January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

didn't have any guts, he wouldn't have gotten back into the ring with Ingo after
being brutally knocked out.He showed guts by getting back in with Liston
a second time also.|
|1/5/06 02:01:09 AM|Ed|Cicero N Y||Mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|Kent,I think
Patterson either got rid of Cus (his manager) or Cus quit when Floyd signed to
fight Liston. Thus floyd was free to choose his own fights.I wonder how
Patterson held onto his title when he ducked all the contenders back then. Did
they have the alphabet world title phonies back then? Now they strip title from
holder when he doesnt fight the top challenger. That doesn't work out either
though, because everyone is confused who the champion is most of the time. I
follow boxing better then most people and I cant tell you who the world
heavyweight champion is right now. Not having clearly defined champions has been
one of the downfalls of boxing IMO.P S speaking of Patterson ducking
contenders. Can you imagine how a Patterson vs Cleaveland Williams fight would
have been? Mass: It would have been billed the "Small Cat vs The Rabbit".|
|1/5/06 03:44:39 AM|Massimo|Roma||a rabbit with skills.com||||10|One thing that
can be said about Patterson is that he had a very good left hook and very fast
hands and feet. Many of his knockouts were left hooks and were pretty impressive
to see. He lacked a chuvalian chin but had good power. The guy could punch.
Muhammad Ali' called Patterson "the most skilled fighter he ever fought". |
|1/5/06 09:34:00 AM|Ultra
Ray|Kansas||worldboxing.com||||10|Foryourinformation,That was a great
point you made about how Patterson changed after the Liston fights. I never
stopped to realize that. I agree with everything you said about Floyd fighting
contenders after he lost to Liston.A little know fact, Patterson was
offered title fights with both Frazier and Foreman, and Floyd turned them down.
I can't fault him on this. He was getting older. And at the time Patterson was
offered those fights those 2 guys were going good.|
|1/5/06 09:49:20 AM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Ultra Ray, at
the time Foreman became champion, Patterson had already retired so coming out of
retirement was not a wise thing for Patterson to do against someone who was as
powerful a puncher as Foreman.Patterson was still active for most of
Frazier's reign so I am not sure why he didn't take the shot.I think
Patterson's performance against Ellis, a lot of people thought he won that one,
and his win over Bonevena would have made him a credible challenger, at least
one who earned his shot. But I think Frazier would have knocked Patterson out.|
|1/5/06 11:57:20 AM|For Your Info|Markham, Ontario||FYI@yahoo.com||||8|WRONG!
Another little known fact is that Patterson did indeed challenge after he last
faught Ali. First off Kent is wrong about Patterson retiring. He never did. At
least not officially. Patterson just didn't fight.Patterson called Ali
out after he (Ali) beat Wepner for his first defence. As for why he
didn't fight Frazier isn't it obvious. C'mon Kent for someone who's supposed to
be so knowledgeable about the past you sure are acting ignorant. After what he
went through with Liston do you think he wants to get beat down by guys like
Frazier and Foreman? Patterson knew that his china chin would be had against
guys like that. Regardless of how little experience Foreman had. He was way too
big and strong and Floyd knew it. Henry Cooper even admitted that he purposely
avoided Frazier for the same reason. TO (aka joey) you're a blithering
ignorant buffoon who never quotes me properly thus I will ignore you. You
purposly misquoted me last time and never even admitted it even after I
corrected you.BTW I'm FYI NOT Markham you idiot. Markham is where I'm
from. Close to where you live. Learn your geography...eh? |
|1/5/06 12:18:45 PM|For Your Info|Markham, ON||FYI@yahoo.com||||8|Doesn't
Patterson proove my earlier points?Kent made a big deal about how some of
the smaller guys like Byrd beat bigger guys to disprove my points. But I can do
the same with Patterson. P4P I believe Patterson was better than all of his
opponants but lack of size played a factor in his career.Pattereson was