January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

woke from a coma in a Californian hospital, the first face he saw was Ali, who
was sitting silently beside the bed after flying in to visit. Frazier was still
at home on the east coast.When Michael Watson suffered brain damage in a
fight against Chris Eubank, Ali flew over to Britain to visit Watson and comfort
his family.Of course, the RECENT good acts of Ali to whites and blacks
far outweigh the ANCIENT bad words uttered nearly half a century ago. And
sensible, right thinking people have long forgiven him.Ali was chosen to
light the flame at the Atlanta Olympics as a sign of appreciation for all the
good things he's done. In 1988 the world praised Ali when he received a lifetime
achievement award from the United Nations. In 1999 Sports Illustrated named Ali
as the 'Sportsman of the Century'. The sporting and political worlds got
together to celebrate Ali's life of achievement. All those awards for a
racist who hates whites ? Gimme a break. I was told many years ago that some
rednecks hate Ali because he didn't conform to the expected standards of a 1960s
black athlete: submissively respectful, apologetically subservient, and (most
importantly) quiet and humble.Which brings me to the real reason. Ali
haters don't want to admit that it's because he didn't act and speak like they
wanted, so they try to take the high moral ground by pretending that it's
because he made the 'whites are devils' comment. Well, haters, that was said
nearly a half a century ago. Since then, RECENT ACTIONS HAVE SPOKEN LOUDER THAN
ANCIENT WORDS.And as Ali himself said to acclaimed writer Thomas Hauser
(Brutal Artistry), "When I was young I followed a teaching that disrespected
other people and said that white people were 'devils'. I was wrong. Colour
doesn't make a man a devil. It's the heart and soul and mind that count."
Kent, when you write your long awaited article on Frazier, you have my
permission to use the statistics I compiled comparing him to Ali.|
|8/1/05 11:29:57 PM|Steve|nj||na||||10|Hey guys,don't liston to what Les say's
about me.He is a for real P.A.L.,EX heavywieght fighter.He just won't stop
bringing that big ass knife to our group meetings.He's become my best friend in
the VA groups,but he even scares me,for a ground pounder.I think I could have
managed him into a decent pro fighter.|
|8/2/05 12:26:04 AM|steve |nj||na||||10|Noam,your missing my point.The good
deeds he supposedly did after the insanity of the sixties does not erase or
negate his acts or very public words against us.I place him close to Jane
Fonda{may she rot in hell}!Vietnam was mishandled by the powers that existed at
the time.My men,black and white,were scrambling for our asses to stay alive.We
heard about Bobby Kennedy,and Malcom X getting killed back here in the world.We
knew we where on our own.We fought for each other,just to survive.We didn't need
to hear about Ali's big mouth deriding us.When I was flying home,our flight was
diverted from Oakland to Fort Lewis,Wash.,because of anti war riots.Ali should
have kept his big mouth shut about things he lacked the intellectual capacity to
fully comprehend.We sure could have used a little of the support you patriots
are heaping on the troops in Iraq. |
|8/2/05 12:31:51 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|Hi Steve,I'll get back to you
about Spencer v Quarry. You're right, I'm younger than you and haven't seen that
fight. Do me a favour. Tell me what you thought about the following
fights: Frazier v Spencer; Frazier v Patterson, Frazier v Mac Foster, Frazier v
Liston, Frazier v Mildenburger, Frazier v Cooper, Frazier v Shavers, Frazier v
Lyle, Frazier v Norton.Perhaps Hans Christian Appel can write some
imaginary endings for those fights.|
|8/2/05 12:41:11 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|Hey Steve, yes I can understand that
you feel strongly and have a right to.However, what he said were words
uttered half a century ago and in 1984 he retracted them and admitted he was
wrong. He's certainly done more good than harm since then. You want to
give him the death sentence for what, words ? You don't want to accept his
admission he was wrong. You don't want to acknowledge that he has tried to do
the right thing in actions since then.I respect as much as anyone what