January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

was a basketball player. I don't care how big or strong he was, his endeavor in
life was throwing a ball in a hoop, not throwing punches and taking them. I've
been hit by an average amatuer boxer. He was wearing 8 ounce gloves or heavier,
and he was pulling the punches. His punches to my mid-section were very hard to
fend off, even though my reach was better. To make a long story short, three
rounds felt like ten, and even though the guy went easy on me, the next day, I
felt like I was hit by a truck. Believe me, Ali could use one hand, and beat
Wilt Chamberlain blindfolded. It's ridiculous to even consider Wilt having any
chance at all to beat a heavyweight champion in boxing---a very silly notion.
The fight wouldn't be close and wouldn't last long. If Ali took it seriously,
it would be humiliating for Chamberlain. The idea was the stuff carinvals are
made of. |
|2/15/06 07:09:34 PM|Steve|NJ||NA||||10|yow,Angelo,jeez,take it easy! I.m just
saying It would be a very strange encounter.I agree with you pro boxing is the
most brutal of sports,mainly because of the strict discipline envolved in
training,but also the extremely high level of natural talent needed to get
anywhere close to getting good fights,good money,or even getting heard of.|
|2/15/06 07:11:43 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Noam, yes
having training, especially for most women who are not physically srong is no
guaratee of safely warding off a strong attacker but the choice of doing nothing
and having some form of defense, I would go with some form of defense as it
increases the chances of surviving an attack.I know I have told this
story before but briefly, years ago I was jumped by some guy who was likely on
drugs who blind sided me as I was walking down the street.He jumped out
from some bushes and he punched me in the side of the face. For a moment I was
stunned and if he had hit me one more time I might been out.But for some
reason he hesitated enough for me to somewhat regain my senses and when he came
at me again I did try to kick him in the knee and I returned the favor by
nailing him with a straight right hand that took down.The cops showed up
because the owner of the house he was lurking at had called them to report a
prowler and they arrived just in time to see me hit him back. They took me down
and handcuffed me but let me go and arrested him because the home owner told
them I was defending myself.By the way, I didn't kick his knee cap
straight on with my kick but he was limping somewhat from my kick and I think it
set up my punch effectively.|
|2/15/06 10:33:48 PM|Noam|same||same||||10|Kent, I agree with most of what you
say, but guys on drugs are a very different scenario. If a guy is whacked out on
heavy drugs like heroin or whatever, then he can take a lot of punishment and
not feel it. It's not until the drug wears off that he realizes that he got beat
up. Trust me; you can hit that guy to the face so hard you break bones, but he
won't know it. A few years ago I caught one of these whackos breaking
into my place with a knife. He'd only got out of prison that morning, got on the
drugs, stole a van, and broke into seven other places before mine. Even had all
the proceeds in the stolen van. I jumped on him, sat on his chest, and punched
him until the cops arrived. He wasn't feeling any pain. It was unbelievable. You
could have done open heart surgery on that guy while he was awake and he
wouldn't have felt anything.Regards, Wilt, I agree with Angelo. While a
fight with Ali would be weird, Ali would keep his distance and jab. Eventually,
he'd land a combination and that'd be it.One of the great things about
Ali was the way he could adjust to styles and win. He did that against Liston.
He did it against Foreman. And he'd find a way against Wilt.Also, Ali
had a jaw like a brick. He took Frazier's left hook full on and got up. Foreman
hit him flush a few times. Hey, he went 12 rounds with a broken jaw with Norton.
So it's a stretch to say Wilt would knock him out.It wasn't Ali ducking
Wilt, either. Ali had more confidence than anyone alive. He fought them all,
even going to the (ridiculous) extent of fighting that karate guy. Ali would
have seen fighting Wilt as a challenge, not a risk. In my opinion, of course.