January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

5'10" tall and wasn't a KO specialist.By the end of 1970 Foster had
fought 26 times, for 25 KO wins and one loss (to Jerry Quarry). Frazier still
didn't fight him. Rather than face a knockout specialist, he fought Bob Foster
the light-heavy. Perhaps Joe got Mac and Bob mixed up.By the end of 1971
Foster had had 29 fights, for 28 wins (all by KO).By the end of 1972
Foster had had 30 fights, for 28 ko wins and 2 losses. Ali fought and beat him
that year. Frazier instead fought Standers and Daniels.Mac Foster never
got to fight 'Quacking' Joe Frazier. The reason ? He punched too hard.|
|7/11/05 07:11:34 PM|Howard C.|Louisville||howardc@louisville||||10|Fandom says
that Forrest Ward was a good amateur in the mid to late 1960s.Yet
Forrest told us the other day that he is 51 years old. That means he was born in
1954. In the mid 1960s he was 11. Yeah, sure......good amateur boxer.Now
we can add budding champion boxer, jailbird, and policeman to Mrs Forrest
Fandom-Ward's burgeoning resume. Wacko. |
|7/12/05 07:56:00 AM|Angelo|dc||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Howard C: Tyson was
probably pretty good at age 11, so why not Forrest?Oh, and Vegamite is a
sandwich spread popular in Austrailia at some point (maybe still!). Remember
the Men At Work song, "Down Under" when they talked about a Vegamite sandwich?
That was why Joe Frazier's huge triumph over Ellis has been coined as the
"Vegamite Victory" for Joe.Howard C: The post about Mac Foster is simply
piling on. It's good, it's interesting, but it's piling on. When you take a
snapshot of the best contenders of the mid-60's to mid-70's (Frazier's era),
it's staggering to discover how many of these guys fought against eachother,
sometimes more than once, and how many of them were "missed" by Yank and Joe.
Kent, since you so eloquently dismissed Shavers as a viable opponent for
Frazier, and we're now to believe that they didn't want to "ruin" Shavers by
putting him in with Frazier, why don't you read over the Mac Foster post and
respond to that. While you're at it, respond to this: Why do you think George
Foreman's camp allowed him to go in against this very dangerous Joe Frazier? I
mean, who did Foreman fight up to that point? If you ask me, Shavers probably
had more experience against better fighters by '74 than Foreman did by '72.
Shavers wanted money too. Granted, Foreman got to fight for the title and
Shavers would be fighting FORMER Champion Frazier, but I think he'd have loved a
$75,000 purse. But back to Foster---Mac, not Bob---where was Joe? |
|7/12/05 08:48:04 AM|max hord|fernandina
bch,fla||maxhord@adelphia.net||||10|Back to my favorite of all time.I was
watching Frazier/Ali three.If Marciano and Ali ever fought I just don't think
Ali could take the shots to the arms that Frazier hit him with.Ali would
probably wilt.He didn't do much to keep Frazier at bay.Rather just try and cover
up and take the shots to the arms and body.Rocky would have ended that
foolishness early.|
|7/12/05 10:44:41 AM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Angelo, Mac
Foster lost to Jerry Quarry in 1970 otherwise he likely would have gotten a
title shot against Frazier. Of course Frazier could have chosen Foster
instead of Foreman but he chose Foreman, the better known fighter because of his
olympic gold medal who was undefeated. Foreman was a better pay day for
Frazier, a bigger gate than M. Foster would have been.Who did Foster
ever beat? Yes he had all of his wins by knockout and he did have a respectful
showing verses Ali, which Ali won by a large margin, but Foster's biggest wins
were over very faded Cleveland Williams and equally faded Zora Folley, as well
as fellow Quarry victim Thad Spencer.It seems that Quarry was a
measuring stick on who would climb up the ladder and most of the prospects put
in front of Jerry failed the test.Also regarding Bob Foster, a lot of
heavyweight champions have fought the light heavyweight champion. Dempsey had
Charpentier, Louis had Conn, Marciano had Moore, and Holmes had Michael Spinks
(but it that case it backfired for Holmes). It is kind of tradition to defend
against the light heavy champ.Stander and Daniels keep coming up.