January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

een stopped much sooner than it was stopped.Jerry took an unneeded
beating for almost two whole rounds, he was bleeding badly and getting pounded
from post to post. Just because he was throwing punches back doesn't mean the
doctor, the refereee, and Gil Clancy should have let him continue.
Jerry wouldn't have been happy if the fight was stopped sooner but as it
was he protested the stoppage near the end of the fifth round anyway. He can be
seen pushing the referee away when it was stopped.Sometimes fighters
need to be protected from themselves whether they like it or not and the
Norton/Quarry fight is an example of this.|
|9/29/05 08:24:33 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Kent: I
think we can agree that both the Frazier II and Norton fights should have been
called earlier. Both were a little ridiculous, for different reasons. But it
is legtitmate for Quarry fans to complain about ESPN bias---not showing any of
Jerry's great wins and perpetuating the myth that he was some sort of punching
bag. Even some astute younger boxing fans have no idea about his big wins---
only the damn losses that keep being shown over and over. It is frustrating.
Also, I'll add that yes, the fight against Norton would have been different
prime vs. prime but most like, JQ would have lost to Frazier nine out of ten
times. |
|9/29/05 09:37:00 AM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Angelo, but I
hear so often what a great trainer Gil Clancy is but I don't see it as in both
Frazier two and the Norton fight he didn't protect his fighter.Never
mind that Joe Louis in the Frazier 2 fight was a lousy referee who let the fight
go on too long and the same can be said about the referee in the Norton fight.
That although this is true, Clancy could have insisted the fights be stopped
sooner. A good corner man does this, he protects his fighter no matter
what.I remember years ago when this or that football player was thinking
about boxing and fighting Muhammad Ali that I would tell my friends, avid
football fans, that these players, no matter how strong, wouldn't last two
rounds with Jerry Quarry let alone Ali and my friends would laugh at me and say,
"Quarry, he is terrible, all he ever does is lose." They really believed that
some "Joe Footballer" with no boxing experience would destroy Jerry.I
would then ask my friends, "have you heard of Floyd Patterson, Ron Lyle, and
Earnie Shavers?" Most of them would say yes and I when I told them Jerry fought
all three of them they would assume Jerry got beat up badly by all of them.
They would be surprised when I said that Jerry beat these fighters, two of them
quite convincingly.I also believe that Jerry would have knocked out Wilt
Chamberlain. Chamberlain would have never taken a fight with Jerry if he was
trying to get one fight with Ali as Jerry would have been too dangerous for him
for less money.|
|9/29/05 01:21:23 PM|Ben
Swaab|Seattle||ben.swaab@nordstrom.com||||10|Kent,Do you remember how Eddie
Machen and Zorra Folley died. Also I emailed ESPN Classic on showing more of
Jerry Quarrys wins instead of the losses.Would love to see Jerry's fights
against Mac Foster, Ron Lyle, Earnie Shavers on ESPN Classic.Ben |
|9/29/05 04:12:29 PM|Fan|Fandom||Fan@Fandom.com||||10|Folley hit his head on a
swimming pool at the age of 40 in 1972. Machen "fell" out of a window at the
age of 40 in 1972 as well. Eddie had problems in his life and sadly never
conquered all his demons. God bless both of them, they were great fighters that
should have gotten a shot in the late 50's. I will never forgive Cus D'Amato
for turning the title into a joke for 3 years.|
|9/29/05 09:11:17 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca ||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Fan from
Fandom, thanks for handling that one. It is sad how Folley and Machen died so
early in life.Both were excellent heavyweights who did deserve a shot at
the title|
|9/30/05 01:28:19 AM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|I read a couple of days ago that Zora
Folley was a very nice person. When he died in the swimming pool he was playing