January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

after having gotten tagged himself earlier. A lot of fighters avoided Cooney.
The fighters he had problems with were the good Greg Page(Tim Witherspoon) like-
fighters(boxer-puncher). He would destroy most other sluggers, so/so boxer
punchers. He would have eaten up Chuvalo, Kirkman, etc. Quarry and Cooney would
have been interesting. I could see Quarry winning. Cooney was a formitable
contender. To be politically correct and say otherwise is ignorant and shows
your lack of boxing knowledge. Cooney was never the same fighter after his noble
attempt to take the title from Holmes who has to be one of the best boxers of
all time.|
|7/2/03 07:31:46 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Sure Cooney could
bang with his left hook -- but only against guys whose legs were gone and who
gave him a sitting duck target. Part of the trick is the land that kind of punch
against a man who moves well and whose legs are not shot. And Cooney could not
do that. Guys like Frazier and Foreman landed those type of punches on live
bodies, not dead men with famous names. Also those left hook/uppercuts that
Foreman landed in the first Frazier fight were harder than ANYTHING Cooney ever
threw. Quarry would have disposed of Cooney in about six rounds or less, ditto
a young Ron Lyle. I do respect Cooney's performance in the Holmes fight. |
|7/2/03 10:05:57 AM|Mark Sargeant|UK||lpu00mts@reading.ac.uk||||10|Cooney was a
good fighter no question. I think his gutsy performance against Holmes where he
took a lot of punishment is proof of this and demonstrates his skill as well as
in his victories against faded stars like Norton, Lyle and Young. He really
couldn't have bbeen in shape against Spinks or Foreman so we can't judge that
accurately on those performances. What is impressive was his ability to not only
kick his drug habit but to come out of it a very decent man who has made
worthwhile contributions to society since. Not a great boxer but a good one, and
a top man. Puts Tyson to shame.|
|7/2/03 10:35:04 AM|VIDEO POST|The Jerry Quarry Foundation||TJQF||||10|VIDEO POSTGerry Cooney vs Ron Lyle October 24,
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|7/2/03 12:16:18 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|I know on these posts,I'm always pro-
Lyle,And I see Ron Lyle as just the opposite of Howie Cosells,appraisal,to me
Lyle was a crowd pleasing dedicated fighter,who got the breaks a little too late
in the fight game,not to say he did not have a great career, and not the "Thug"
which is usually how he's portrayed,Anyone who saw him against Shavers can
attest his courage,One other note for everybody,Can anyone tell me whom the
third man IN Quarry's corner was when he fought Lyle,I know Albert and
Clancy,but who was the younger guy there? IT really does not matter,but I know
it was not MOE(mr.JIMMY).And looks alot like Jerry's brother in law and Mike
ROSSMANS FIRST LOSS in the person of Middleweight Mike NIXON,and am sure it
probably was not.|
|7/2/03 04:12:13 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|I had never
seen the Cooney/Lyle fight. But after watching the clip here, regardless of
age, if Lyle is hit with that body shot, he would be unable to continue due to
broken ribs.The difference youth may have made is that Lyle would have
been less likely manevered into taking that shot and he may have hit Cooney with
some significant punches of his own. Something he didn't do in the fight. |
|7/3/03 01:03:47 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||joekevin@cs.com||||10|Hi folks,
one more time, Gerry Cooney had a glass jaw, he could not take a punch. In his
entire career he was never able to get off the canvass and win a fight after
being knocked down. Cooney never had that fire in his belly, which all great
fighters have, and most good ones too. I know a lot of people say he
made a good showing against Larry Holmes. Good compared to what? Mike Weaver
staggered Holmes more than once in their fight. Truth Williams, lost a disputed