January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

township,n.j.||dmmsrm@home.com||||10|How did Martin do in his career after
Liston?I seem to remember reading that he suffered a detached retina in the
Liston fight.Anyone know about this? |
|2/1/02 04:04:32 PM|Kent Appel|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Hey, when
are we going to start up our tournament again?|
|2/1/02 04:43:59 PM|George L. Otto|Youngstown,
Ohio||EHNPBSA@aol.com||||10|AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF BOXING,
INC. 86 FLETCHER AVENUE, MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK 10552 914.664.4571THE
JERRY QUARRY FOUNDATION FOR PUGILISTICA DEMENTIA, INCORPORATED, 2255 EAST
OAKLAND AVENUE, HEMET, CALIFORNIA 92544 909.929.697719 January
2002The Honorable Harry ReidUnited States SenateWashington, DC
20210Dear Senator Reid:Writing on behalf of the American Association
for the Improvement of Boxing (AAIB) and The Jerry Quarry Foundation for
Pugilistica Dementia (TJQF), I have provided below comments on your recently
introduced legislation, S. 893, The National Boxing Commission Act of 2001.
Both the Association and the Foundation, two organizations believe that the
passage and implementation of this proposed piece of legislation in a properly
amended form could greatly improve the sport in many ways.The initial
suggestions presented below for possible inclusion are based largely upon four
major problems that exist within professional boxing. First of all, the
fighters are always at a distinct disadvantage in bargaining for their
financial, mental, and physical well being with the managers, the media outlets,
and the promoters. As a result they often sign one sided, unconscionable, and
extortionary contracts that do not represent their best financial interests and
unwisely take cash advances from managers between fights. Secondly, as opposed
to other sports, many people see boxing as a crooked and dishonest business that
presents fights that are fixed and/or stained with obvious unfairness, and thus
the fans and their favorite athletes are simultaneously exploited in a wide
variety of ways. The third problem is that boxing has failed to address the
relatively new, yet significant, issues of female participants and the movement
of important matches outside of the United States. Finally, this sport has not
improved itself in any measurable way since the passage of the Professional
Boxing Act of 1996 and the Muhammed Ali Boxing Reform Act of 2000. These bills
have not been used to alter the unfair and illogical ratings systems and
officiating frauds frequently perpetrated by the self appointed, self
perpetuating sanctioning bodies (e.g. IBF,WBC,WBO,WBA, etc.); foster any kind of
meaningful labor movement, union, or organizational effort on the part of the
fighters; create viable pension plans; promulgate any significant and important
findings of the one hundred fifteen page, 1 June 1998, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health’s study regarding the health ,safety, and
equipment standards for boxing; or create a or encourage any type of civil or
criminal litigation by individuals, private groups, or governmental entities
that might right many illegalities and wrongs that often characterize the
billion dollar boxing industry. Because nothing has occurred, much more needs
to be done to change the “red light district of sports”,
“anything goes” image/mentality that constantly causes the sport to
be the object of and/or perpetrator of ridicule, scandal, disrespect, tragedy,
permanent injuries, needless deaths, unfair poverty, foreshortened life spans,
consumer fraud, and unconscionable greed. Given all of the above, I will now
make initial comments regarding this proposed bill. Subsection (b) (3) of
Section 5 describes the qualifications of the members of the Commission. It is
significant to note that this part of the legislation does not refer to the
mandatory appointment of members from what I call, the “advocacy
organizations.” In my opinion, an “advocacy organization”
would be a federally tax exempt, not for profit, organization that has
specifically and directly supported positive changes in professional boxing in
exchange for minimal financial gain (less than $5,000 in net profit to the