January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

five years as my family and I lucked into becoming part owners of a very
lucrative business. I may be literally set for life if things continue to go
the way they have been going financially. Funny, my life hasn't changed all
that much. I still drive the same old 1987 Mazda and I don't dress to impress.
I just don't have to go to a job I hate and I don't have to walk home or ride my
bycycle home late at night (when I didn't have a car) anymore. I know this is
none of anyone's business but Koo Koo used to bring up the job issue. No, I
don't get a government hand out, in fact my income is quite high, especially
compared to what it used to be.|
|11/27/03 02:52:14 PM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|hey kent, no
sweat man, it's good you don't have a job, working for other people sucks, looks
like you got some freedom man, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO THE QUARRY FAMILY, TAKE
CARE|
|11/27/03 02:55:17 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|I don't remember exactly what "
THANKSGIVING DAY" is. I heard that once atschool, all I remember is that
there is a turkey involved... Anyway, good THANKSGIVING DAY to everybody !|
|11/27/03 03:48:43
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com`||||10|Happy turkey day
everyone! People are here, and things are cooking, so I'll see yall tomorrow!
I'm going to be climbing Mt. Everest and doing a triathlon in the morning
though, to work off everything I eat today! :-)|
|11/27/03 03:55:16 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|Happy holidays to all. Massimo I
have sent you an e-mail - read it young Roman.|
|11/27/03 05:06:01 PM|Paul|Sydney||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|Kent - we can all have
off days and problems but that doesn't give Evren the license to make the
comments he did. I hadn't posted from 22 November hoping it would give Evren the
space to stop the nonsense. But then, among other comments, he wrote on 25/11:
"I hope Paul doesn't go beserk and accuse me of being a suicide bomber." When I
didn't react, he wrote on 26/11: "What sort of race are you lot in Sydney"
(imagine if anyone else said that about a middle eastern country). And when I
didn't react, Evren wrote on 27/11: "Ignorant people like Paul from Sydney." So
then I reacted and I was entitled to. Hopefully we can now get back to talking
about boxing. But if I could raise just one slightly different subject. Happy
thanksgiving to all the Americans. But what is Thanksgiving all about ? It
sounds like a wonderful tradition, but what is it ? |
|11/27/03 05:44:23 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|I've apologised to you Paul. It
really isn't like me alot of the stuff I wrote - look back at the last three
years of my posts. Paul - Can I ask you a boxing question if I may - What
Australian boxers are most revered in your country? I hope you can answer me.
Evren|
|11/27/03 05:46:49 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||Joekevin@cs.com||||10|Evren, I
saw a lot of Jerry Quarry's fights in NYC, begining with Buster Mathis. Here is
the list: Mathis, Frazier 1&2, Chuvalo (incidentally, Quarry got a fast count in
that fight. Zack Clayton was notorious for fast counts, look at the Foreman-Ali
10 count). I saw Quarry against: Mac Foster, Randy Neuman, Ron lyle, Earnie
Shavers. I also saw a few of Mike Quarry's early fight in NYC: Rueben Figarua
1&2, Ray Ayalo. Mike won close decisions in all 3 of those fights.The
rematch for the Figarua was on the undercard of a Foreman fight. When Quarry
got the decision the latin fans in the Garden started grumbling and throwing
things. Guess who is sitting ringside and encouraging them, Muhammad Ali. Ali
damn near incited a riot. This was in the fall of 1969 Mike Quarry could have
just as easily lost those 3 fights. Being undefeated, and Jerry's brother
didn't hurt Mike. Although, after he lost to Bob Foster, he did not win too
many close decisions after that.I saw Ali-Bonavena, I actually rode in
the subway train with Ali and his entourage to the fight that night. I saw quite
a few of George Foreman's early fights in the Gardens. The one I remember best
was when George beat Chuvalo. George pounded Chuvalo from one corner to the