January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

someone who rates Joe Bugner! In my view Bugner was the best British fighter
between Farr and Lewis, better than Cooper. He had size, skill and a very
durable chin, going the distance with Ali twice, Frazier and Lyle (that's
durability!), as well as beating a number of good fighters including Ellis,
Bonavena, Mac Foster and Cooper (did he beat Mathis as well). Certainly would
hold a version of the world title today, but rather ruined his reputation by
continuing with his career for so long. As for a fight with Quarry, I think that
Jerry would have the edge. Superior skill, particularly when he's on fire, would
give him a unanimous but close points victory-Bugner would certainly take a few
rounds and with his great chin and ability to take Frazier's shots I don't think
Jerry could have knocked him out. Sad to think that this fight never came off.|
|4/24/03 02:30:33 PM|Carl Weingarten|TJQF||TJQF||||10|Mark - Funny, I was
looking at Bugner's record the other day and amazed to see him fighting as late
as 1999. He's got to be the last great holdout from the era. As far as Bugner
vs Jerry, they actually did meet in the ring. James Quarry told me how he went
with Jerry to England for his fight with Larry Middleton. Once the Quarry's
were in London, they hooked up with Bugner and trained at a gym there. Joe and
Jerry sparred and worked out together. James said the meeting was very
friendly, with Jerry giving Joe some lessons on fighting off the ropes. You can
see the Jerry-like counterpunching tactics Bugner uses in the Bugner-Frazier
fight. Anyway, for whatever it's worth, James made a point to tell me that
during sparring, "Jerry had the edge."|
|4/24/03 08:17:52 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|MARK: I have also heard of Jerry's
superior sparring over Joe Bugner,although Joe really improved by 1975.Jerry's
sheer aggressive style,made him a better fighter than Bugner,plus
experience,Bugner also,never fought Bonavena(and my money would have been on
Oscar)or Mathis.|
|4/25/03 12:11:49 AM|Kert Appel|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Bobby
Quarry's event that was supposed to take place late last year, "battle of the
bouncers and tribute to Jerry Quarry," featuring a biographical film narrated by
Burt Randolph Sugar that chronicles Jerry's live and career, is going to take
place Saturday, May 17, at the Dome in Bakersfield, Ca, formally known as
Strongbow Stadium. More information will be posted in weeks leading up to the
event. |
|4/25/03 12:17:28 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||orionoside@aol.com||||10|One more thing,
Carl and Mark. I remember Mr. Jimmy saying that not only did Jerry have an edge
over Bugner in their sparring sessions, he was dominate over Bugner. I also
remember reading where Gil Clancy said Jerry was able to have an advantage in
sparring over contenders like Jimmy Young and that Jerry was the best gym
fighter he ever saw.|
|4/25/03 06:21:25 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I also remember
Bugner freely admitting that Liston handled him easily in sparring as did
Frazier. But this was very early in his career and he was somewhat of a late
bloomer. They guy was good. Very underrated. |
|4/25/03 01:29:51 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|TALK ABOUT BUGNER BEING UNDERRATED,how
about RON LYLE?!IV'E never seen anyone including "BIG GEORGE" HURT Lyle, the way
Ernie Shavers did,yet Lyle came back to Ko SHAVERS,He also beat Bugner,the
reason Bugner could survive Ali,and Frazier, was his 6'4" size and reach, and
lack of agression,he wouldn't have stayed up under the fusilage,Frazier dished
out to JQ!he just didn't get hit,his unagressive 15-round performance vs Ali,was
one of the worst in history at KULA LUMPER,people talk about Quarry's no-hitter
vs Ali in Vegas, should watch Bugner's title showing vs Muhammad,Don't get me
wrong BUGNER was okay,Lack of a major league punch also hindered him, and say if
he ever BEAT QUARRY,BONAVENA OR MATHIS,would have been Britains best up to
LEWIS,TAKE CARE. |