January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

actually READ the posts. I was RESPONDING to what Kent and Fan said a few days
earlier. I'm allowed to do that, aren't I ? I hadn't read their posts earlier
than that because I was tied up with a death in the family. And what I said was
that the New York title was only recognized by six states. It might not fit
agendas and blinkered views of the past, but that is a verifiable fact. Sorry
for speaking the truth. |
|10/9/05 04:40:43 PM|Noam|same||same||||10|Joey I take on board your comments
but I am at a disadvantage because Gerry doesn't want me talking about it. I'll
be brief, though. I don't doubt that Frazier was better in one-off fights than
the other guys in the WBA tournament. But I think he was worried about putting
in back-to-back hard fights against genuine tough guys. He didn't want Bonavena
then Quarry then Ellis to win that tournament. Much easier to win a version
recognized by just six states by fighting the unranked Mathis. Even Frazier
acknowledges in his book that Mathis was easy. Think of this, too. If
Frazier had entered the WBA tournament like all the other ranked guys did, then
there would have been no disputed title. It would have been an undisputed title.
Frazier was the only guy who wouldn't enter it. Regards Norton.
Frazier says in his book that he didn't fight Norton because there was no money
in it. Others say it was because they were buddies. Lots of disseminating there.
I don't know which explanation to believe.|
|10/9/05 11:22:22 PM|Ed|Cicero N Y||mooseygoop||||10|Kent,Yes, that article
pointed out what we all know but don't consider when dealing with a
stranger...That they might do something that we'd never consider doing to a
person such as shooting them or sticking a broken bottle in an eye or any number
of brutal things. Thats why his advice (and hes suppose to be street smart) is
to deflect any attack and get away. It might be a hard thing to do if actually
confronted but I agree with him that its the smartest.|
|10/10/05 04:47:59 AM|Massimo|Roma ||4||||10|Sincere condolences Noam.|
|10/10/05 10:21:52 AM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Ed, yes the
best defense when confronted with a street fight is to get away. There are too
many crazies out there.On the rare occasions when I have been
threatened, I always make sure, if there are witnesses present, that they know I
fear for my safety, that I am afraid that this person is going to harm
me.I also let everyone know that I am trying to walk away and not
fight. This has two benefits, one, if I do walk away and avoid the conflict,
always the best choice, and two, if I have to attack this person, it is clear to
the witnesses that I was acting in self defense. The law doesn't always see who
the true aggressor is.But the article is also right about getting hit
and hurt. Years ago I was acutally attacked without warning and "sucker
punched" by some crazed guy.It was something the karate dojo didn't
prepare me for, taking a punch, and even the limited sparring I had done with
boxers, didn't help as much as one would think as this guy really hit me hard
and I didn't see it coming, They always say the one you don't see coming knocks
you out.Well he didn't knock me out but he dazed me but for some reason
he didn't follow up on the punch and I was able to recover and take him
down.I was lucky he hesitated after he hit me because if he had been
able to follow up on it, I would have been knocked out or worse. It was the
hardest I have ever been hit and hurt in my life.|
|10/10/05 10:34:16 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Kent: Of
course, if the attack occurs in your home (i.e. intruder), basically, you should
not only knock the person out, but follow with blows to the head with an iron
skillet, until the person isn't breathing. If you have a gun, you shoot to
kill. Basically, as you said, the law is a little peculiar in terms of what is
self defense---so you only want one story coming out of the house, and that's
your story. And besides, anyone who would break into my house is a threat to my
family---I wouldn't have a lot of guilt ending it for that person. |
|10/10/05 11:35:38 AM|Joey|T.O.||a||||10|" I think Vitali still has a chance to