January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

they were in the past, maybe twenty pounds or so at the most.Like I
said, when more of the super sized heayweights start dominating the division,
then I will agree it is the age of the bigger heavyweight. But not until
then.A perfect example of skill overcoming size is when 211 pound
Davaryl Williamson knocked out American Corey Sanders last year, who weighed 320
pounds. Tbe other Sanders, Corrie of South Africa, by the way weighed 224
pounds when he knocked out 240 pound Wladimir Klitschko to win the fringe WBO
title.|
|9/20/03 12:26:21 AM|KOOKOO|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||7|don't you think
your being a little hardheaded kent? so all the other sports, just not
boxing?i've seen umm all kent, just look at the tapes, joe frazier would be
crushed trying to get inside on lennox lewis. he's not going to take lewis'
punches all night, like he did with ali. i admit the golden days of the past
were much more interesting, but kent you must face the facts. otherwise you are
lying to yourself. FOOLFACE IF YOUR OUT THERE I WORSHIP YOU MAN, COME BACK MAN,
LIKE THE RANDY NEUMAN SONG, YOU GOT A FRIEND IN ME!|
|9/20/03 08:30:51 AM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|What's the general
consesus on when Tyson's skills seem to just go out the window? I know it's
commonly acceppted that he was seriously hurt by Cus DiAmmato's death.This in
term of his personal life and his training and discipline.I forget when this
huge personal loss took place,in relation to the Buster Douglas fight.Was he
losing it all by the time of the fight,or did that beating[ and he really did
take a pretty good beating],really start his slide? Was it a combonation of all
the above factors ? He pretty much lost that valuable intimidation factor after
that.R.S.,I do agree that the early Tyson,with his formidable hand speed and
power,would have made Quarry a probable early stoppage victim.I do,however give
Quarry a chance based on several observations.First,Quarry's performance in the
1st two rounds of both Frazeir fights.As you mentioned ,Quarry's ability to
change tactics,move in and out,take a punch,and his very hard counterpunching
.Also, I question the quality of Tyson's opponents.At least the first,and second
group on his way to meeting Hollyfeild.|
|9/20/03 11:08:01 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Steve, Cus
died about the time of Tyson's tenth pro fight and while it had a huge emotional
effect on him, he responded by burying himself in his word, boxing, to ease his
pain. So in a way Cus' death helped his career because Tyson was motivated to
win the title for Cus. Tyson was also very close to Jimmy Jacobs, the
man who took over as his manager, who also died around the time of his fight
with Michael Spinks. This second blow triggered his emotional slide. Tyson was
not close to, on personal terms, with CO manager Bill Cayton and Don King was
able to use the racial card, of not trusting the white man, in this case Cayton,
as well as Kevin Rooney, Tyson's trainer, to "weasel" his way into Tyson's
affairs. King made sure that Tyson cut all of his ties he had left to Cus and
this, along with his brief marriage to that greedy actress, who's name escapes
me at the moment, planted the seeds to his downfall. The signs of decline could
be seen as early as Tyson's fight with Frank Bruno, in which Tyson was rocked
hard in the first couple of rounds only to bail himself out with his power in
round number five. This fight happened in 1989, the year before his loss to
Douglas. |
|9/20/03 11:28:08
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Steve -
Tyson certainly beat up a lot of bums, and in face lost his title to
basically a fat sparring partner-class fighter, in Buster Douglas. But his hand
speed was frightening. Fast as Frazier's and Holmes's hands were, I'd put Tyson
above them, and just below a young Ali. Tyson's problems always were between his
ears. His madness, plus a steady diet of Golden Age heavies would have either
defined him as a great, or as a physically talented heavy bag. I suspect the
latter. We never got a much of a look at how Tyson could handle the distance