January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Koo Koo Klock, Foolface, and Brother DKS. We had some lively conversations,
maybe more so than the recent feuds.By the way, WHERE IS THE MUFFINMAN
of Massimo's hero, JUMPITY BRUCE. |
|11/15/05 05:30:24 PM|Bob Bumbera|NC||renfbera@aol.com||||10|What's the big deal
about Klitscho. Bad back, bad leg...who cares. He's got money out the wazoo
and can live the rest of his life without finacial worry. If I were in his
situation I'd probably quit to. Isn't that what everyone wants, to hit the
lottery and hang it up. Do what you want to do. He hit the lottery. I really
didn't think Rahman would beat him, give him some trouble maybe. I think it
would have been a boring hug fest with Klitscho winning with his jab. Some guys
need to fight regardless of money or fame, the "Eye of the Tiger" thing someone
mentioned. Maybe to Klitscho it was just sport. Who knows. I never thought
much of him in the first place. |
|11/15/05 10:28:04 PM|Ed|Cicero N Y||mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|Thanks for
clearing the air Angelo. If we were talking face to face there would have been
no confusion about things but you straightened things out nicley. Sorry for
misinterpreting things.I'd like to ask who you'd like to see Rahman
fight next but to be honest there's not much to pick from. |
|11/15/05 10:38:47 PM|Ed|Cicero N
Y||mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|Mark,George Chuvalo wasn't considered a real
hard heavyweight puncher. He was very strong and as u said had one of the best
chins in history. He was in a lot of big fights and Jerry was his biggest win. I
guess you could say Georges chin kept him alive till her got a lucky punch in
(or flurry of punches if i remember right).P S Ali use to call Chuvalo
"The Washer Women" because he threw a lot of punches but didn't hurt anyone.|
|11/16/05 12:21:54 AM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Bob B, I
think Vitali Klitscko has a lot of talent but his desire is
questionable.I can't imagine someone like Jerry Quarry ever quiting
because of an arm injury like Vitali did agaisn't Chris Byrd. Jerry would have
endured the pain and fought one handed, especially with only one or two rounds
left in the fight and it wouldn't have mattered if he was ahead or behind on the
scorecards.I think the Byrd fight is a good indicator of Vitali's lack
of desire to do what it takes to be a great fighter.Fighters like
Muhammad Ali fighting almost an entire fight with a broken jaw like Ali did
against Norton in their first fight and Floyd Patterson, who fought in terrible
back pain for most of his first fight with Ali also wouldn't quit because of
injury.Patterson was hopelessly behind on the cards of the judges yet he
still kept on trying the best he could under the circumstances.|
|11/16/05 08:23:29 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Kent: Add
to that, Foreman vs. Holyfield. I remember talking to some sports fans after
that fight, and everyone marveled at Foreman's performance. Finally, someone
said---"It isn't that he fought brilliantly---it's just that he tried so hard to
win." That's really the point. You watch M. Spinks vs. Tyson, then watch
Foreman vs. Holyfield---and you see that Foreman is from a different era. Even
in losing, he showed incredible heart.Ed: Yes, e-mail can take on a life of
its own. If we had a conversation, you would know that I wasn't being mean.|
|11/16/05 10:11:14 AM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|I think
James Toney who is from the old school is the man to beat if age hasn't caught
up to him.Toney tore his bicep and tricep muscles in the first round of
his fight with Rydell Booker yet he gave Booker a virtual one armed beating for
ten rounds. Vitali and some of the others around today would not have came out
for the second round due to the pain.Say what you will about Toney, his
big mouth and everything, but he is well schooled in his art, he really knows
what he is doing.Back in the 1990s when Toney was still a middleweight
Toney won a close decision over a fighter named Dave Tiberi. Toney had bad leg
cramps almost the entire fight but he fought on and came out on top.Most
of the media thought Tiberi had pulled off the upset win but I thought Toney was