January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

the great Joe Louis' plight was not much different than any heavyweight who
fought ring wars, including Ali, Frazier, Ellis, Patterson, or Jerry. I
remember my father telling me how sad it was to see Hurricane Jackson stumbling
around NYC shining shoes. Is there a heavyweight - at least one who fought lots
of rounds - who hasn't shown some signs of dementia? |
|7/7/05 12:26:41 AM|Brandi Quarry|Linton
Indiana||brandiquarry3@msn.com||||10|REMEMBER HIM WITH SMILES AND LAUGHTER, FOR
THIS IS HOW HE REMEMBERED YOU. IF YOU CAN NOT REMEMBER HIM THIS WAY, THEN
DON'T REMEMBER HIM AT ALL..
WE LOVE AND MISS YOU JAMES QUARRY 7-07-2002 |
|7/7/05 01:42:31 AM|Ed|Cicero N Y||Mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|Fan .. theres one
old fighter that took tons of punishment and I read hes as sharp as a
tack...George Chuvalo.Noam...Good accurate post. One more thing that
didn't help Ali in his later years was his training method of letting sparring
partners knock him into a "twilight state" during training sessions. He did this
so he would know how to fight when dazed and hurt. KInd of makes you shutter
when you think of the brain damage that could do to a person.|
|7/7/05 02:57:44 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|Ed - yeah, I heard that about Ali. I
heard that he stopped wearing head gear at training and that he encouraged
others to hit him in the head when sparring. Ali said he wanted to experience
the "land of the half dream" to stimulate being hurt during a fight so he knew
how to react. For a guy who was one of the cleverest and smartest guys in the
ring, he certainly did some dumb things too.Fan - I read a book on
Marciano recently and he impressed me greatly. Maybe Rocky was the only guy with
the punch to stop Ali. I think the three greatest were Louis, Ali, and Marciano,
but I keep changing my mind as to the order.|
|7/7/05 03:26:44 AM|KENT|MURRIETA, CA||KENTALLENENT@AOL.COM||||10|MR. JIMMY IS
MISSED AND HE ALWAYS WILL BE. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE HE
PASSED AWAY.I KNOW I ONLY GOT TO KNOW HIM BECAUSE OF THIS WEBSITE AND
BECAUSE HE WAS JERRY'S BROTHER, OTHERWISE WE LIKELY WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN
AQUAINTED AT ALL BUT HE WAS MY FRIEND AND I FONDLY REMEMBER OUR LONG
CONVERSATIONS ON BOXING AND OTHER SUBJECTS.BRANDI IS RIGHT, I CAN STILL
HEAR THE LAUGHTER IN HIS WARM GRUFF VOICE.RIP JAMES QUARRY 1944-2002.|
|7/7/05 05:03:08 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|Just a few observations on Rocky
Marciano and I'll do it in point form to save space and time.Marciano
had terrific stamina and he was primarily a head hunter. He rarely went to the
body. An oddity among boxers, he was also a prolific reader of books and careful
with his money. Rocky was also a dirty fighter and perhaps would have
been disqualified by today's standards in some of his fights. For example, in
round 13 when he stopped Walcott, he hit him with a right hand when Walcott was
down on one knee. He also hit Cockell with a left hand when Cockell was down. He
also hit Ezzard Charles on the back of the head in the second fight. Let's not
forget his famous follow-through elbow with his rights.Rocky's cut nose
against Charles might have resulted in a medical stoppage today. Rocky might
also have been disadvantaged by today's 12 rounds instead of 15 (given his
stamina and the fact that he was behind after the 12th round in some of his
fights).Marciano was always very fit to fight and his weight never
fluctuated out of the 184 to 188 pound range. He could be caught with punches
and Walcott and Moore knocked him down. His manager Al Weil looked very similar
to Cus D'Amato. Rocky only had one gear - forward. Perhaps the secret to
Rocky's power was that he trained sometimes in swimming pools throwing punches
in the water. Rocky said that the first Walcott fight was his hardest. He also
said when he retired that he would never make a comeback because "if Louis
couldn't make a successful comeback" then neither could he.In looking at
his career I think that Roland LaStarza was underrated. Thanks. |
|7/7/05 09:17:53 AM|Forest Ward|NYC||NYC||||10|Noam, Rocky Marciano was not a
body puncher? Silly me I thought he was. I guess those punches I thought he was