January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

who are you top three pound-for-pound. Mine are Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Joe
Louis. |
|11/16/03 06:30:23 AM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|Thelma - I
had a bit more time to stew over what you wrote. I don't know whether a young
Jerry Quarry made the comments you refer to. I do know that there were things in
my youth that I wish I'd never done or said. And I'm sure there were things in
Muhammad Ali's youth that he regrets as well. For example, Malcolm X and the
Black Muslims had views that were not very complimentary of white people and, by
association, Ali tacitly endorsed them. I think it would be true to say that
Ali's views today have moved on. Same thing with Jerry Quarry were he still
alive. I truly think that your comments about what Jerry may or may not have
said in his youth were very unfair. Same thing if someone were to use ancient
history against Ali. I suppose in hindsight that your comments about Koo Koo are
not ridiculous because, to use a KooKooism, he does not seem to be tightly
wound. But I would be really disappointed if your criticism of RS and Kent was
accurate - and I don't think it is. Anyway, Thelma, you seem to know boxing -
who are you top three pound-for-pound. Mine are Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Joe
Louis. |
|11/16/03 12:16:30 PM|Pete|Cleveland||pco@hotmail.com||||10|Joe Frazier was left
handed and this is why his left hook was so powerful. I don't feel that Joe, was
in any way over-rated. He was an outstanding fighter, in his prime. His only
shortcoming may have been his style of boring straight ahead into his
opponent(FOREMAN). Jones beat Tarver, but I think that it is time for Roy to
hang it up or risk becoming one of those great fighters who stayed on too long.
He says he wants TYSON and if he doesn't get him, he'll retire. I think these
two outstanding fighters should both retire.|
|11/16/03 01:04:27 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|A match against Roy Jones would be a
walk in the park for Mike Tyson. Jones is not powerful enough for Tyson and his
style ( and particularly that low left hand) would be tailor made for Tyson.
Iron Mike would not need to train at all for that fight... Every top heavyweight
would eat Roy Jones alive !! |
|11/16/03 01:44:02 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Thelma, of
course there is no racial adgenda on my part as far as I am concerned. I was
just commenting on how Ali's celebrity influenced people's perspective of him.
If you had been coming here for any length of time, you would know I have always
said Ali is the best I have ever seen. I have a lot of respect for Ali. He is a
warrior in every sense of the word who showed and still shows a lot of heart and
courage in and out of the ring.If it seems I am critical of black boxers
more than I am white boxers it is because there are more black boxers than white
boxers. I don't see the color of fighters. I just see boxers. I spend
time with fighters as I am a part time boxing writer for another site and among
the fighters I have never seen a hint of race having anything to do with boxing
at all. There is a mutual respect for what they go through in the ring that
boxers of all races share. It is usually the fans and at times the press as
well, that make race an issue.Besides, how could race be an issue with
me as I am considered to be of mixed race as I am white and Native American. I
am a member of a prominant Southern California Indian tribe.As far
as the term "stoppage" goes, it is not my term, it is a term used by people in
the boxing world and it is quite common. |
|11/16/03 01:51:02
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Being the height
and build he was, Frazier was somewhat limited as to the style he would/could
use. I think too that a fighter's style often reflects their attitude about the
sport. Frazier obviously saw it as a war of attrition - "let's hit each other,
and see who can last." He wasn't a pure take it all slugger though. I can think
of no one who had a style as aggressive as his who got hit as little. No one
could bob and weave like he did.Kent -Ali didn't have to make