January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

eal is to say that Mike Tyson was a complete chump and a loony who was blessed
with athletic talent, something he exhibited against men not of a caliber of the
70s crew. I know anyone can get caught, but Buster Douglas!?On the
subject of complete fighters, which I'm largely bringing up actually, rather
than answering, I can't think of a better, more complete, and flawless fighter
than Roberto Duran. I probably can if I think, one as fundamentally sound and
able to execute, but I doubt I could think of a ~better~ one! He's as much of a
joy to watch work as Frazier, or a young Ali before he started playing offensive
survivor.|
|10/14/03 06:37:01 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Thanks
Muffinman for the compliment and your concern but I don't respond to anything a
certain someone says to me or about me.Massimo, yes Mitch Green had
potential but he had some mental issues that got in the way of his potential.
He was the second fighter to go the distance with Tyson and while he didn't come
close to winning, he did show how holding could be used to frustrate Tyson, a
tactic that Ali, partucularly an older Ali would use effectively. Tyson
didn't turn out to be the next greatest like a lot of people were saying he was
when he was on top but he is in my top ten of all time because when he was at
his best, there are not many people from any era who could beat him. Maybe only
Ali, Louis, Holmes, and Foreman. Joe Frazier would have to escape the first two
rounds and then he might have had a chance. Ironically, our own Jerry Quarry
would have had a better chance of beating Tyson because of styles than either
Frazier or Ken Norton. Norton too would have to survice that initial outslaught
to have a chance. As I said in an earlier post, Jerry would be in real danger
of having his tender cut prone skin busted up by the accurate punching of
Tyson.|
|10/14/03 06:41:18 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz11@msn||||9|A lot of things
had to happen for Douglas to beat Tyson that day, if they'd fought 9 more times
at other points in there careers, Tyson wins all of them, it's probably the
greatest upset in sports history, not representative of either man's talent. A
chump? What is that, something you heard on "Starsky and Hutch" ? Boxing is full
of guys from poor backgrounds, Roberto Duran certainly fits this profile. Sonny
Liston, Joe Frazier, Floyd Patterson and many others as well. There's a lot of
cause and effect with this very flawed guy, yes, but those that have managed
Tyson have not taken care of him, they've used him. How many guys have been
champ or damn near champ for 20 years? Tyson is a very rare talent. |
|10/15/03 12:04:18 AM|KOOKOO|NY||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|it is you that
copies me kent, Sonya don't trust this man, it is the clock man that should
guide you. Kent is a man without a soul. He is a giant void, but let not your
heart be troubled, the koo koo clock is here. sweet dreams to all. koo koo|
|10/15/03 02:31:02 AM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|A name from the past: Tony Tucker !
He gave Tyson a good fight and he would have performed even better if he had not
damaged a hand early in the fight ! A prime Tyson was great but wasn't even
close to being unbeatable ! A prime Tyson lost to Buster Douglas !|
|10/15/03 02:39:17 AM|Massimo|Rome||5||||10|What does it mean "chump" ? I
couldn't find iton the dictionary !|
|10/15/03 03:28:52 AM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|Yes, you are
right. Tyson had more than "nothing" and I should have given it more thought
before writing it. The point I was trying to make was that he didn't like it if
he couldn't intimidate the other fighter. The fight became a lot more even.
Early in his career Tyson was a Top 10 ever fighter and, while I don't think he
could ever beat Ali, Louis, and Foreman, I do think he beats Frazier and perhaps
even Marciano. So saying he had nothing was wrong. He had plenty. However, he
was a squandered talent and maybe because of his upbringing he never really had
a chance. But I still don't think he had the mental toughness to bother Ali and
Louis. Massimo - Ali used to say that Frazier was a 'chump' and not a champ'.
Kooky Clock says you need a hair piece. Why don't you get one like Rocky