January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Mauriello? I know Galento and Nova fought with Galento KOing him in 14 but I
heard both wound up in the hospital after. Also anyone know where I can get
films of Jerry Quarry vs. Chuvalo, Frazier I, Patterson, Foster, Etc.? Thanks|
|11/20/03 12:37:53 PM|Kent Appel|La Habra,
Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Giancarlo, you make a statement that we are fools
who claim Jerry was a fine gentleman and a great fighter but you don't back up
your statement with any information at all. Just because you say so, doesn't
make it true! If Jerry made mistakes in his life, so be it. Nobody is
perfect and on the whole, I believe he was a fine man. I met Jerry many
years ago and he treated me with respect and I did the same to him. My
impression of him is he was a fine gentleman. I have also met almost the entire
Quarry family and I count some of their members as friends and they are fine
people who you obviously know nothing about. They also defend their own so if
you come here expecting to get nothing in return after you make a pointless
statement, you have another thing coming.Secondly, Jerry Quarry was a
three time number one contender who beat fourteen fighters who were at the time
Jerry beat them were past, present, or future top ten heavyweight contenders, as
well as defeating former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson. Among the
contenders he beat were, Ron Lyle, Earnie Shavers, Mac Foster, Thad Spencer,
Jack Bodell, Eduardo Corletti, Brian London, Larry Middleton, and Lorenzo
Zanon. Most boxing experts agree that Jerry would have been a world
champion if he hadn't been in the era that was the most competitive in the
history of boxing.Jerry got creamed by Ali and Frazier? Not so! Yes,
Jerry's second fights agaisnt both of these fighters were not competitive but
both of the first fights were competitive. Round one of the first
Frazier/Quarry fight was called one of the top 12 rounds of all time by ring
magazine and most people say Jerry won that round and round two was just as
exiting and Jerry carried the fight to Frazier in that round too. Yes Frazier
slowly wore Jerry down in a war of attrition on the way to a seventh round TKO
win over Jerry but Jerry very much held his own, he hardly got creamed! Ask
Frazier how tough Jerry was and his answer will be, very tough! Joe knew he had
to be at his very best to beat Jerry!The first Ali fight was also
competitive as Jerry pressed the action for almost three rounds and he made Ali
miss on occasion with his fine defensive head movements. He also kept Ali
honest by landing some hard body shots. Jerry was cut badly near the end of the
third round but a lot of people question whether or not Ali had the stanima
after a long layoff to keep up the pace he was setting. So Jerry likely would
have given Ali a lot more difficulty in the later rounds. Jerry, except
for an ill fated fight at the age of 47, never lost to anyone who wasn't a
bonefide contender and of his eight losses in his original career, six of those
losses were to past, present, or future world champions.Although Jerry
had a tendency towards cutting, if you take away this factor, Jerry had a record
of 53-4-4, with 33 KOs. Quite impressive if you ask me.|
|11/20/03 12:42:58 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|Tim-Buddy Baer beat Abe
Simon in 3 rounds. Abe Simon began the fight very well and hurt Baer in the
first round, but Buddy's superior power gained him the victory. |
|11/20/03 01:04:45 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|Kent-Jerry Quarry also
outclassed Buster Mathis in 1969. Buster was big, a great dancer, very fast and
in top shape for that fight.|
|11/20/03 01:42:43 PM|Fran|PA||plc7755@aol.com||||10|RS-That is very
true about the directions Frazier and Jerry were heading going into the fight.
Jerry didn't seem strong that night. He boxed and moved nice but seemed weak. It
is very true about atheletes peaking at certain times it seemed Jerry was at
his best going into the fight. I don't know how he was feeling before the fight.
I never saw jerry get beat until that night. I mean the first Frazier fight he
looked sensational then cut. Chuvalo fight was a joke he was taking Chuvallo to
school. Then the new mandatory eight count (now its called "standing eight