January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

heck of a Lightheavyweight,Also despite Jerry's 72-inch reach,he had 17 1/2 inch
guns,about 2 1/2 inches bigger than the normal heavyweight Ali and FRAZIER
ETC.i'll admit they sure did not look that big! but looks are deceiving!|
|7/16/03 01:08:52 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|By the way does anyone know if New Jersey
heavyweight Tony Alongi was ever in the top ten world rankings (say The Ring
Magazine?)in the early to mid-60's.if so,Jerry Quarry was 1-6-1 vs PAST-PRESENT-
FUTURE World Champions,7-0 vs top ten contenders,7-2-2 6 knockouts vs
past/future top ten contenders, and 38-1-1 vs the rest.(including ill-advised
Cranmer).In case anyone is confused (like me).This was of course during Jerry's
career,I'VE BEEN informed Alongi did break the top ten during his career,but
they did not know when,with a 38-2-1 record against JQ,Its easy to believe,they
others who where ranked contenders(but not when JERRY FOUGHT THEM)Where,Daniels
Machen,Chuvalo,Zanon,Neumann,Miteff,London,and Corletti (at THE FABULOUS FORUM
Curly).|
|7/16/03 01:21:38 PM|Joe Krause|Chicago||sadms.....||||10|Alongi was never in
the top 10 of Ring at the end of the year. He might have been ranked during the
middle of the year after the draw with Chuvalo. That was a robbery, George ate
him alive. Also add Oscar Bonavena to the ledger of win for Chuvalo. That was
terrible decision for Oscar!|
|7/16/03 01:39:19 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|HI Joe KRAUSE:Yes I Knew Alongi was not
at the year-end ratings for Ring Magazine,But I'm almost positive,he made it
after Chuvalo,he was given a gift draw at MSG VS Jerry in'66 (34 0F 40 WRITERS-
picked JQ)and had every advantage HEIGHT,REACH,WEIGHT,EXPERIENCE(but not
HEART).I've done a lot of research,with the RING MAGAZINE monthly ratings and
from July 1966 to June 1975,10 years and 120 months,there were only 48
heavyweights to grace the TOP TEN.(W.B.A.could probably double that). One thing
Max Kellerman and I finallly agree on is you really had to earn your World
RANKING for the RING MAGAZINE.|
|7/16/03 02:16:03 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|I met and saw
Jerry several times in the 1980s and he seemed about the same height as me, I am
just over 5'11" in height. Of course he could have been six feet tall as I am
almost that tall. I have seen Jerry listed at six feet and a half inch tall.
Jerry looks taller in the tapes than Joe Frazier, who is listed at 5'11" but I
think Joe is actually shorter than this.|
|7/16/03 03:19:35 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I have often
heard the story that Rocky Marciano had considered managing Jerry but in the end
Rocky nixed it. Any truth to this?|
|7/16/03 06:39:43 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|Very much so John G, the Rock came down
from Massachusetts,to see Jerry'S bout with Eddie Machen,but went home alone
after JQ'S loss i've heard a lot of stories about it,some said Rocky left before
the bout was over!!He was prepred to pay $100,000 FOR THE QUARRY CONTRACT!|
|7/16/03 10:34:31 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|That Rocky
didn't think that Jerry was enough of a prospect was not fair to Jerry. He was
only 21 when he lost to Machen, hardly a career ender as Machen had much more
experience. Floyd Patterson lost to Joey Maxim while coming up and
nobody considered Patterson at the end of the road. He was just an
inexperienced fighter verses a skilled veteran, same as Jerry verses
Machen.Another example, did everyone think Joe Louis was washed up
because he lost to Max Schemling the first time. No way! |
|7/17/03 08:26:17 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|That's surprising
about Rocky. I thought he would notice and appreciate Jerry's ruggedness and
take his youth into consideration. I know Rocky approached Ali after he won the
Olympic gold and wanted to manage him.|
|7/17/03 01:07:21 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA