January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

he did the same thing to Wilt.SORRY FOR GETTING OFF THE BOXING TOPIC BUT
I AM A LONG TIME LAKER FAN AND I GUESS MASSIMO IS ONE TOO.|
|8/20/03 12:34:19 PM|Paul Maduros|midwest||pama42@yahoo.com||||10|Chamberlain
great basketball player, but like Ed too tall Jones found out. You can't get
that late of a start in boxing and be effective. The fight between Chamberlain
and Jerry would have looked akward, but Jerry would have took him out easy.|
|8/20/03 12:58:49 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||Joe kevin||||10|Talking about
non-boxers being boxers reminds me of something Jerry Quarry said back in 1969.
He made these remarks while in training for either the Mathis or Frazier, I am
not sure which. The story was a press release from the Grossingers training
camp. Jerry and his trainer Teddty Bentham were discussing "tough Guys" outside
the ring. Teddy remarked that he thought Ralph Houk (baseball manager, WWII
heroe), was a tough guy and he wouldn't want to mess with him. Now listen to
who Jerry Quarry regarded as a legitimate tough guy,and wouldn't want to mess
with? Jim Brown, the former running back. I thought Jerry was being remarkably
honest when he said that. Today, at age 65 Jim Brown still appears to be quite
formidable|
|8/20/03 01:42:38 PM|Gerry Schultz|Cleveland,
Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||10|John G., I consider Ali the best ever also, but
Chamberlain, the greatest athlete I ever saw, would have a chance even without
skills against even Ali. Consider the package : 90" reach 7-2 285lbs.,
unprecedented agility for a man his size, another site I visited shows a film
clip of Wilt benching 500lbs. When he tried out for the NFL's KC Chiefs in '66,
Wilt ran a 4.4 40, and is said to have had a vertical leap equal to Jordan's,
unreal for a man that big. Ali's game drew a lot from his advantages in reach
and height, advantages he would lose against Wilt, who would also probably be
hard to hurt. Sure would have been entertaining ... Also, again for Steve,
matching JQ, at 6-0 and 200 lbs., against the highly-skilled Holmes, 6-3 and
probably 220, or Tyson and Holyfield, each of whom lifted and never met a muscle
supplement they didn't like, is not to me fair matchups at all, again just like
Foreman. Jerry would be a cruiseweight in the 80's - 90's, and likely champ.
Doubtlessly, though, he would still give both Holmes and Holyfield a terrific
fight, and would have a real chance against both. Just my opinion, guys. Thanks.
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|8/20/03 01:47:39 PM|Massimo|Rome||bigaristotle.com||||10|Ali' would have beaten
Wilt easily ! I doubt Wilt could punch or take a punch... I have read
thatthe legendary Andre' the Giant ( maybe 6'9", surely not 7'5") beat Chuck
Wepner easily within 3 rounds. But that wasn' t a pure boxing fight, that was a
boxing-wrestling fight. I have a matchup for you: Jerry Quarry vs Andre' the
Giant in 3 kinds of fights:1)pure boxing2)boxing-wrestling3)pure
wrestlingIn my opinion JQ would have won only the first !About Wilt, it
seems to me that he wasn' t so good with the Lakers, reading the statistic, I
prefer Shaq !!|
|8/20/03 02:00:00 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Well maybe had
Wilt started boxing at an early age and gotten some amateur experience he would
have been good.That still doesn't mean he can take a punch, which is my
opinion is not height-related (compare 6'6" Michael Grant to 6' George Chuvalo).
But I agree it would have been an interesting idea. I guess its just that
today's really big heavies don't impress me all that much so I've extended that
prejudice to Wilt (on a sliding scale). Just think, with all the giants around
today, one version of the championship is owned by a former middleweight who is
under 200 pounds and less than 6'.|
|8/20/03 04:30:45 PM|Massimo|Rome||tpi||||10|Thanks Kent for your explanation
about Wilt,Jabbar etc ! I think Shaq is improving in free-shooting ! Don' t
you agree ?I don' t know, in boxing's history, a good fighterover 6'
10'' !|
|8/20/03 07:32:40 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA