January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

think so! When you see who Jerry beat and also who he lost to there is no shame
at all, other than I wished he could have been champion. Beating Ellis would
have been his best chance. |
|3/17/03 03:37:45 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|I agree that
Max Kellerman has a long way to go to be as good of a commentator as Jerry was.
I had a couple of friends who were convinced that Jerry was a second rate
fighter because they remembered his performances agaisnt Ali in their second
meeting and in the Norton fight. I played them round one of the first
Frazier/Quarry fight, round six of the Mac Foster fight, round one of the
Shavers fight, and round twelve of the Spencer fight. They were speecless for
at least a minute afterwards until one of them said, "that Quarry was a bad ass
motherf***er!" My other buddy just nodded his head in agreement, still shocked
by what I had shown him. They now know how good Jerry really was! |
|3/17/03 07:31:02 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|FOREST: I
personally rate Jake LaMotta as one of the ruggest, most fearless fighters who
ever lived. He is one of the few oldtime white fighters whom the old African
American boxers speak very respectfully of today. He fought all comers and took
alot of tough guys out of Graziano's way. What really makes me laugh is last
week on the classic sports cable channel they did a pretty good special on the
histor of African American boxers. They mentioned they great Sugar Ray with a
comment something like "whom Jake LaMotta had been ducking" Ducking!! they
fought SIX TIMES. That's ducking? I think Graziano hit harder than LaMotta but
I would have picked LaMotta in 8 or 9 rounds. The signed to fight twice and both
times Graziano pulled out. Supposedly Graziano's "friends and backers" did not
want to give LaMotta a big pay day. |
|3/17/03 07:47:01 AM|Sonia Hathaway|Joshua Tree, CA||Sonia81@aol.com||||10|Hi
All, we wanted to say "HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY" to all. Don't forget to wear
your green. WE love & miss you Dad, & Uncle Jerry, Mom too.|
|3/17/03 09:57:07 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|Kent:(THEY CURLY Q. LINK,OF OUR FEARLESS
LEADER'S CLUB).Kent what really does not help matters as far is JQ IS
CONCERNED,IS ESPN'S SHOWING ALI-QUARRY II.(5-THOUSAND TIMES),MY FRIENDS DO THE
SAME THING TO ME,OH I SAW YOUR QUARRY AGAINST ALI THEY OTHER DAY(ON
CLASSIC'S).THEN THEY GIVE ME A ROUTINE OF SOMEONE NOT BEING ABLE TO HIT
ANYTHING.LIKE A BAD VAUDVILLE ACT!SO I TOO,HAVE TO GET THE TAPES OUT,THEN THEY
SHOW THEIR RESPECT.WE ARE TALKING,USUALLY NON-FANS ANYWAY.EVREN MADE A STRONG
POINT,IF QUARRY'S PERFORMANCE IN ALI II,was his worst,he had absolutely nothing
to be ashamed of.HAPPY THANKS PATRICKS DAY TO ALL,I'M DREADING TOMARROW MORNING
,FOR THE GREEN BEER TONIGHT!|
|3/17/03 10:10:41 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|EVREN: did kent I,ever give you your
diploma to stoogeville,(fearless leader's club).I Think we missed you and Bob
Bumbera. no sign-ups,no hassle's,(just be yourself,like us ).SINCERELY JIM,DON'T
MIND ME EVREN, I'M GETTING A HEADSTART ON THAT "GREEN BEER"|
|3/17/03 11:20:49 AM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||joekevin@cs.com||||10|John,
it's remarkable, I've said it before when I see your comments, fell like I am
looking in a mirror. I agree with your post about LaMotta a 100%. A lot of
people don't realize he was not a hard puncher, and did not knock out many
people. The same is true for Fritzie Zivic, and Jack Sharkey|
|3/17/03 11:53:46 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|FOREST: I agree,
LaMotta was not a particularly hard puncher, but he was an awkwardly clever
swarmer who hit both the head and body. Aside from a great chin, he had
excellent stamina in spite of the fact he often had to lose 30 pounds to make
the middleweight limit. LaMotta and Zale would have been a good fight also. Both
men were iron men, but I think Zale had a better punch. And when Jake won one,
he won it on the level. Nobody ever fought him "with handcuffs on". I believe he
was the number one ranked middleweight for six years without a title shot.|