January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

19-0Larry Middleton 20-1-1Lorenzo Zanon 20-3-1Thad Spencer 32-
5Jack Bodell 58-10As a group they had a record of 247-22-2 when
they fought Jerry. For an average record of about 30-3. So it looks like they
earned their high rankings and that it was quite an acomplishment that Jerry
beat all of these fighters. |
|5/22/03 02:26:25 AM|Ed|Cicero N Y||Mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|Quite a list
Kent..I remember seeing the Shavers fight on espn classic and they introduced a
lot of famous fighters before the fight, so it was good to c Jerry impressive in
that one ( 1 round k o for Jerry).Ali put on a big show in ring before
fight...Any idea when that custom of having famous fighters in audience
introduced ended? My thinking is when the alphabet champions watered down the
meaning of champions and left the public confused about who the champ is, might
have had something to do with it...this last espn classic (Moore vs
Marciano)had Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Max Baer, Jim Braddock, Mickey Walker
amoung others introduced..Talk about having fight legends all together at
once!..Another thing, the Moore/Marciano fight was broadcast to theaters, (TNT
closed circuit I think), I had no idea they did that that early (1955).|
|5/22/03 01:29:59 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|KENT:thanks for looking up the
records,and backing up what WE were trying to say(STOOGES STICK TOGETHER IN THE
FEARLESS LEADERS CLUB).Howard Cosell,Although he seemed to like Jerry,Is about
as far weather as a columnist can get,He said Lyle losing to Jerry was hard to
do,"NOT VERY MANY CAN LAY CLAIM TO THAT!"WELL howie,JQ beat more
contenders(8)than any non-Champion in the 60's and 70's.53 wins -pretty
impressive,His Baby had 56 (ALI).Sorry JQ was not Namath!!Getting back to
Bodell,The British press were grooming him for a possible title shot at "smokin
JOE", Had he beat JERRY,It was the first southpaw that Quarry ever fought
professionally,Bodell was ranked no.8 in the world at the time,Its safe to say
he didn't really bother Jerry! QUARRY WAS asked if he was ackward to fight, and
he replied "he fell ackwardly!"ED very good point for the introductions, I
REMEMBER THE BIRTHDAY BASH FOR JACK DEMPSEY,ON THE M.S.G QUARRY-FOSTER BOUT IN
1970.I'D LIKE TO SEE THE INTROS TO QUARRY-SHAVERS. WITH
ALI,FOREMAN,FRAZIER,NORTON.|
|5/23/03 12:05:21 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I was always
surprised that Mac Foster did not bounce back after his loss to Jerry. I saw his
loosing effort against Ali and he took Ali the full 15 rounds and looked pretty
good. I remember he took a long layoff after that fight and came back against
Zora Foley (I think) who he ko'd in 1. I remember that Foster fought out of
Fresno.|
|5/23/03 12:35:59 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|Some young fighter's like Mac Foster,Can
really get their career's ruined,by taking on a fighter of Jerry's
stature,Quarry was truley in the purgatory of boxing.But no one would fight
Foster and his rep.Eddie Futch kept Young "SMOKIN JOE" and JQ Apart in
1967,figuring it might hinder one or the other'career for the same reason,Top
FIGHTER'S like Mathis,Spencer,Foster,WERE NEVER quite the same after their
Quarry fights,although Lyle and Shavers really made themselves quite a
career,(could you imagine had Lyle been Foreman's age).John G. Its a shame
Foster did not quite live up to his potential,BUBBA("heat of the night" was
Fresno's own mayor,last I heard).|
|5/23/03 05:17:15 PM|Forest Ward|South
Carolina||Joekevin@cs.com||||10|Attention: Evren, and John G. Evren, I agree
with you about your assement of Eddie Machen. I have scrapbooks from the 1950's
and Machen was a pro for about a year when he made the Ring's top 10 rating,
which was quite a feat back then. When Patterson beat Moore for the title in
Nov. of 1956, all the experts felt that the man on the horizon for Patterson was
Eddie Machen. At the time Machen seemed to have it all. A lot of people felt