January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

What’s the deal with orange juice? It reminds me of the first Tunney – Greb
bout, which I did not attend. Tunney was so battered by Greb his handlers mixed
orange juice with whiskey during the bout and made him drink it instead of
water…to dull the pain.|
|2/25/06 07:04:47 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|My heart goes
out to the Page family. Yes I am not sure how some of these fighters get
licenses to fight.Even though the rules need to be stronger to make
boxing safer, there are rules on the book that you would think would at least
prevent people like Greg Page from fighting past the time when he should have
quit but what good are rules if the commissions don't enforce them?We
need a national commision now and for other countries to honor suspensions
because even if we have a strong commission here in the States, what good is
that if a fighter can travel out of the country and fight there?Bob B
you are right, Joe Mesi, if he fights, is a tradegy waiting to happen.I
remember back in 1983 our own Jerry Quarry, Bobby Chacon, and Tex Cobb were
given brain scans and both Jerry and Chacon showed signs of permanent damage but
no outward sympthoms yet but the California commission allowed Jerry and I think
Chacon also to fight after this. They should have never been allowed to fight
again after this test.|
|2/26/06 04:20:18 AM|Ed|Cicero N Y||Mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|Another sad note to
the Page tragedy is the fighter that put him in that shape has been accused of
murder.CINCINNATI -- Former heavyweight boxer Dale Crowe has been
indicted in the death of a man whose body was found in a trash
bin.The 29-year-old Crowe was arrested Thursday outside the Hamilton
County courthouse after he had made an appearance there on an unrelated
misdemeanor.Prosecutors accuse him of killing Frank Branam, 23, of
Cincinnati. Crowe faces charges of aggravated murder, murder and aggravated
robbery.The victim's relatives told investigators that Branam was
last seen with Crowe on Aug. 10, 2002. His body was found in a trash container a
month later.The victim's sister, Amanda Mappes, 30, said she and her
brother grew up with Crowe.Crowe, who was being held on a $1.6
million bond, defeated former WBA heavyweight champion Greg Page during a March
2001 fight in Erlanger, Ky. Page, sustained traumatic brain injuries during the
bout, slipped into a coma and then had a stroke during post-fight surgery. He
was paralyzed on his left side and has had to use a wheelchair since. |
|2/26/06 11:07:28 PM|Noam|same||same||||10|Angelo, I'll check up but I think
Calvin Grove was a lightweight or featherweight. If my memory serves me right,
he fought for a title against Jeff Feneck, the Australian, but lost. I think
that Grove was working as a deputy in your country then and that he is still
doing that now. I'll find out.I'm sorry to hear about Page. Unless that
make changes like Kent suggests, every generation of boxers will have their own
sad cases. |
|2/27/06 01:56:57 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|Angelo, Grove fought from 1982 to
1998 and was 49-10-0. He lost to Azumah Nelson in a decision, TKO'd Jeff Fenech
in the 7th, and was knocked out round 1 in 1998 against Kostya Tsyzu. He was a
featherweight, but he wasn't a deputy. |
|2/27/06 02:20:26 AM|Pat Ringena|Anaheim, CA||pringena1@netzero.com||||10|2
questions, please. First, how would Joe Frazier have done against a good, big
heavyweight like Riddick Bowe? Second, does anyone think it would be good to
establish an automatic limit on how long any fighter can be licensed and fight?
How about 5 years? Thanks. |
|2/27/06 02:26:08 AM|Pat Ringena|Anaheim,
CA||pringena1@netzero.com||||10|Somebody wrote: "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." Hardly trying to score then? Hmmm, that must have
been Wilt Smith, then, or Wilt Jones, or maybe Wilt Johnson. Never Wilt
Chamberlain. |