January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

|8/11/05 04:42:37 PM|Howard C.|Louisville||howardc@louisville||||10|A wise and
instructive post followed by some insightful and informative ones. I've always
considered that the fight that confirmed Jerry Quarry's standing as boxing's
'braveheart' was his win over Mac Foster in 1970.Consider this. Before
that fight Foster had won all of his fights by knockout - 24 in a row. In the
year before he faced Jerry he had six fights and none of his opponents lasted
more than five rounds. In that period he had knocked out Cleveland Williams
twice and Thad Spencer in the first round. This guy was a looming monster that
few wanted any part of.Jerry beat him in six rounds. Foster didn't lose
again for two years and that was a points loss to Ali. In his career Foster had
30 wins, all by kayo. The ONLY kayo loss that Mac Foster ever suffered was
against Quarry. |
|8/11/05 05:48:11 PM|Massimo |Roma||.com||||10|There's no doubt in my mind that
JQ in his best nights was formidable! If he had fought against Ellis the way he
fought against Mac Foster he would have been heavyweight champion. It literally
hurts me that I never saw the Quarry-Lyle fight, one of Jerry's best
fights.Fan(the one from Fandom)-How good was the Quarry-Lyle fight ?
Decent, good, very good, a classic ? What's your opinion ? Thanks.|
|8/11/05 09:05:28 PM|Italian Stallion|Philly||Unknown||||10|The sun comes up and
the moon is just a glimmer now. The night which passed won't be forgotten.
Jerry is the night, what a night it was.|
|8/12/05 08:17:56 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Massimo: I
wouldn't call Quarry-Lyle a classic, but instead, a great performance by Jerry
Quarry. Lyle was competitive, but Quarry outboxed him, outhustled him and had
an energy burst at the end of the fight, still moving very well and still
throwing combinations. His experience overcame Lyle's size and power advantage.
Lyle gave Quarry a lot of respect at the end of the fight. He knew he was
beaten fairly---and he learned a lot that night. |
|8/12/05 01:26:30 PM|Massimo |Roma||4||||10|Angelo-Thanks. Jerry did
beat someone who was bigger and stronger than him (or himself). So, as far as
skills go, he proved he was the better fighter.|
|8/12/05 03:52:59 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Massimo: I
see that your buddy Oliver McCall is fighting on Saturday night! Also on the
card is Hasim "The Rock" Rahman against Two Gun Barrett.|
|8/12/05 04:52:54 PM|Massimo
|Roma||Shaqisagreatpasse,agreatdunker,agreatcenter.com||||10|Angelo-I
don't know who is the poor fool Oliver Mc Call is gonna fight(or even "is
fighting"), but it will be his last fight...I mean Oliver is gonna retire this
guy!I'm not kidding a bit when I say that Mc Call would have stood a decent
chance against Tyson, when Michele Geraldo made his comeback. The guy is way
wilter than Tyson, is powerful, has the best chin in the business and is not
afraid of him. Another fighter I liked is Ray Mercer. The way he beat Tommy Gunn
and fought toe to toe with Evandro Camposanto and Lennox Lewis was pretty
impressive. He had some (or even "a few") poor performances against Jesse
Ferguson and Larry Holmes but, all in all, he was a good fighter. Actually he is
still fighting, at age 83.|
|8/12/05 07:23:37 PM|Italian Stallion|Unknown||Philly||||10|Bernard got sent to
prison. He took dance and singing lessons. Some guy asked him why the hell he
was learning sissy stuff. Bernard said that he wanted to know how to walk the
walk and talk the talk. The guy then knocked the singing and dancing sissy out.
That's prison cred. |
|8/13/05 02:59:25 PM|Tony Rodgers|Riverside,
CA||tomanystraydogs@gmail.com||||10|More on the beam thing.Talked to my
mom, she remembers it.Was a big beam, couple hundred pounds, needed
lifting up to the ceiling in the living room, not patio as I said
before.My dad and uncle could not do it. My mom said 'Go get
Jerry'.He came over, picked it up by himself, went up the ladder with it