January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

lightweight etc. And there was no cruiserweight. In the 1970s we had 7 title
holders all up; now we have 45 or more champions.Just to have been a
challenger for the title in the 1970s (like Jerry) and earlier was more of an
achievement than actually winning a title today, given that many more titles are
on offer in many more weight divisions.There needs to be a revolution in
boxing where one body takes charge. By all means keep all the weight divisions,
but cut it back so there's only one title in each division. Unify the whole damn
thing ! |
|2/22/06 02:38:27 PM|Noam|same||same||||10|Hey Angelo. All those eastern bloc
fighters have huge strutting jaws, almost as big as the jaw of French female
tennis player Amelie Mauresmo. Perhaps they all eat the same breakfast cereal.|
|2/23/06 01:19:40 AM|Ed|Cicero N Y||Mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|Noam,Thats
true that watered down champions has ruined boxing. Back in the old days
everyone knew who the champion of each division was. Even when a mediocre
champion, such as Ezzard Charles, fought almost everyone followed it. A lot of
heavyweight fights were front page news. I saw an old newspaper of the Liston/
Patterson fight and it had over 4 full pages of fight pictures. Unless we get a
superstar like Mike Tyson again I dont think we'll ever see boxing rise to the
heights it once was. I guess the greed of the promoters wanting to call a
fight a title fight when its not close to being that is to blame. Also they have
more and more good fights on pay per view. I mean, people barely watch it when
its free how do they expect to expose superstar fighters to the general public
when people have to pay extra to see them?I wonder too, if the ultimate
fighting cage matches has sort of pushed boxing back. Its caught on big time
with the younger people and its much more violent. Everybody knows that a boxer
wouldn't have a chance against the top guys in that sport and thats what boxing
is all about...seeing who the toughest fighter is. |
|2/23/06 01:45:52 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|Also, Ed, a lot more people make
money the way it is today. The WBA, WBC, et al, all get their sanctioning fees.
Judges and referees get paid more for title fights. If the fights are overseas,
they get airfare, hotel bills, a paid holiday.Title fights, however
hollow, fill tv time slots, etc. The more the merrier for promoters and
sanctioning bodies. It's all a big con job on the boxing fan. |
|2/23/06 01:46:05 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|Also, Ed, a lot more people make
money the way it is today. The WBA, WBC, et al, all get their sanctioning fees.
Judges and referees get paid more for title fights. If the fights are overseas,
they get airfare, hotel bills, a paid holiday.Title fights, however
hollow, fill tv time slots, etc. The more the merrier for promoters and
sanctioning bodies. It's all a big con job on the boxing fan. |
|2/23/06 03:01:56 PM|Frank|Indian, ny way of
Philly||furrman365@yahoo.com||||10|I grew up in Coatesville, west of
Philadelphia. Please don't get me started on the Eagles. Larry Holmes, along
with Joe Frazier, was my guy. The great boxer and the great puncher. I have no
idea who the top guy is now. Whoever he is, he's not that good. I did like Lewis
alot and was a big Klitschko fan, now both are gone. It's funny, now there are
so many belts and so few real champs. Back in the day, you had real champ-types
and one or two belts. Oh well.|
|2/23/06 04:45:32 PM|Frank|Indiana||furrman365@yahoo.com||||10|Oh also, don't be
too hard on Bobick or some of these other guys because they could not beat
Holmes or Norton. Like the man said, he still got pretty far. That would like
jeering someone because they can't guard Allen Iverson. How many can? You know,
take your turn at it. Kent I remeber Wilt with the Lakers too. I'm into classic
NBA alot. They won 69 games with him in 1972 and he was hardly trying to score
then. Thx.|
|2/23/06 07:55:23 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Frank, yes
Wilt was an amazing basketball player and even though in his last few years he
didn't focus on scoring, if the team needed it he could still go out and get 40