January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

By the way, Jones only weighed 193 for the fight.You mention Holyfield,
a fine fighter at his best, who won the title at under 210 pounds but I would
consider him a throwback to the old era but even so, one could put him as one of
this era, even if he was at his best in the early 90sHolyfield though
had difficult fights with over the hill Foreman and Holmes. An indication that
even he didn't have the skills of the former era because I doubt he would have
beaten either of them in their prime.We can also add contender Davarryl
Williamson to the mix, who fights between 210 and 220 pounds who lost a close
techical decision last year to Wladimir Klitschko. Williamson even knocked
Wladimir K down only to have the fight end early due to a headbutt that caused
Wladimir to have a bad cut.I am making the assumption that you think
bigger is better but consider that there are several smaller heavyweights who
are in the mix today and that if someone say like Joe Louis, has special skills,
he can compete in any era.Consider that Joe Louis beat fighters such as
Primo Carnera, 270 pounds, Abe Simon and Buddy Baer, both about 250 pounds, and
Tony Galento, 235 pounds. I would give the Brown Bomber a very good chance of
beating anyone today. You also missed my point that Vitali Klitschko
would be a very difficult fight for Jerry Quarry but it is not out of the
possiblilty that Jerry could come out on top and the reasons it would be
difficult is because of Vitali's jab and accurate combinations. That fight
would be hardly a given win for Jerry.|
|12/30/05 10:16:04 AM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|For your
Information, just because Jerry didn't fight Bugner and Bonevena, doesn't mean
he couldn't beat them.Jerry actually signed to fight Bonevena but the
fight fell through. As I remember it Bonevena got injured during
training.Mr. Jimmy (James Quarry) said Jerry got the better of Bugner
during sparring sessions. Jimmy was with Jerry when Jerry knocked out Jack
Bodell in England in less than one round.By the way, Bodell had just
come off a win over Bugner so he had to have been a good fighter, a European
champion.You mention Holyfield, I call this a pick em fight both were
evenly matched.Holyfield was a built up crusierweight who added twenty
pounds by weight training and Jerry was naturally strong himself.Quarry
verses Holyfield would be a war at close quarters and I am not sure who would
win such a contest.Both fighters took a great shot and both could hit
hard. They also both came in to fights in great shape.As far as Jerry's
losses to Ellis and Chuvalo, Jerry was ahead on points when Chuvalo landed a
left hook on the temple that left Jerry disoriented in the seventh round. Based
on what had happened before the stoppage of the fight, I believe Jerry would
have won a rematch if one happned.In the Ellis fight Jerry lost a split
decision so he was hardly dominated. In fact he almost knocked Ellis out in the
13th round.Later it was discovered Jerry had a fractured vertebrae and
if he was healthy in a rematch, which also never happened, I would have favored
Jerry to win.|
|12/30/05 11:49:07 AM|For Your Info|Markham, ON||FYI@yahoo.com||||9|Kent the
sisez of Primo and the others mentioned are exaggerated. Primo was actually
between 240-250 in the ring. They also lied about his height. Saying he was 6'8
when he was actually 6'5" 1/5. The same height as Lennox Lewis. The 270 may be
his walking out of the ring size. Many boxers weigh more out of the ring when
they are not training than in. Little "Tito" Trinidad for instance weiged up to
180lbs outside of boxing even though he competed as low as welterweight. Even
tiny Prince Hamed weighed as much as 155lbs even though he competed as a
featherweight. My point is Primo was never that big in the ring. Wether you want
to accept that fact or not. Anyways I still see your point.Kent don't
you dare turn this around. IT'S YOU NOT ME THAT'S being unfair. You, Angelo and
the rest of the OLD FART crew are the ones who act as if good heavyeweight
boxers ended in 1979. All I'm saying is that there are boxers today who can beat
boxers of your precious era. That's all I'm trying to say. Once again you