January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

died. I've looked up some newspaper archives and can't find reference to it.
Emile was born in 1938 in the Virgin Islands, but there was no finishing date
for him. I hope he's still alive. But, I'm left wondering......if it wasn't
Emile, then who was it ? I'm gonna start ringing around and make sure my friends
are still breathing. Anyway, Massimo - who is your favourite all time fighter ?
And who is the best pound-for-pound of all time ? For me it's Ali on both
counts.|
|11/7/03 04:30:19 AM|Massimo|Rome||7||||10|Paul-I can't assure you that
he is still alive, but I have never heard and I have never read on newspapers
that he is dead. It seems to me that I have recently read on " boxing record
archive" that a fighter is dead, but I didn't know him and I can't remember his
name. My favorite all time fighter is probably ( I'm not sure ) Ali' . My pound
for pound favorite fighter is Bob Foster, because in his prime and in his own
weight division, he was unbeateable and he had everything a fighter needs for
reaching greatness. A step below we find Ali' and... Erminio Spalla.|
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|11/7/03 09:45:22 AM|Fran|SE Pennsylvania||plc7755@aol.com||||10|My favorite all
time fighter is without a doubt Irish Jerry Quarry. The cut in the first Ali
fight was caused by a sneaky tricky skill Ali used by twisting his glove at it
hit Jerry. Had he not used this tactic Jerry would have whupped his ass and
changed sports history. Forget the second fight with Ali Jerry had just watched
Mike get carried out of the ring and he wasn't focused. After a spectacular
career all they show of Jerry is a fight he fought right after his brother could
have been hurt seriously. As far as sn exciting fight goes why don't they show
His great fights. How many times did Jerry fight a top contender and upset
them. He could box, was great counter puncher, had good head movement,and Great
punching power. His counter punching ability was the best in the heavyweight
division and I have never seen anyone with those skills since. His counter
punching ability was the main reason he upset Ron Lyle and Mac Foster. He had
skills and because of those skills was avoided by George Foreman. Jerry Quarry
was more exciting than Ali. Ali was a made by the media. Have a good weekend|
|11/7/03 11:45:41
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Massimo -
There'll always be people who'll argue otherwise, but I think Foster and
Moore were the best LHs ever. Who'd win between them? I think Moore had the
technical edge due to his vast experience, but that in no way implies that
Foster was lacking. If Moore survived Foster's swift and savage punching, he
might have outpointed him, but I don't think it would have gone the distance.
Foster was so fast that combinations came almost as one movement. In his prime,
no one was even close to being in his league. He had bad luck against Frazier
and Ali, but then those two both had marble for heads, and were big enough to
muscle him. Also, Foster fought them differently than he would someone in his
weight class, just as they did him.You have a good argument for him as
best pound for pound. My choice still drifts towards Duran as best pound for
pound, but who knows?|
|11/7/03 12:27:50 PM|Massimo|Rome||9||||10|RS-I think one thing that can
be honestly said is that Moore achieved better results against the heavyweights
than Foster did. He beat a long list of decent heavyweight: Valdes twice, Baker,
Kalbfell, Albright, Lavorante and he KOed Whitehurst twice ( a thing that S.
Liston couldn't do). Some months ago I read a Foster's interview in which he
talked ( or spoke ? I need you) about his fights against Zora Folley, Ali' and
Terrell1) He said that Folley gave him a boxing lesson2) He said that
before the stoppage he had kicked Ali's ass for all the fight and that all the
knockdown were pushes. Can you confirm or neglect this ? Did you ever see that
fight ?3) He said that he wasn't impressed at all by Terrell's performance
and that the final knockdown was a push.|
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