January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

an aneurysm, so they put a device in his head to fix it. And then they let him
get hit in the head. It makes me want to vomit. I remember when Barrera was
coming up and HBO did pre-fight stories on him. Supposedly, he comes from an
upper middleclass background, and at one time he wanted to become a lawyer. And
now I learn he is having head inplants, so he can continue to get hit in the
head. Your right Evan! People like Barrera, Holyfield... Need to be protected
from themselves. As I said many times before the realistic chances of making
professional boxing safer are about as likely as making cigarette smoking
healthy. It can't be done.|
|11/24/03 11:02:30 AM|Fran|PA||plc7755@aol.com||||10|If I remember right alot of
Jerry's amatuer fightswere in the junior division and thats why there were
so many draws. I'd like to know how often he fought in High School in the
amatuers and if 1965 was the first time he went to the Nationals. Where did he
fight his amatuer fights at and what amatuer team was he on......Thanks|
|11/24/03 11:04:45
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Just wondering -
do any of the boxing fans here do boxing workouts, sans sparring? The two bags,
rope jumping, s-boxing? We do, and have been thiking of getting a double end bag
too - those look like a lot of fun! I like to ride a bicycle and run too, and we
lift weights, but if someone said I ~had~ to choose just one way to exercise,
it'd be the heavy bag. It pretty much has everything, other than the ability to
sculpt your body or increase size (if you're a man) as weights do.|
|11/24/03 11:18:47
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Fran -I
see where Jerry had 183 amateur fights. That's more than most people have, isn't
it? Was he or his family not sure whether he was going to go pro? Frankly, I
don't know where someone could find places to fight that many times, around
here. For all its tough guy reputation, boxing is pretty dead in Chicago. I
mean, they have the Golden Gloves, but you never see any tournaments
advertised.|
|11/24/03 12:14:20 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|RS-I can use the heavy bag
only for 1 punch, because after that punch, the heavy bag is broken... It's like
an hydrogen bomb... Foreman can't hit in comparison...|
|11/24/03 02:00:27
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Massimo -
Well, I'd heard that rumor, that Big George said he'd rather fight Joe
Frazier and Earnie Shavers the same night than to step in the ring with
you!My husband had one of those magical moments of timing once. One of
my nephews used to always work out with him when he was over, run, ride bikes,
hit the bags, stuff like that. On one of their workouts, he (husband) punched a
hole in the bag we had then. My nephew couldn't quit talking about it! The truth
of the matter was that it was an old (canvas) bag that was ready to go, and even
~I~ would have probably broken through it eventually. LOL!|
|11/24/03 03:28:24 PM|Fran|PA||Plc7755@aol.com||||10|RSThat is alot of
fights, And to win the Nationals is a real Herculean feat in itself. Thats why I
was curious as to whether Jerry had been there before. The year before He won
the Nationals was an Olympic year with Frazier and Mathis leading the pack. I
wonder if Jerry maybe tried out for the Western regional Olympic Trials.
That double end bag is good for pop shotting and getting your hands and
eyes wired together but that is also the primary function of the speed bag which
gets your hands eyes feet n ass wired together so the speed bag does a little
bit more. You can also Pop Shot the speed bag. PeteThe Chuvallo
fight was a mixup not a robbery. No One who saw the fight at the time believed
Jerry really lost he was off balance took the eight count on one knee i think
the ref told him to go to one knee then he jumped up at 9 or ten and the ref
waved it over . He was off balance and went down on a jab. Wasn't even a real
knock down. |