January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

who have demonstrated their competence could be placed at the head of these
branches.) These local branches could employ a single set of rules throughout
the country. And an enforcement division of the USBC could be responsible for
making certain that local branches followed these rules. What is key is that a
structure be established to bring real uniformity to boxing. Uniformity in the
rules, uniformity in the rankings, uniformity in safety standards, uniformity in
medical tests required for a boxer to be licensed, uniformity in standards for
judges and referees, uniformity in the way fights are scored. And what is
equally key is that competent, principled people be employed to create and to
enforce these rules and standards, people who know boxing, who care about boxing
and who care about the boxers who participate in the hardest game.The
government may not be well suited to the role of knight in shining armor, but
the job of taking on the greed of the most powerful promoters, the corruption of
sanctioning bodies and the incompetence of state commissions has not attracted
any other candidates. Congress, having failed to pass the Professional Boxing
Amendments Act, has another chance to get it right – to create the United States
Boxing Commission, as already proposed, and to go further than the proposals of
the last two years. It must establish uniform standards in boxing throughout the
country and rid the sport of the sanctioning bodies.Only the law can
give boxing a fighting chance to be a respected sport. That way boxing fans can
focus their attention on what matters – two men, inside the ropes, doing
battle. |
|4/24/06 07:55:53 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron||||10|Well Goll-lly! Geez,
I've been wrong before, Lord knows I've been wrong before, but never this wrong
about the outcome of a fight, save for me picking Mike Spinks to decision Mike
Tyson! Kent: How bad was it? Did Byrd do ANYTHING?|
|4/24/06 09:38:30 AM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Angelo, no
Byrd didn't do much. After watching the replay of the fight, I thought Byrd won
the first round by landing some body shots while Wlad was mostly probing with
his jab, slow round.My first impression was the first round was
even.Byrd didn't move his head much and he wasn't throwing quick
flurries, just one or two punches at a time. Byrd had no answer for the right
hand lead.It reminded me of Ali/Quarry 2 in which Jerry couldn't seem to
get to Ali and it did end in the seventh round, just like the second Ali/Quarry
fight. |
|4/24/06 03:32:32 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron||||10|Kent: Is it possible
that Byrd just got too old overnight? I read that he was 35---I didn't think he
was that old. |
|4/24/06 05:31:13 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Angelo, it is
possible, especially because of his style of making the other guy miss and then
landing punches that Byrd's reflexes are not what they used to be. But
apparently Klitschko won most of the rounds in their first fight five and a half
years ago so maybe it is a stylistic match problem for Byrd.Yes he was
physically overmatched but he was able to stand in and battle with 6'7" 270
pound Jameel McCline and come out on top. I thought Klitschko would win
but not as one sided as it turned out.|
|4/24/06 09:48:16 PM|steve |NJ||NA||||10|Look,Angelo,after all the years
together on this site,you've got to realize their is some strange person posting
under my name.I,ve never ment to disrespect you,or curry your favor.I greatly
respect your opinion on any subject.You seem like an Intelligent man.I have lead
a pretty rough life.However,I don't consider myself a tough guy at all.I
apologize if I project myself that way.I simply don't have a lot of tolerance
for troublemakers|
|4/25/06 01:44:04 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|I haven't visited here for about 3
weeks, maybe longer. I just started going back through the posts and saw that
someone has been using my name posting stuff I didn't write. My mother
had surgery and I had to go there and stay with her. That's why I haven't been