January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

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|2/13/06 02:37:04 PM|Noam|same||same||||10|Joe Frazier has a new book out called
'Box Like The Pros' in which he canvasses training routines and other issues
about boxing. Unfortunately, he does not discuss water intake.He does
make some interesting comments about boxing in the 1970s. Joe says that "most
historians think it was the deepest heavyweight division in history, and I
agree. There were so many good fighters: Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, Joe
Bugner, Earnier Shavers, Patterson, Ellis, Ron Lyle, Ken Norton, Jimmy Young,
and George Foreman. And late in the decade there was Larry
Holmes."Frazier then added, "For all of the good heavyweights in the
seventies, the best overall fighter of the decade might have been Carlos
Monzon." |
|2/13/06 03:42:13 PM|Steve|N.J.||NA||||10|Hey Noam,glad to hear old Smoking Joe
is still trying to turn a buck,and is still trying to keep on keeping on.I know
your not a Frazier fan.I apreciate the information that much more.An excess of
water during strenious physical activity would probably cause nausea
.Actually,cramping is the result of dehydration.So much for that subject.I
thought it might create more interest,guess not.|
|2/13/06 04:21:49 PM|steve |nj||na||||10|Massimo,or anyone with a realistic
opinion.Trying to cross match diifferent contact sports into a single match is
not logical or satisfiying.I firmly believe A Pro. boxer of top fifteen caliber
in an equivelent weight class would very quickly cut off and crowd any Martial
arts or wrestler,or cage fighter,into a war of close quarters
holding,butting,keeping your lead leg between theirs,and much stronger body
punching.|
|2/13/06 04:51:34 PM|steve |nj||na||||10|I think Wilt vs Ali would be a
meaningless rip-off of anyone curious enough to pay to watch it.You know,guys
like me.Ali vs. the Japanese wrestler was ackward at best.Can you amagine Ali
and Wilt Chamberlain trying to find a way to fight? Wilt was enormously strong
and Tall!!!. Ali was a Pro fighter trained to punch you out!! I'M afraid they
would probably fall into a street fight,where Chamberlain would win.Of course,I
don't know who could take an Ali straight right better,Chamberlain or Frazier.|
|2/13/06 04:54:35 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron||||10|Steve:Back in the
80's, they used to televise on cable, boxers vs. martial arts black belts. I
watched a few times. These were street boxers, not credible pros. They were
sparring partners at best, or trial horses/amatuers at worst. The martial arts
guys were different disciplines, black belts. To make a long story short, I
never saw a boxer lose. In fact, I never saw a boxer not win convincingly.
Often, the martial arts guys would strike a pose---sideways---presumably to give
the boxer less of a target. They would lead with their feet at times, and show
a lot of hand movement. The boxers were patient, but would quickly move in,
take limited punishment, and often deliver crippling knockout punches with wild
hooks or uppercuts. Your idea about cutting off the ring is exactly right---the
karate guys would get out of position and seem to forget defense when the boxer
moved to cut the ring off. That's when the boxers could seem to hit them at
will. Granted, these guys weren't Bruce Lee, but neither were the boxers George
Foreman either. |
|2/13/06 09:57:20 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Although I
never took the test for black belt, I did study karate for four years when I was
younger and I have studied for a few months recently in an effort to help my
weight loss goals, so I do have some martial arts background.While it is
true in matches karate experts have been defeated by boxers but that is under
the guidelines of rules.If I was confronted by a professional boxer and
I felt my safety was in grave danger, which it would be as boxers are very
dangerous opponents, I would not hestitate to first stomp on his knee cap and
possibly break his knee and if he got in close I would not think twice about
poking him in the eyes and/or kicking him in the groin. A punch or poke to the