January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

|6/4/03 10:01:28 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|BIG JOHN: YES HE HIT NEUMANN THE LOW
ONE,ABOUT THE 4TH ROUND,HE ALSO HIT HIM A GREAT ARM SHOT,(BICEPS).THAT DWINDLED
DOWN HIS JAB,JERRY WAS AT 209 (HEAVIEST OF HIS CAREER AT THE TIME).BUT STILL
SHOOK OFF THE RUST AND GAVE NEUMANN A SOLID PASTING,QUARRY WAS 209 3/4 VS "SCRAP
IRON" IN 1975.ANOTHER TIME VS LOU BAILEY,THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE JERRY QUARRY WAS
JERRY QUARRY AND REFUSED HIM ADMITTANCE,QUICKLY(SO THE MAIN EVENT COULD GO ON)IT
WAS RESOLVED.THEN AFTER THE MATCH.(A DECISION OVER BAILEY,WHO HIT THE DECK 5-
TIMES).JQ WAS LOCKED OUT OF HIS DRESSING ROOM,I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY,HE MISSED
DES MOINES MUCH,FIRST THE # 2 CONTENDER IN THE WORLD HAD TROUBLE GETTING IN THE
ARENA, AND AFTER HAD TROUBLE GETTING OUT!! UNREAL!|
|6/4/03 11:02:58 AM|Johnny Q|New York||johnqw@yahoo.com||||10|Is this the same
Randy Neumann who is now a big fight referee?|
|6/4/03 11:29:48 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|yes, its the same
Neuman who is now a ref in New Jersey.JIMMY D. -- thanks for those great
sidenotes and details. I guess JQ's best weight was around 198 or so?|
|6/7/03 08:09:58 AM|Ronnie Joe Shewmake|Arlington,
Texas||Rondemo7@aol.com||||10|After Jerry Quarry beat Earnie Shavers (it was an
elimination bout scheduled for 12 rounds) the winner was supposed to fight
George Foreman for the heavyweight championship. The fight never materialized.
Does anyone know the answer? I've heard and read George wanted no part of Jerry
and decided to fight Ali in Zaire. It is my opinion that George wasn't really
knocked out but was totally exhausted. My most memorable Quarry fight was
against Thad Spencer. I remember in one of the early rounds Jerry dropped Thad
in the middle of the ring and Thad's butt landed right in the a circle of a
bulls-eye painted on the ring's canvas. I still get a chuckle when I think about
it. It seems to me ESPN Classic shows Jerry in his losing efforts. I have
e-mailed Classic and asked them to do a show on Jerry's winning efforts instead
of his losses. I would love to see Jerry's fights with Buster Mathis, Thad
Spencer, Ron Lyle, Earnie Shavers, and even his draw with Floyd Patterson. I
would also love to see Jerry's bizarre loss to George Chuvalo. I have never
received a reply. Does anyone else agree? On a different topic, I think it is
great that Al Bernstein (a true class act) is leaving ESPN and will be doing
color commentary for Showtime Boxing. Couldn't happen to a better guy.|
|6/7/03 09:52:01 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|YES JERRY HAD 2 WINNING TITLE
ELIMINATIONS,that year 1973.(the other was Lyle of course).I followed JQ'S
career very closely in those days.He could have been fighting George Aug.31 of
that year instead of Roman,then we all would have been satisfied,But George is
human,he did not do with the title that 90 % of they other champs did,I have
alot of respect,and always will have for our MR.FOREMAN,Iv'e really been singing
Lyles praises on these posts lately,saying everyone's lucky Lyle started so late
in his career,Big George had every bit as much heart,i'll never forget their
great brawl,But George,WHY DID'NT YOU GIVE "Irish Jerry Quarry a shot?!!|
|6/7/03 01:36:42 PM|Frank Lotierzo|Linwood N.J.||GlovedFist@Juno.com||||9|I am a
huge Jerry Quarry fan. Growing up in the 60's and 70's, those were the days. I
used to fight and trained at Frazier's Cloverlay Gym. I spoke with Frazier many
times about Quarry and he had nothing but the ut-most respect for him. I also am
a fight collecter, have many of Jerry's fights, except for Machen and Mathis.
Quarry-Foreman would've been interesting because Quarry wouldn't have went to
Foreman like Frazier did. Jerry's biggest problem was he was vulnerable to guys
with good jabs. Jerry Quarry had the best saying, "there all tought til I punch
them back" God Bless Jerry Quarry!!|
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