January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

where Wepner agressivley pursued Ali and Ali did nothing but dance and not throw
punches except for a few illegal punches on the back of Wepner's head in
retaliation to Wepner landing some punches on the back of Ali's head. Since
neither fighter was penalized by the referee for illegal shots, then Wepner wins
the round on my card. I don't remember what the scoring was for the fight but
even though Ali won most of the rounds on the way to a fifteen round TKO win,
Wepner should have won at least two or three rounds when Ali did little if
anything. In this and in other fights later in Ali's career Ali was given
rounds on the basis of his name only.That being said, Ali, even very
late in his career was a good fighter. Even in his last fight against Trevor
Berbick, a young contender and future WBC champion as well as the first fighter
to go the distance in a championship fight with an in prime Larry Holmes, Ali
was competitive and he almost beat Berbick! Ali was an amazing boxer and we
can't take that away from him.It is too bad that Jerry didn't get to
fight someone like Berbick for at least a share of the title. Berbick, while
being a strong agressive fighter, was ackward and Jerry would have boxed circles
around him. If a 195 pound crusierweight named S.T. Gordon could out hustle 220
pound Berbick, then Jerry sure could have handled him!In a way, it is a
shame that Berbick is called a former heavyweight champion and Jerry is not.
Take nothing away from Berbick as he won his title fair and square, but Jerry
flat out was a better fighter than him. Jerry was also better than some other
former champions like, sorry Massimo, Primo Canera, Leon Spinks, Tommy Burns,
and a few others, not to mention some more of the ALPHABET SOUP boys of the
1980s.|
|11/15/03 06:04:48 PM|pete|cleveland||pco@hotmail.com||||10|Trevor Berbick was
really just a third rate fighter. He came into prominence, when most of the
prime time players were on the decline. His awkward style did contribute to much
of what little success he had, but he was unsteady on his feet and couldn't take
much of a punch. Jerry would have smoked him big time. It was a shame that Ali
ended his career in the ring with Berbick, but Tyson set him straight in short
order. The heavyweight division is in trouble. We have to draw from other weight
divisions(ROY JONES, LIGHTS OUT TONEY, both of whom are outstanding fighters) to
create a little excitement it seems. Where are the future ALIS, FRAZIERS,
QUARRIES, HOLMES, TYSONS...???|
|11/15/03 06:50:27 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|Vitali Klitschko can become a great
champion ! All he needs is a chance ! He never really lost a fight because his
defeat against Bird was caused by an injury. His style is not very beautiful to
watch, but is very practical !|
|11/15/03 08:46:16 PM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|why are we
wasting time talking about chuck wepner,BIG BUM, BOBICK, BIG BUM, COONEY BIG
BUM, ALSO A WIMP, SPINKS BEAT HIM, EMBARRASSMENT TO WHITE HEAVYWIEGHTS, SHOULD
HAVE COMITTED SUICIDE AFTER THE FIGHT. I HATE HIS GUTS. KOO KOO |
|11/15/03 10:02:55 PM|Kent |La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Actually
Massimo, Wladimir Klitschko is the more talented of the Klitschko brothers but
he was shown to not have a very sturdy chin agaisnt Corrie Sanders. Maybe this
is just one fight and he can come back from this defeat but if he proves to be
another of those big strong heavyweights who can't take a punch, he will never
be a great champion. Vitali has a better chance because he showed against
Lennox Lewis that he can handle a big punch and this may take him farther in the
heavyweight division than his brother. Whoever said the heavyweight
division is weak because fighters from the lighter division such as James Toney
and Roy Jones Jr. are coming up to give the division excitement is right because
the division is just plain weak right now. |
|11/15/03 11:13:22 PM|Pete|USA||pco@hotmail.com||||10|Vitali showed a lot of
heart and determination in his fight with Lewis. He has that raw courage, that
his brother may be lacking somewhat. He also showed us that Lewis can be had and
is in fact, ready to be taken. Lewis is over-rated, always has been, because of