January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

|10/28/03 03:28:30 PM|Mike V.|Pa.||hondo@nfdc.net||||10|Please forgive me, it
has been quite a while since I viewed the site. In doing so recently it became
painfully obvious that James has since passed away. Can someone fill me in?
Sorry to bring up a sad topic as I have been quite fond of the Quarry family.
Jerry and Mike were my favorites and I followed their careers. In creating TJQF
James helped bring their careers and personal stories to a wider audience. I
hope future stewards will continue to do the same.|
|10/28/03 06:18:31 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|R.S.: On
the other hand, I remember seeing an interview with Angelo Dundee and he said
that Ali enjoyed roadwork, skipping rope, general training, etc. He said he
didn't have any trouble getting Ali up early to do the training and he went at
it enthusiastically. Who knows, this might have just been some of his more
important fights Dundee was thinking of. Ali seemed to love being the
proverbial ham when sparring, putting on a show for spectators. I have to say,
even being Ali's biggest supporter, I think luck was on his side when he took
the title from Foreman. Don't get me wrong: He won the fight without a doubt.
Some people say it was a fast count, but he was still packing a punch and
Foreman was out on his feet. Had the fight continued, Ali would have mauled
him. What I'm really thinking about is that everything alighned for Ali
perfectly---Foreman suffered the cut while sparring that led to the fight being
postponed. I think that hampered Foreman and changed the prefight momentum.
Ali used it as an opportunity to meditate more, continue training, get the fans
on his side, etc. By the night of the fight, I think the delay hurt Foreman
more than Ali. Ali got inside his head in a way only Ali could. I always
thought that had Foreman gotten a quick rematch, he might have won the title
back. Interestingly though, during an interview with Bob Costas, Foreman said
he was "dumb" back then, and would have made the same mistakes in a rematch, and
probably lost again. That surprised me. Regarding Foreman-Frazier, I watched
both fights again recently, and the second one wasn't as easy for Foreman as I
remembered. He did get the win in 5 rounds, but Frazier got into rhythm for
some of the fight and gave a glimpse of how he could perform had he been able to
sustain that style for more than a few minutes. Someone mentioned Duran-Quevas
from the early 80's. I should know this, but can't remember: How did that
fight play out? Hadn't Hearns already destroyed Pipino at that point? It's
weird that I can't even remember anything about Duran taking that fight. |
|10/28/03 08:25:13 PM|George Buell|Beverly Hills, CA||grbuell49@aol.com
||||10|Someone told me Jerry had an arrest record. Is this true, and if so, did
the arrests involve violence? |
|10/29/03 05:52:02 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Angelo,
ironic that you should mention Duran verses Cuevas as there is a video clip of
the fourth and final round,which was won by Duran by knockout, on this very
letter page, still on the page near the bottom.I believe that Ali landed
several hard right hands to Foreman's head in the very first round to put it
into Foreman's "head" that he was in for a real right this time and not a
walkover and this had a lot to do with Ali's win. I think if Frazier had tagged
Foreman hard early, he did land one left hook early in the first round but it
was not the kind of hook that had destroyed Jimmy Ellis and put Ali down, he
would have gained Foreman's attention and respect. Joe was caught cold in that
first fight and he never recovered. Ron Lyle also hurt Foreman early
and this turned their fight into the pier six brawl that most fight fans know
and love. I believe that if Lyle could hurt Foreman with his best punches (and
Ali too), that Joe Frazier was capable of hurting Foreman as well. In
the second Foreman/Frazier fight, Joe was a washed up fighter by that time but
he had the right idea of trying to change his style and make into the later
rounds and then turn on the offense when Foreman had tired and was more
vunerable. I still believe that gaining Foreman's respect early was a key
ingredient to having a chance of beating him but trying to last into the later