January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

left hook he hit Foreman with in the first round of their fight shook up big
George, big time and George's corner was very concerned. Foreman himself said
the reason he stepped things up in the second round to get Cooney out of there
was because he was in real danger and he had to get to Cooney before Cooney got
to him. His right hand was good too, better than he has been given
credit for and he used it effectively agaisnt Holmes. It was one of
Holmes' tougher title defenses and it was when Holmes was still near his prime.
However, just because we say that our own Jerry Quarry would have had a
good chance of beating Cooney because of Quarry's counter punching and boxing
style and his ability to take a punch, does not mean we are downplaying Cooney
at all.|
|7/1/03 10:19:12 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|I Can remember when Quarry interviwed
Gerry Cooney,after a victory on St.Patty's day,And either Cooney was too shy,or
to intimadated by Jerry to even speak,JERRY DID LOOK LIKE DICK BUTKUS IN A TUX,I
do not know,and Jerry had a really hard time with that interview,Cooney's
career, and opposition,cannot begin to compare to Jerry's great career.One thing
I did want to tell my buddy Forest WARD,IS everyone,whom ever fought Jerry was
at the peak of their condition, that tells you something about Mr.Quarry,Jerry
probably could not beat everyone, that we've said he could on these posts,(he
would have gave it a hell of a try).but the fact remains,that his career should
go down as 20 to 30 of the top heavyweights of alltime. On the subject of
Cooney, he also had his jab working pretty good against "big George" and clearly
won the first round, sorry he was hurt so bad, but like I said,we were worried
for Foreman, TAKE CARE!|
|7/1/03 12:47:57 PM|Paul Maduros|midwest||pama42@yahoo.com||||10|I don't think
that we should compare the heavys of the 60's with now a day fighters.
Spencer/Quarry Patterson/Quarry all these fights were very good because there
was not much difference in size. It was a testament to Jerry that he could beat
someone like Ron Lyle, It's like a lightweight beating a middleweight. I like it
better back then. Now everybody's a monster in size. Hey, I'll say one thing
Jerry was a cooler looking guy than all of them anyway:)|
|7/1/03 01:31:49 PM|Carl Weingarten|TJQF||TJQF||||10|Hello! There was a post
some time back regarding a video of Jerry interviewing Muhammad before a (Norton
III?) fight. If the quality is good, can we get a copy of this to show on the
web site? Please post your email and I’ll contact you. Thanks, --Carl|
|7/1/03 03:49:17 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||joekevin@cs.com||||10|Jimmy D.,
we have always been in agreement that Jerry Quarry was a super fighter, and I
agree he fought and beat many good fighters at their peaks.I have also said
repeatedly on this sight that Cooney was an overated fighter. He beat old men,
long past there primes. He got knocked out by an old man, George Foreman, got
knocked out by a lightheavyweight, Michael Spinks, and knocked out by Larry
Holmes. Maybe he had the potential to beat good fighters, but if he had it, he
never demonstrated it. Potential is great, but results are better. The record
book shows that Cooney never beat a viable contender. He was the biggest hoax
since Primo Carnera. George Chuvalo, and Henry Cooper beat good fighters who
were in their prime, Cooney never did. Yet Chuvalo and Cooper are never
mentioned on this site. People look at the record book!!!!!!!!!!!!|
|7/1/03 11:38:39 PM|Dan Cunningham|San Francisco||DGCSOCCER@AOL.COM||||10|FYI:
There were several top ten contenders in the 80's, notably future champions such
as Trevor Berbick and Pinklon Thomas who were offered fights with Cooney but
choose to skate around him as did Foreman to Quarry circa 1971-1974. This is a
fact. It didn't help either that Don King was in control of 98% of the top
heavyweights of this time. I have seen Cooneys left hook up close as I have also
observed Foreman sparring sessions. Cooney could hit harder than Foreman with
that hook. Cooney by the way KO'd a Russian at MSG who had defeated
Stevenson(Cuban). Cooney nailed him with one left hook and ended the contest