January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

fighters named, say, Richard Nixon. My mistake I guess.|
|5/12/03 10:59:50 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||10|It would seem
we are discussing different Jimmy Carters, Forest. Hopefully, you don't know any
fighters named, say, Richard Nixon. My mistake I guess.|
|5/12/03 11:57:13 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||joekevin@cs.com||||10|Rick,
it's against the law to drink and write in some towns, so be careful with your
writingRick, I don't attack broken down 3 round fighters, so you are
safe I have never said a bad word about Jerry Quarry on this site, I
have written repeatly that he was a geuine fighter, a gladiator.My
feelings about Cooney can't be denied, put down the bottle and look at the ring
record bookAs far as reporting Cooney to the authorites, there is no
point in that. What he is doing is not illegal, but it is certainly unethical.
. |
|5/13/03 07:38:23 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|MY TAKE ON
COONEY: I have nothing against Gerry Cooney. He was one of the few fighters who
used the system rather then allow himself to get used. The only problem with
that was sometimes the fans got screwed in the process. How? By paying good
money to see jokes like his fights against Norton and Lyle. But I guess you pay
your money and take your chances. I would rate Cooney a good puncher with his
left hand, a glass jaw, average technical skills, and no desire. He was a
financial success but not a artistic one but that seemed to suit him fine. The
best way to describe him comes from the lead line of an article covering his KO
at the hands of George Foreman. It read " Gerry Cooney finally met the washed up
old man he couldn't knock out" that about says it all in my mind.|
|5/13/03 11:18:17 AM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Jimmy Dorsey,there are
at least ten fights on your list that I would gladly spend $49.95 to see.I
really wonder how a Frazier vs Norton fight would have gone.I never bought into
that,"we'll never fight each other because we're such good friends"baloney.I
think Norton's carefully arranged career did not include a Joe Frazier,or a Ron
Lyle.|
|5/13/03 12:04:11 PM|Carl Weingarten|TJQF||TJQF||||10|I'm looking forward to
seeing ESPNCL "The Forgotten Heavyweight: Jerry Quarry", but I believe this is a
repeat, and they only show Jerry's fights with Ali and Frazier. I hope I'm
wrong. In any case, though Jerry was courageous in these fights, he did loose
them, so I can't consider the program much of a tribute to Jerry. By not
showing Jerry's fights with Foster, Shavers, Lyle, Spencer or the many exciting
fights Jerry did win, is to ignore why Jerry was a contender worthy of Ali and
Frazier in the first place.Hey Ben, please post the email to ESPN
Classic so we can help "educate" them. Thanks, --Carl|
|5/13/03 12:34:29 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Wow, just when
I said there are no bad feelings around here, a newcomer, who's opinions are
very welcome, shows up and really gives it to Forest. Forest handled it well by
not attacking back in spite of a fairly provocative post directed towards him.
I think it is good when someone comes here and shakes things up a little bit
every now and then. I hope our new friend drops back in a few more times.
Steve, what makes you think I am wealthy? Actually, I may or may not be and
depending on what happens in the next few months, I could getting a lor of money
or have to start over again, not sure yet. Gerry Cooney was a very hard puncher
who had some flaws as a fighter he is one of the few who got out intact and
financially secure. I don't know anything about the financial dealings
regarding his foundation so I can't comment on this.|
|5/13/03 12:46:07 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|SHEMP(STEVE):I KNOW it would only be a
preliminary,to the top ten bouts, I mentioned we missed,but that DUANE
BOBICK/JOE BUGNER matchup would have been huge,about the same size, speed,etc. a
real britain/USA old fashioned matchup,they only time I ever saw Bugner
RALLY,(besides his own country).was one very good round vs lyle, and that