January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

punch was the type that would lay Lewis out.Norton had a reputation for
arrogance, which seems to be well earned considering the book excerpt. He had a
ton of courage against JQ, whose best years were behind him, and who fought on
two weeks notice and was not in fighting shape. Hooray for big bad Kenny. Of
course, he was deer in headlights against Foreman, Shavers, Cooney---crumbled
when hit with a power punch. |
|5/8/06 10:43:46 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron||||10|Steve: Ironic title
too. Norton isn't an authority on going the distance. Ask Earnie Shavers or
Gerry Cooney, who only had part of one round to "punish him" the way he wanted
to punish JQ. Ask Foreman, who in Caracas, pounded on Norton for about half a
minute when it became clear that Norton wouldn't make it more than two or three
rounds (didn't finish two actually). Ask Jose Luis Garcia if you can find him
anywhere. Oh, and while Norton did "go the distance" against Young, Norton was
was "lucky" to get the decision. Let's face it, the whole world was clamouring
for another Norton-Ali fight and Norton had more going for him (excitement and
recognition wise) than Young. So they gave the close match to Norton. I will
admit to admiring Norton's performance against Holmes---though those who think
Norton should have won are crazy. Go back and score the fight and Holmes had
him beat. Norton showed some guts, but didn't win. |
|5/8/06 12:17:44 PM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|like they say ,
what goes around comes around, norton beat jerry up , as fate would have it, an
irishman beats norton with-in an inch of his life, he had it coming, he was
arrogant as hell, i loved also when larry holmes beat him, jimmy youg is the guy
that got robbed, beat norton & ali, they never gave him the title because of his
hit & run tactics. i think he just quit trying after those robberys, sad case,
but i don't blame him , life is not fair, it never will be|
|5/8/06 12:26:49 PM|Steve|NJ||na||||10|Noam,I agree with you that Forman usualy
looked like he was throwing haymakers in slow motion.He also looked like he was
throwing arm punches,with no hip leverage behind them.In reality,he usually got
his opponent with straight ,short,shots.He started Frazier on his way out with A
short,straight up the middle uppercut that lifted Joe of his feet.He waited all
night for Moorer to square up in front of him,then dropped in a short ,downward
trajectory right,that flattened Moorer.|
|5/8/06 01:20:55 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron||||10|Steve: You won't
believe how many people (very casual boxing fans without a lot of knowledge)
thought Moorer took a dive because "Foreman hardly touched him." Ridiculous!
That punch would have KOed a buffalo. I think people equate a big wind up and
swing with power, but I've learned (both from watching hundreds of boxing
matches and being in a few---knocked out once) that sometimes short, quick
punches, thrown with leverage and purpose, can accomplish more. Like you just
wrote, Foreman was patient as Jobe that night, waiting, waiting, waiting for
Moorer's mistake in positioning, then BAM, lights out. |
|5/8/06 02:29:57 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Angelo, if
Moorer took a dive, then he is a great actor because his eyes were rolling back
in his head, he was out.You are right, often the short to the point
punches do the most damage.|
|5/8/06 02:49:47 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron||||10|Kent: Agreed. But
that still doesn't explain Ali's phantom punch in Liston II. Was that the real
thing?|
|5/8/06 04:22:28 PM|Sam Walker|Washington, D.C.
||sendtosw@hotmail.com||||8|Hello, and my (very late) condolences to the family
of Jerry Quarry, who I thought was a great fighter. I remember watching him
against Ali, and I remember Jose Torres saying in his bio of Ali that if Jerry
hadn't been cut, Ali was in for a long night, because Jerry was getting the
rhythm, figuring it out when the fight was stopped. I still haven't seen Jerry's
fight with Joe Frazier, which was quite exciting for Jerry for the first few
rounds, from what I understand. I plan to get it on DVD. Anyway, I'm glad he has