January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

of Fame in 1991. And he related how someone asked him if he (Foster) was sad
because Hill broke his record for title defenses. Foster shook his head and said
Tommy Hearns beat Virgil Hill. Does anyone think Tommy Hearns would stand a
snowballs chance in hell against Bobv Foster. The champions from the older days
had much stiffer competion than modern champions have. Hence, that is why so
many of these guys are undefeated and reign so long|
|9/7/05 11:55:18 PM|Ed|Cicero N Y||Mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|Kent,Yes,
Ali did get tagged a few times by Foley but he was never hurt. Foley was a very
good boxer and was probably more determined then Ali had planned for but he was
disposed of very easily with Ali hardly breaking a sweat. Ali also wanted to put
on a show because it was his last fight before being barred from fighting
because of draft issues. The fight was also on live tv.When you consider how
much trouble good movers like Conn gave Louis I am not sure how Louis would have
done with an iron chinned and much harder punching Ali. Louis is one of my
favorite fighters to watch but his field of fighters for the 12 years he was
champ were very poor. To Louis's credit though he did just what a champ should
do no matter what level the competiton, demolished them (or almost all of them).
Do you think Louis could have beaten Foreman, Ali, Lewis or
Frasier?Noam,I am not so sure a top trained current champion
could possibly be in better shape then they are. I understand your point that a
fighter with 25 or more rounds in front of him will fight at a more sluggish
pace thus making them look unimpressive compared to a fighter going 12
rounds.The fighters in the old days were tough no doubt about that. My
thinking though is that theres subtle differences between the fighers now and
then and that the TOP current fighter in most divisions would be too much for
the old timers. Nobody can know for sure though so its just for fun to try to
figure it out....I'll ask you to stick you neck out on the upcoming
W.Klitschko/Peter fight. No waffleing please (if this happens or that happens so
and so will win) just who is going to win. Mass,Your right on
your appraisal of Louis. Joe was getting old though when he had disappointing
fights with Walcott. Like several other people on here you know your boxing,
Mass!|
|9/8/05 12:34:59 AM|Paul|Midwest||pama42@yahoo.com||||10|I'm just on here to say
that I miss my good friend James Quarry. I somehow bumped into him on a website
that I posted something about Jerry on. That was in 1998, we became friends
quickly once he realized how strongly I felt about his brother. As of late I
have read that Brenda and Jerry's mother have passed. Unbelieveable what the
Quarry's have had to endure. Last I heard Mike was not doing well. i f any of
the Quarry family could update me, please contact me anytime or post on here.
This site is such a great thing and fitting tribute to Jerry, HE WILL NEVER BE
FORGOTTEN !!! WE LOVE YOU JERRY|
|9/8/05 01:56:03 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|Ed - I'll go for Klitschko. Regards
the other, I think greats from any era would have success in any other era.
Greats from the past - guys like Henry Armstrong, Ali, Carlos Monzon, Sugar Ray
Robinson - would fight today and still be great.Kent - you are correct
with your answer. Fitzsimmons was an interesting character. He was the first guy
to win three world titles - middleweight 1891, heavyweight 1897, and light-
heavyweight 1903.He was also the oldest man to ever win the light-
heavyweight title - 40 years, 5 months and 30 days. And he and James J. Corbett
in 1897 were the first to have a movie made of the fight. Pete - that
list of the best light-heavyweights, did any of us put Fitzsimmons in there ? |
|9/8/05 12:16:44 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I never said I
thought Louis was the greatest ever, just not to hold his size (or lack of it)
against him. I still rate Ali and Foreman and perhaps others over Louis. But
Louis is stilll and probably always will be the yardstick by which all champs
are measured. How well would he have done against Louis will be asked as long as
there is a heavyweight champion. There never will be a perfect fighting machine