January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

have been other Aboriginal world champions. There have been and I will have to
get back to you on it (as my dinner is ready to eat). Anthony Mundine, who now
holds the WBC Super Middleweight belt (after beating Antwun Echols), is part
Aboriginal (mother white, father black). His father is Tony Mundine and you
might recall that in 1974 Tony was knocked out in the 8th round by Carlos
Monzon. Tony beat guys like Emile Griffith, Jean Claude Boutier. He was a
classic fighter with a great offence (but unfortunately his chin was flawed).
Tony was very popular here. Unfortunately, Anthony is extremely unpopular and
most here regard him as a loud mouth. He said some dreadful things after
September 11th and many of us will never forgive him for it. I have a framed
photograph on my wall of an unconconscious Anthony on the canvass after Sven
Ottke knocked him cold. It makes me happy looking at it. I'll get back to you on
the rest of your questions. |
|10/26/03 03:41:26 AM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|George - the
only Aborigines to have won world titles that I can come up with were Lionel
Rose and more recently Anthony Mundine. We've had some terrific Aboriginal
fighters though. Dave Sands (who died at age 26) twice beat world champions but
never actually did so in a title fight. He beat Robert Villemain who later beat
Jake La Motta. Another Aborigine named Hector Thompson came close too. In 1973
after 26 straight wins he was tko'd by Roberto Duran and was later beaten in a
title fight against Antonio Cervantes. Thompson twice killed opponents in the
ring, even though he was more a bodypuncher than a knockout guy. Australian
champions we've had were Vic Patrick, Jimmy Carruthers (he retired and operated
a fruit juice shop and I met him before he died), Jeff Fenech (now very wealthy
and is training Danny Green who will win a world title soon), Jeff Harding (now
in gaol, has a terrible alcohol problem after a broken marriage), Barry Michaels
(successful commentator), Lester Ellis (made a recent comeback to be knocked out
by Anthony Mundine), Rocky Mattioli (hails originally from Massimo's home town),
and Johnny Famechon (who is severely disabled after being hit by a car). I can't
think of any others. We also had Tony Madigan who Cassius Clay beat on the way
to winning Olympic gold. Madigan didn't win a world title. |
|10/26/03 09:12:59 PM|Sonia Hathaway(Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia81@aol.com||||10|Hey KooKoo, thats great you trust the Quarry's, cause
I know I am a trustworthy person. Its great all the stuff you all are writing
on here, and its all pretty much positive about Jerry. You are very missed and
loved Dad & Uncle Jerry|
|10/27/03 01:41:31 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|Tony Madigan gave Clay his toughest
fight in Rome (1960). The fight was a close-run thing,with Cassius scraping
a narrow points win. I have found this sentence in a book and I'm going to seek
in the dictionary "to scrape", for better understanding what I wrote
!George-Did you ever meet those guys you have mentioned ? My biggest
friend is 6'4" 210lbs and every yime I meet him I look up and think:" What a
mountain !". But I guess Shaq is a little bigger than that... Maybe even Andre'
the Midget was taller, but I would not bet my guts he was taller than Vitali
Klitschko ! Anyone who meets Calvin Lane risks a heart attack !|
|10/27/03 02:27:27
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Massimo -
"Wouldn't kick him or her out of bed" is a slang expression referring to
the obvious or course, but can be expanded to mean anything desireable. The
eating crackers part is just one of my little additions!Paul -At
some point, I think Ali lost some inner fire, and while he could find this from
certain opponents, it wasn't there for all. He didn't train as he should, he
didn't hone technique, and he didn't listen to anyone. As one time, he tried to
get Eddie Futch to come over to his camp, knowing how bright Futch was (not that
he had any slouch in Dundee), but I don't see that it would have done any good -
he wouldn't have listened to Futch. I sense that Eddie wouldn't have put up with
Ali's crap either, and would have been soon gone, had he ever come