January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

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|3/14/06 02:24:15 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron||||10|Kent: Best case (and
probably the case) you're free and clear. Worst case, it's a treatable
cancer.I'm thinking about you and will say a prayer too. |
|3/14/06 06:23:11 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Thanks
friends for you support. Steve my beliefs are Chrsitian, more on the
Protestant side though but I think most of the various sects, including the
Catholic faith have basically the same message.|
|3/15/06 12:48:24 AM|Ed|Cicero N Y||mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|The heavyweight
fighter in this article is probably unheard of for even the most ardent fight
fans. He was the only fighter from Syracuse N Y that ever fought for a
heavyweight title. Even though he was long before my time I heard stories about
him throughout the years. He was a cab driver after his fighting days were over
and had some run in's with tough guys, always flattening them with one
punch.Syracuse,despite being a small city had quite a lot of good
fighters over the years. Carmen Basilo and his Nephew Billy Backus were title
holders and the De John family had heavyweight main eventers. Hal TNT Carrol was
from Syracuse. He fought gamely against Bob Foster back when. We have the boxing
hall of fame just outside Syracuse.SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Nick Barone, the
"Fighting Marine" who lost a heavyweight title bout in 1950 to Ezzard Charles,
died at 79.He died Sunday, the Welter-Price Funeral Home
said.Barone had a 47-11-1 record, mainly as a ranked contender in the
light heavyweight division. But his most famous fight came as a heavyweight on
Dec. 5, 1950, when he met Charles in the champion's hometown of Cincinnati. It
was Charles' first defense of the title he took from Joe Louis three months
earlier.Charles was heavily favored, but Barone lasted until the 11th
round when he was knocked down for the first time in his career. He got up, but
the referee stopped the fight."He was one tough son of a gun," said Don
Hamilton, a former amateur boxer and friend of Barone's, told The Post-Standard.
"He weighed about 175 pounds when he fought Charles, but he went toe-to-toe with
him."Barone fought just five times after meeting Charles and lost four
of those bouts."Before the Charles fight, he fought Jimmy Beau in a main
event at Madison Square Garden," Hamilton added. "He won a 10-round decision,
but Beau damaged his left eye. He fought Charles with one eye."Barone
hid the injury from doctors, and it wasn't the first time he hid the truth to
fight.Barone, whose real name was Carmine, had an older brother, Nick.
At 16, Barone took Nick's birth certificate and enlisted in the Marines. He went
on to fight in World War II and saw action at Iwo Jima. |
|3/15/06 07:49:47 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron||||10|Ed: That
article/fighter didn't mean anything to me until the end, when I read that his
real name was Carmine Barone---it's coming back to me now. My Dad and Uncle
(both dead) might have told me about this guy a long time ago. I remember
hearing about him covering up an eye injury to fight---I'm from Northeastern PA
and my Dad and Uncle were from NYC by way of Italy! I know Syracuse isn't near
the city, but I think I've heard about this guy from them. |
|3/15/06 01:11:31 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron||||10|Kent: If only you
were a few years younger, you could try out for "American Idol" with your
singing talent! You'd be the first boxing writer contestant they've ever had.
You could sing some Lou Rawls to warm up the crowd, then switch to Zepplin.|
|3/15/06 02:22:14 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Angelo, I
could probably do some Lou Rawls songs but Zepplin is a little out of my style.
I enjoy listening to Zepplin but Plant's high rough tenor is not for my voice,
as is most harder rock stuff.Even if I was young enough, I have a
problem, I am not the style that everybody else is, meaning I don't sound that
much like other singers so unless you are famous, there isn't much call for
being an original. But I wouldn't have it any other way as I got to be true to
myself and not just be a copycat of everyone else.Besides, I am not