytime. |
|6/25/05 10:07:44 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Angelo, I am
not sure what channel Hombre TV is on, even out here, but I know they are going
to replay the main event a few times and have one of the supporter bouts on
different programs.I never know if I am on camera or not but I think I
probably am this time. I have had friends come up to me and say, "hey, I saw
you on TV last night," regarding different cards I have been at. It is no big
deal to me as it is not me who is on TV real, I am just there. Alex "The
Bomber" Ramos, a former middleweight fighter, is one of the commentators. Alex
is a great guy, a credit to boxing, who does a lot of work to help fighters who
have fallen on hard times. His retired boxers foudation is one of the better
organizations out there.|
|6/25/05 11:57:10 PM|Lee Walden|Salt Lake City,
Utah||lwalden13@hotmail.com||||10|How did Mike Tyson try to break the arms and
wrists of his opponents? Is that true?|
|6/26/05 02:13:18 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|Kent - call it avoiding if you want
(instead of ducking), but Frazier missed fighting too many contenders of his
era. They all had the common trait of being big punchers and it wasn't
coincidental. Ronald MacDonald and Mr Ed could could swear that Frazier
didn't duck anyone but when things quack and waddle they are generally ducks. In
Frazier's case, it also had a Chinese chef chasing it with a wok, a can of sweet
and sour, and chop sticks.Frazier ducked fighters before the first Ali
fight and again after it. His career is littered with him picking and choosing
who he fought, and let's not forget that he refused to participate in the
elimination tournament when Ali's license was pulled. The others were all game
to take Frazier on but he didn't show up. Sure, he probably would have beaten
them but who can know that for sure ?This excuse that "there was no
money" for a particular fight is nonsense. The Dead Parroters all say that
Frazier didn't fight Norton because they were friends and Frazier liked him too
much. In his book Frazier gave a different excuse. He wrote that he didn't fight
Norton "because there was no money for it." Yeah, like there was more
money fighting blockbusters against Standers and Daniels and the clapped out
Ellis in Australia.Gerry, after again reading your remarks about Ali's
pre-fight insults to Frazier (which he made with the purpose of promoting the