January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

the blinds to find fishing line attached and the line went all the way up to the
floor above where (of course) Ali was staying. So Ali must not have slept much
either staying up all night pulling on the line. The story illustrates that Ali
was not always focused and properly prepared for the fights he thought he would
win easily. In regard to what Frazier wrote about Jerry Quarry....Frazier
described Quarry as a "skilled counterpuncher, with quick hands, a decent punch,
and a good head for tactics." He also said that "Quarry was a good looking Irish
kid, with a nice smile and an engaging boy-next-door manner." And then, "But
Quarry hadn't the kind of Leave It To Beaver upbringing you might have figured.
He'd been raised to be a fighter by his father, Jack, a rough sort of man who
had the word HARD tattoed on his left fist and LUCK on his right. Old Man Quarry
had been a club fighter in his youth. And when the fighting part of his life was
done, he'd bolted from the Texas dust bowl and went looking for a better life."
It is a good read ! Massimo - are you going to ask what Leave It To Beaver means
? Then ask Koo Koo. |
|10/28/03 07:24:39 AM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|Paul-Why are you doubting
that I understand what " Leave It To Beaver" means ? I already knew that when I
was 6 years old ! We all in Rome act that way, we all " Leave It To Beaver"
!KooKoo-If you are looking for a good Frazier's hook, watch the
last videoclip ! You are gonna ( don't worrie for "gonna", it means simply
"going to") find something interesting ! But I have to admit you were right when
you said that Frazier wasn't indestructible: he looked really hurt by that
Bugner's right hand and Bugner wasn't a great puncher ! RS, what's going on ?
Frazier looked really hurt by that right hand !This site is the greatest
!|
|10/28/03 08:42:38 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|ROADSHOLAR: The
Mexican figher you are referring to who had a track coach revise his roadwork
program is Carolos Palamino. Today's fighters run much differently, they do wind
sprints, interval training, etc. For more info on modern trainining methods
for boxers go to Rossboxing.com. Lots of good training advice that cuts through
the myths, etc.|
|10/28/03 10:59:18
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Angelo –
Ali seemed to be the sort of person who had a need to be challenged to
do really well. Some of the guys he beat he could have come close to beating by
just doing a little jogging. For the beasts, he needed to go to the bottom of
the well. Sometimes it seemed to me that his perception of what was happening in
the ring was different, like he was processing things in such a way as to slow
them down, or as if he was living one second in the future.Massimo –
I thought both guys were a little faster in their first fight, though
Ali had lost more speed than Joe in Manila (not that he was ~slow~!). Frazier
kept his hands higher in their second fight, almost like Patterson, and bobbed
more in the third. He puffed up a little more in the third, which might be a
result of age. The quality of the third was much more chillingly brutal. If the
ancient Romans had seen it, they’d have thought it was another of their
gladiator battles to the death. Frazier was complimentary of Quarry in his book,
and actually was of everyone he fought, other than Ali.John –
Yes, you’re right, it was Palomino! I’ll check that site. I’ve been
researching training, and it has indeed changed. Fighters are lifting weights,
and combining intervals and sprints with long slow distance running, which is
also picking up over the old days of slow running, sometimes in combat boots.
I’m surprised no one ever got an injury wearing those things, compared to
today’s excellent running shoes.|
|10/28/03 03:24:22 PM|KOOKOO|NY||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|what can anybody
say bad about jerry? that he didn't win the big ones, the guy was a family man,
he was tops, JERRY QUARRY MIGHT HAVE LOST , BUT HE WAS NO LOSER! LOSERS DON'T
TRY IN THE FIRST PLACE! |