January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Reunion of sorts, and they played Football, and Uncle Jerry, and Uncle Mike, I
believe were playing and damn it if they didn't run into each other, and only
one was cut, that day was fun, listening to tunes, playing football, and of
course eating. That was a cool time.|
|12/9/03 05:31:33 AM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|Koo Koo - you
being acknowledged as the number 1 Quarryologist, which was the 'one too many'
fight that Jerry had ? Which fight should he have retired after ? I was thinking
about Ali. I don't think he sustained any lasting damaged in his first career as
Clay. The hardest he got hit was Henry Cooper, but film of him speaking during
his exile at a college reveals him to be articulate and fluent in speech so I
assume he was okay. The first apparent damage to me was his ringside speech
after he beat Foreman. His speech was awkward and slurred, and the sparkle in
his eyes was dimmer. I think maybe the damage started in the first Frazier fight
and was probably irreversible by the second Norton bout. Probably had a gene
that meant he would have got Parkinson's anyway, and the damage he took in the
ring just hastened the process. He should never have been allowed to continue
after Foreman, but there were many snouts in the financial trough that only Ali
could keep filling. Evren B - one side of my ancestry came from Ireland's County
of Cork. Never been there. The other side was from England and got a free cruise
to Australia on a convict ship. Were you in Australia for the rugby world cup
singing 'Sweet Chariot' ? |
|12/9/03 05:49:05 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|After Mr.
Jimmy's memorial service, I was playing pool with Mike at Wilma's house and I
said to Mike, "I don't really care if I win or lose this game." Mike looked
straight at me, and he said, "show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser!"
He said it in a kidding, friendly sort of way but I could tell he was at least a
little bit serious, that he was very competitive in even a back yard pool game
with no money on the line. I said back to him, "Mike, I am just going to have a
good time and while I am not going to let you win on purpose (which he did
anyway, two games out of three), I still don't care if I win or not as it is
just a pool game." He smiled and nodded at me and he respected what I had to
say because in a way, his competiveness was testing me and I stood up to his
challenge anyway by sticking to my attitude, no matter what he thought.
I have heard people say that Jerry was the most competitive person they
ever met. I believe Mike shares this competitive spirit. Something that is
needed to compete at a world class level in a sport such as boxing.|
|12/9/03 09:20:23 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|HEY FOREST, GLAD
TO SEE YOU'RE BACK! You are right regarding Ellis, he beat some real tough guys.
Let's not forget he scored two knockdowns against Bonavena. Not many guys can
say that. He had a very good sneaky right hand. I do think however that
Patterson was robbed against him in Sweedon.|
|12/9/03 10:30:09 AM|Pete|Cleveland||pco@msn.com||||10|"I do think however that
Patterson was robbed against him in Sweedon."(quote)I agree completely.
Patterson won that fight and the judges handed it to Ellis. Ellis was at the top
of the heap at the time and Patterson was well on his way out. I think that
politics and future earning potential for all related to the fight game, were
behind that decision. A lot of us tend to view Floyd as "The Rabbit"; a guy who
lacked heart and courage. But he was actually a highly skilled fighter and a
great champion, during his reign.|
|12/9/03 10:47:41
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Paul -Ali
may or may not have had a genetic tendency towards Parkinson's. As many times as
he was hit over such a long period of time, he'd have had brain damage if
ordinary men had been doing the punching, let alone the people who
were.A lot of times, visible signs of brain damage show up many years
after the injuries have occurred, and the fighters have retired. In truth,
there's a microscopic amount of damage even from trivial household head bumping