January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Shavers.It is true that Foreman brought more to the table than Lyle,
Shavers, and M. Foster brought but as I have said before, Jerry had a better
chance of defeating Foreman than Frazier or Norton, two fighters who beat Jerry,
because of Jerry's conterpunching style. Foreman, circa 1973 or 1974, did not
use all of his skills. George relied on his power mainly.TUBBY,
GREETINGS FROM SUNNY LA HABRA, CA. I AM SURE YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS BEING YOU
ARE FROM FULLERTON. |
|8/22/03 11:45:22 PM|Sonia Hathaway (Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia81@aol.com||||10|Hey all keep it up, this is the way its supposed to be
on here. Dad, and Uncle Jerry, would be happy. |
|8/23/03 09:22:52
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|I've noticed a lot
of letters talk about Foreman-Quarry. Had Quarry's fights with Frazier or Ali
gone the distance, who can say what would have happened? However, he cut in all
of them (his major weakness), and no one was better at opening holes than
Muhammed and Joe. I could be wrong, but I don't believe this was one of Big
George's special talents.Jerry had a chin in a league with Ali, Frazier,
Chuvalo, or Marciano. However, even rock cracks, and Foreman was way out there
in terms of power; his punches might have taken a thousandth of a second longer
to complete their orbit, but they carried the goods when they arrived. Frazier
was talented enough to have fought a different fight against Foreman, but his
personality didn't let him, and I'm still skeptical about the validity of the
Foreman-Ali, even if George does graciously say it was on the
level.Quarry was also talented enough to outsmart George back then,
before his morphing into the more centered man he is today. JQ had a little bit
of the hot Frazier in him, and if he didn't try to out macho Foreman, and mixed
his styles, going inside, side to side, counter punching, combination punching,
then moving back, and continually mixing these styles, then I believe he'd have
been in the hunt against GF. George didn't do well with the unexpected, or
things out of pattern. However, Jerry would ultimately have had to contend with
that one big moment when one of Foreman's punches finally landed. Good Lord, he
literally lifted Ken Norton off his feet.Assuming Foreman really did run
out of gas against Ali, perhaps endurance was the problem some said it was
(though Foreman's workouts were formidable). If so, the longer the fight went,
the higher Quarry's star would rise. A question mark too about Foreman was
handling himself when in trouble. The punch Ali hit him with didn't really seem
to be a bomb, but he crumpled in fog and confusion. Late in his career, after
his revival, he was hit, but I can't recall enough times he was badly hurt to
say he was one thing or another under crisis circumstances.|
|8/23/03 11:08:27 AM|Paul Maduros|midwest||pama42@yahoo.com||||10|Jerry showed
in the Lyle fight that he did have a chance against Foreman. As far as training
habits, I don't know I think he was greatly distracted by things outside the
ring. I read in 1983 during one of Jerry's comebacks, it was kinda like a Beatle
reunion. Well it was to me, but it was to late at that point for him to even
become cruiserweight champion. Which if all things were fair in this world he
would have held easy.Liston/Quarry , late 60's Liston was ripe for the
taking. Who knows|
|8/23/03 12:44:12 PM|Gerry Schultz|Cleveland,
Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||10|Interesting comments, Tubby. Got to disagree on
a few things, though. I consider Jerry Quarry great because he overacheived in
such a great era of heavies. The way he fought sometimes worked against it, but
it can be argued he had the biggest motor of any heavy who fought during his
time. He did as much to elevate interest in his sport as any non-champ ever and
had a likability that made new fans every time he came out in public. Foreman
has spoken very respectfully of Jerry, and I believe Jerry would have had a
chance versus George as a superior boxer and a tough chin. I think he would have
lasted longer than Frazier and Norton put together, with only Foreman's