January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

second Frazier fight but I have always thought he was too light in that fight at
about 197. Jerry still fought well for a few rounds anyway against Norton. The
third round when he got cut near the beginning of the round is one of the best
non stop action I have ever seen. Jerry punched himself out in that round
trying to go for a knockout because of the cut and he had little left after this
because of poor conditioning going into the fight and because all of the ring
wars he had been in up to that time had caught up to him. I think Jerry would
have had a good chance to beat Norton if the two had fought earlier in Jerry's
career. |
|5/11/02 07:06:27 PM|mark burgess|southsea||mark.burgess7@ntlworld.com||||10|I
have also read and heard from other people that ken norton stated that jerry
quarry was the only fighter he went in the ring with that he hated and wanted to
punish because jerry was a racist, i find this hard to beleive but is there any
truth in what norton said?|
|5/12/02 09:17:01 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Mark, Ken
Norton may have said that but in his book he softens it a bit and says he didn't
like Jerry but after they hugged each other in the ring after a tough battle,
all the bad feelings he had for Jerry went away. He praises Jerry for being a
very game fighter. I think Norton may have changed his mind years later after
looking back at things. Anybody that has ever had contact with Jerry has said
Jerry was in no way a racist and he had many friends of all races. I met Jerry
in the early 1980s and I found him to be a down to earth guy, very easy to talk
to and respectful. Regarding Norton, sometimes for unexplained reasons, people
can rub each other the wrong way. I have never met Ken Norton but I have talked
to people who have met him and some say he is a great guy while a couple of
people said he was somewhat of an arrogant jerk. The only way I could form an
opionon of him is if I met him. |
|5/12/02 11:53:58 AM|brenda quarry|ca.||bfquarry@hotmail||||10|A little up date
on James he is not doing very well he is up her in central ca. with his family
and wife. He has some very bad days seem more bad then good however, we are
working on a small garden so when he does feel good he can work in it. Thank you
all for your prayers we really need them. My dad is also very sick and not doing
well, it seems sometimes when bad times hit they come all at once. Jim is having
a hard time paying for all his meds. if anyone can help out please do it will be
one less worry for him. Thank for listening to me sometimes I need to let it all
out to others. God bless all. Jim woun't be on his site for awhile nonethe the
less if i can answer any questions i will. Thanks to all the quarrys'|
|5/12/02 04:46:20 PM|mark
burgess|southsea||mark.burgess7@ntlworld.com||||10|Thank you kent,you have a
mind of useful information which if alright with you i would like to about jerry
quarry and other heavyweights from the 60s and 70s.
I have just watched quite a few jerry quarry fights over the last few days i.e
lyle,shavers,ali 1&2, frazier 1&2,bodell,mac foster,chuvalo to name a few and i
must admit i could not work jerry out, he was brillant against shavers & lyle
and not so good against chuvalo & ali 2 why was this
Also could you tell me if possible why jerry quarry had to fight joe frazier the
second time(surely his chance to fight ali for the title would of come round
eventually),and what was jerrys tatics going into that fight. I
hope you dont get bored with me asking these questions but to me this is really
enjoyable and i do come from a country that bought you thrilling heavyweights
like Bugner,bodell,mcalinden,bruno. I say no more!|
|5/12/02 04:57:56 PM|Kent Appel|La Habra, Ca||orionside@aol.com||||10|Brenda, I
tried sending you a private E mail twice but each time it was returned as a bad
address. I need to ask you some questions. Also I would be happy to send some
money to help with medications but Jim's address hasn't been updated here at the
site. It is still listed as the address in Hemet. I am guessing I could make a
check out to James Quarry but let me know differently. I hope you will write me