January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

"IBAR" URTAIN had killed himself.Can you give me they details?I always thought
Urtain was over rated, and Nat Fleicher "RING MAGAZINE". Really took interest in
him,saying only BONAVENA could match him in strength.To me that was one of the
few times, RING MAGS RATINGS WERE INACCURATE, how could you have rated ROMAN
OVER NORTON IN 1973?Or even any other time,from sept.1967 to may.1975,only 37
heavyweights graced RING MAGAZINES TOP TEN LISTINGS,NOW THAT TO ME IS ACCURATE.|
|1/30/03 09:37:12 PM|FOREST WARD|SOUTH CAROLINA||JOEKEVIN@CS.COM||||8|JIMMY
DORSEY, SADLY A TAPE DOES NOT EXIST OF THE QUARRY-MATHIS FIGHT. I WAS AT THAT
FIGHT. MATHIS WAS A HEAVY FAVORITE. JERRY TAGGED HIM WITH A LEFT HOOK HIGH ON
THE HEAD IN THE SECOND ROUND AND MATHIS SUFFERRED A DELAYED REACTION AND WENT
DOWN ON ONE KNEE AND TOOK A MANDATORY 8 COUNT. IT WAS OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE AT MSG
THAT NIGHT THAT BUSTER WAS SCARED STIFF OF JERRY. WHAT WAS NOT WELL KNOWN AT
THE TIME WAS THAT MATHIS AND HIS HANDLERS WENT TO JERRY'S CAMP AT GROSSINGERS 3
WEEKS BEFORE THE FIGHT FOR A PRE-FIGHT PHYSICAL. MATHIS TRIED TO PULL AN "ALI"
BY BOASTING AND THREATENING JERRY. IMMEDIATELY ON THE SPOT QUARRY TOLD MATHIS
TO "GET THE F..K OUT OF MY CAMP OR I WILL KICK THE SH.T OUT YOU RIGHT NOW."
MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING MATHIS'S TRAINER THE LATE JOEY FARIELLO SAID THE FIGHT WAS
DECIDED THEN AND THERE. AFTER THAT MOMENT MATHIS WAS TERRIFIED OF QUARRY.
DURING THE FIGHT, JERRY WOULD WALK IN AND LEFT HOOKED MATHIS TO STOMACHE, MATHIS
WOULD GRUNT AND CLINCH. THIS CONTINUED FOR THE WHOLE 12 ROUNDS, EVEN SO IT WAS
STILL AN EXITING FIGHT. JERRY WON EASILY 10 OF THE 12 ROUNDS. ADDING INSULT TO
INJURY MATHIS SPLIT THE SEAM IN HIS TRUNKS DURING THE FIGHT, AND BETWEEN ROUNDS
HE HAD TO SLIP ON ANOTHER PAIR OVER THE RIPPED TRUNKS.DURING THE PRE-FIGHT
INTRODUCTIONS THEY INTRODUCED ROCKY MARCIANO, AND HE WALKED TO JERRY'S CORNER
AND WISHED HIM LUCK (OR SO I IMAGINE), AND THEN ROCKY WALKED OUT OF THE RING
WITHOUT GOING OVER TO BUSTER'S CORNER, AND WISHING HIM LUCK. EVERYONE IN THE
CROWD NOTICED THE SNUB. AFTER THE FIGHT I AM IN THE SUBWAY AND WHO DO I SEE BUT
JOE FRAZIER AND YANK DURHAM. I ASK JOE HOW HE WILL HANDLE QUARRY (AT THAT MOMENT
I AM CONVINCED JERRY WILL KO FRAZIER WHEN THEY MEET), JOE REPLIES,"I AIN'T GOING
TO RUN FROM HIM." IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT I WAS ALL OF 15 YEARS OLD.|
|1/31/03 10:19:20 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|ON JOSE URTAIN:
yes, I read a few articles about his death. It was revealed that most of his
fights were fixed. They even interviewed one of the guys who lay down for him in
the 1970's. Ring Magazine made a big deal of him because he reminded them of
Paulino Uzcudon the other Basque heavyweight and Fleisher was forever stuck in
past. If I find the exact article on his suicide, I will let you know.|
|1/31/03 12:34:12 PM|Carl Weingarten|TJQF||TJQF||||10|Thanks for the great story
on the Mathis fight. According to Mr. Jimmy, the Quarry-Mathis fight video
does exist, and the Mathis family claimed to have a copy. James told me that he
had contacted the Mathis family at one point to negotiate getting a copy, but
they refused. James did acquire a number of videos directly from Bill Cayton,
and I was also able to get several second-generation videos from private
collectors, but the Mathis video never surfaced. This is definitely a lost
classic. Buster was a great fighter. He beat Frazier twice in the amateurs,
and through the first half of his professional fight with Frazier, he
outmaneuvered and outbox Joe more successfully than Ali did. Buster was very
skillful, and had amazing speed for a man his size. Hopefully there will be a
change of heart with the Mathis family, and both fans of Buster and Jerry can
see the video. I'm glad you guys like the new site. --Carl|
|1/31/03 01:48:40 PM|Mark Sargeant|uk||lpu00mts@reading.ac.uk||||10|thanks for
the replies to my earlier post about Riddick Bowe. Firstly, I had absolutely NO
idea that Bowe had beaten his wife. I had to search a lot of material for this
but you were right. I absolutely detest this and as a result my opinion on Bowe
the man has plummeted. Such an act is only done by real scum and if I had known
about this I would not have made such positive comments. Sorry. I maintain my
admiration for Bowe the boxer though. Thanks|
|1/31/03 01:56:42 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|JIMMY DORSEY: I