January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

ut those intense, almost Charles Manson eyes. Not the case at all though. He
has a manly voice, but also that terrific accent, like he was going to talk
about his rose bushes or something! :-) Very articulate and intelligent too. The
first time I ever heard him, I feared the worst, given the people he's fought.
By all accounts, he's a nice guy, as most fighters are outside the ring. BTW, my
biggest surprise in that regard was Chuvalo, who I thought would sound like Leon
Spinks.Say, I saw something really amazing the last time I saw Thrilla.
I've noticed for some time that many great fighters are able to resist the
normal blink response when they're hit, and can often keep their eyes open,
giving themselves that extra measure of time and control, but Ali went this one
better. In the 13th round, when the tide is turning, he's hit Frazier a couple
of times, and a combination of a Frazier right counter and water makes him slip,
and fall into the ropes. His head is clear through, but he has the presence of
mind to not only continue to watch Frazier (who exhibits good sportsmanship and
doesn't go for him), but ~also~ curls his right hand around the rope, bringing
it to the left side of his head, in case Joe did try to hit him. Watch for that
the next time you see the fight - it's really something!|
|11/3/03 11:38:35 AM|Massimo|Rome||5||||10|Paul-I have looked up that
word " Rabbitect." in two different dictionaries but I couldn't find it. Maybe I
should buy a decent English dictionary, for God sake ! I don't know what
"Rabbitetc." means, but I know what "Rabbit" means and, since I am a man of deep
intuition ( Einstein becomes short of immagination in comparison )))) ) I
understand that that word isn't scary. That word reminds me what I am: a
rabbit. I'm not that kind of guy who could intimidate Sonny Liston in a blind
alley at 3.44 a.m. and I don't think I could become a good street gang
leader...|
|11/3/03 12:24:07 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|ROAD: I watched films of both Quarry AND
Bugner,all weekend,JERRY'S twice as fast with his hands,feet,everything, No I do
not believe Bugner was probably a little faster,He's not even in Quarry's class
at any faze of boxing!Everyone Jerry fought where in tip top shape, can you name
one that wasn't??They know they had to be in that shape to beat him! A lot of
people judge JQ'S speed by Zanon bout,I NOW think JERRY'D ran Bugner outta there
in 4 rounds,Bugner could not have knocked out ,a
Spencer,Shavers,Bodell,Corletti,Neumann,Zanon,Woody,or Macarthur Foster,If
people think JERRY'S bout with Ali in 'Vegas was a shut out (which ESPN shows
over and over and over again).SHOULD see BUG'S non-bout with ALI for the title
(15-0).When Jerry knew he'd beat you (say a Bugner or Bonavena) YOU WERE IN FOR
A LONG BUT MAYBE LUCRATIVE EVENING!On the subject of Bonavena, I have a trivia
question for all you stooges on this post! what does Bonavena,macarthur Foster,
AND Billy Joe Frazier HAVE IN COMMON?? They are all converted southpaws!! take
care.|
|11/3/03 12:58:13 PM|Massimo|Rome||7||||10|RS, my English teacher, I need your
help !What's the hell is OUTTA ? I guess it's a slang expression...|
|11/3/03 01:43:42 PM|Roadscholarette|C
hicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Massimo -"Outta," usually used
in conjunction with "there," as in "outta there," is kind of a slang expression.
Actually, it's a somewhat lazy representation of how people talk when they say
"out of there."Jimmy -Bugner would have survived Quarry, I
believe, having weathered much more ferocious and different storms in Ali and
Frazier. Quarry was fast enough. No one would ever have called him slow, but
never would have marvelled at his lightning moves either. He was a man who might
have been a champ in some eras, but not ever in the one in which he fought,
given the inconvenient presence of Ali, Frazier, and Foreman, which is not a
knock of Quarry, of course, any more than it is of Lyle, Shavers, or Patterson.
I knew Frazier was a converted southpaw, but didn't know that about Bonavena.
Frazier's left hook, the best ever, was also something of a defensive technique,