January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

oomate and best friend in the service when we were stationed in WHIDBY ISLAND
WASHINGTON. he unfortunately died of cancer at the age of 29 in 1994|
|5/3/06 11:47:44 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Steve, I
didn't see the fight but I agree that Freitas was a good fighter but it may be
time to hang em up.He could be a tradegy waiting to happen. That is all
we need, another fighter damaged for hanging around too long. It would be a
good idea for Freitas to take his win and go out on top.Did you think
Raheem won?|
|5/4/06 04:15:22 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|Sonia - having gone back through the
archives I note that Koo Koo is one of the staunchest supporters of the Quarry
family. And he and Kent seem to have patched things over, too. I think it'd be
nice if Kent invited Koo Koo to sit up front with Kent and the other reporters
at a boxing night.I've got a very sick joke for Steve: Why can't banks
keep secrets? Because they've got too many tellers.|
|5/4/06 08:00:41 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron||||10|Jimmy: That name
isn't familiar. I was born in '63, so I think he was right in my age group, but
I don't know him. I actually grew up outside Wilkes-Barre, though I had friends
who went to the Wilkes-Barre schools. If you know what highschool he went to,
chances are, I would know somebody who knows him.|
|5/4/06 11:17:46 AM|Kent |Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Noam, I can
only get a pass for myself and the only way I could get anybody in to an event
is if the person is a photographer on assignment.The last time I paid
for boxing was last year and it was because my friend went with me, we had to
pay as I can't get anybody in. I sat right behind press row and Dan Goossen,
the promoter, looked at me funny when I told him that he had better put on a
good show as I was a paying customer. Before that it had been about four years
since I had paid to get into a boxing card.|
|5/4/06 11:27:41 AM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Jerry was one
of the best gym fighters and I remember a story told to me by a guy who lived in
the neighborhood where I grew up in La Habra named Darrell Huntley. Darrell was
a boxer who had about 30 amatuer fights and about three professional fights, I
think he was 2-1 as a professional, but he had sparred with Jerry and Mike on
occasion when they went down to the Westminster gym. Anyway Darrell was
sparring with Jerry and he hit Jerry with a good left hook and Jerry really tore
in to him showing him no mercy.The moral is, Jerry could take it easy in
sparring but don't hit him with a good shot as he would then really let you have
it. |
|5/4/06 11:52:23 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron||||10|Kent: Jerry was so
competitive---I think this carried into his training too. His claim that he
would never lose another fight due to poor conditioning really stuck through his
career, probably up until Norton. He lost fights to better opponents, not due
to lack of conditioning. But for Norton, he wasn't physically ready to rumble
with a top heavyweight. He could have bounced back into the picture if he would
have demanded a few months to train. Of course, they needed an opponent for
Norton quickly---but they probably would have found someone else who Norton
would beat---then Jerry could have fought him later. A prepared Quarry could
have beaten Norton, even then. |
|5/4/06 04:29:08 PM|Noam|same||same||||10|Kent - I was 'pulling your leg',
having a joke. It would be funny to see you sitting alongside Koo Koo at the
fights. We all have a fair idea what you look like as you continue to lose
weight. But what does a Koo Koo look like? Anyone know?|
|5/4/06 05:39:02 PM|Bob|Wilkes-Barre, Pa.||RVEEBOB@AOL.COM||||10|Does anybody
remember the REILLY brothers that fought from Luzerne, Pa. in the early
seventies? They are good friends of mine.|
|5/4/06 07:52:31 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|As it was,
Jerry still gave Norton a tough battle for a few rounds but he got cut and he
ran out of steam by round five.The third round of Norton verses Quarry