January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

|4/25/03 01:51:56 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Yes, Lyle was
very good. He was almost muscle bound and pretty on in years when he began his
career, but he was one very rough guy. As the joke went "Ron has a Masters
Degree in Violence". He also defeated Bonavena via decision I recall and I was
told Norton refused to fight him.|
|4/25/03 07:06:33 PM|Gary Chapman|Swindon,
England||gt@gchapman.freeserve.co.uk||||9|Hi just wanted to say am enjoying the
site, jerry quarry has always been one of my favorites, the best white
heavyweight since marciano and if a crusierweight division had existed in the
early 70's jerry would have been a champion no doubt.I also workout and spar
even though I have mild cerebal palsy,i have loved boxing ever i was little (i'm
now 32). One last thing: fighters must know when to quit, its so easy to say i
know but if JQ had retired in '75 or 77' he would be still be with us today.
take care, Gary Chapman |
|4/25/03 07:12:29 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Yes, Ron Lyle
was very good. I thought Lyle won at least one of the fights with Jimmy Young.
I believe it was the first one where he pounded on Young's sides with hard body
shots all through the fight only to lose a decision on the judges scorecards.
Lyle's body attack brought out red welts on Young's sides. Lyle, in both bouts,
landed the harder punches but I guess the judges were more impressed with
Young's quanity over Lyle's quality of punches. I read an interview with Lyle
where he said he believes he won both fights against Young.|
|4/26/03 08:56:24 AM|Mark Sargeant|UK||lpu00mts@reading.ac.uk||||10|Lyle was an
excellent fighter who made the era of the 70s so good. If had been a
professional in his early 20s he could have been up in the Liston, Frazier and
Foreman class rather than the one just below with Quarry, Young and Shavers.
Beat Shavers in a fantastic performance, particularly after being floored, and
beat very good fighters like Ellis, Bonavena, Bugner and Mathis to improve his
CV further. Fairly unlucky in his defeats to Young (who I thought is another
fighter very underated, could have won Ali and Norton fights) and boxed superbly
against Ali before being stopped by some unique magic, and fought in the most
brutal fight with Foreman where bravery and guts were called for. A fight with
Norton and Holmes would have been desperately close-all 3 were great fighters.
The fact that Quarry beat Lyle most convincingly out of a list including Ali,
Foreman and the guys previously mentioned is perhaps the greatest compliment I
can give to Jerry- a simply magnificent performance.|
|4/26/03 08:44:53 PM|Luis R Ramos|San Juan, Puerto
Rico||unpiano@yahoo.com||||10|Where can I get a copy of the 1974 fight of George
Foreman VS Joe "King" Roman"? I'd love to see that fight again, even though it
was a very short one? Thanks.....L Ramos|
|4/27/03 08:05:07 AM|George Otto|Youngstown, Ohio||ehnpbsa@aol.com||||10|In
continuing to represent the legislative interests of The Jerry Quarry Foundation
and the American Association for the Improvement of Boxing, I am lobbying for
the passage of Senate Bill 275. If this goes through Congress, boxing will
finally have a badly needed national commission to protect the fighters and the
fans. Email or call Democratic Senator Harry Reid of Nevada and state your
support for this legislation, as his interest is very vital in terms of getting
this bill approved. Thanks !!|
|4/28/03 07:51:46 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Does anyone
remember NYC heavyweightPedo Soto? The Garden loved they guy but Scott
Ledeaux exposed the guy once and for all. I think Sid Martin trained him, not
sure. Also, little known fact: Charlie Goldman was in Bonavana's corner in his
very early fights.|
|4/28/03 08:28:31 AM|.|.||.||||10|The Foreman-Roman fight was included on a
videotape called Great Fights of the Seventies, back when VHS was just getting
underway. It would be hard to find now, but that tape also included Foreman's
fights with Frazier, Norton, Chuvalo and Peralta. Also included were highlights