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January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

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What's "caution money?" Baseball fans love the game any way they can get<br />

it. I personally only like it at the ball park, on a nice day. We don't go to<br />

that many games, because we don't like being ripped off by the high ticket<br />

prices. Football, basketball, and hockey are just as bad, plus the Chicago teams<br />

in those sports are atrocious on top of being expensive!I don't eat fast<br />

foods that often - part of my fitness regimen! McDonalds has been accused by<br />

some consumer watchdog groups of putting things in their food that's mildly<br />

addictive (just what Americans need - something to make them fatter).|<br />

|12/15/03 07:53:48 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|RS-I have found in my<br />

dictionary that " caution money" is the possibility to go out from jail by<br />

paying some money. I guess I have to burn that dictionary, you are my ET and I<br />

believe only in you !|<br />

|12/15/03 08:16:45 PM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|Evren, thanks<br />

for the comments. Don't be put off....stay posting, same as Massimo is. In a<br />

previous post you mentioned that you had a tape or something of boxer Les Darcy.<br />

I've got a good book on Darcy that will give you a better understanding of him,<br />

and if you e-mail me an address, I'll send it over. |<br />

|12/15/03 10:01:56 PM|Pete|USA||pco@intel||||10|"Lewis-Holyfield were studies in<br />

boredom when compared with ANY good heavyweight fight of the 70's!<br />

"(QUOTE)That's very true. <strong>The</strong>se guys are less concerned with<br />

entertaining the fans and more concerned about the color of their trunks or the<br />

way their hair is styled. <strong>The</strong>re's too much money in boxing, which makes it an<br />

easy payday for those fighters who lack character, determination, courage<br />

etc.Massimo, if you really are from Italy, you have a warped perception of<br />

<strong>The</strong> USA. Maybe you should come over here and see for yourself, rather than take<br />

the word of some of those who, may or may not be Americans themselves. If you<br />

want to know what the USA is all about, it comes down to one thing pal<br />

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.It's the be all and the end all, it's<br />

the American Way, it's the bottom line, dawg!!!|<br />

|12/16/03 01:28:16 AM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||9|In looking<br />

over <strong>Jerry</strong>'s record again, I looked into the guys JQ drew with. I was surprised<br />

by Tony Alongi, who had just two career losses and never seemed to go anywhere,<br />

can anyone comment on this guy? He was good enough to draw twice with <strong>Jerry</strong>, and<br />

draw with George Chuvalo, Yet he seemed to retire with a stack of wins and no<br />

real title chances, why? One of his two losses was to Billy Daniels, who <strong>Jerry</strong><br />

wrecked in one round. Each of these guys <strong>Jerry</strong> drew with have some common<br />

opponents, and <strong>Jerry</strong> fought some of them as well, Yet <strong>Jerry</strong> clearly stands out<br />

among them, making these draws curious. I have read that <strong>Jerry</strong> did not take<br />

these draws very seriously, since they were not losses. Given that <strong>Jerry</strong> also<br />

had semi-plausible reasons for losses to Machen ( a fluke, laziness) and Ellis (<br />

the bad back thing ) <strong>Jerry</strong> could argue he was undefeated until Joe Frazier in<br />

1969. He was 26-1-4 for Ellis, and some did voice their suspicion of <strong>Jerry</strong><br />

regarding these draws, though it was drowned out by the hoopla of his wins over<br />

Spencer and Patterson. <strong>The</strong>se draws and <strong>Jerry</strong>'s attitude toward them must have<br />

been the subject of some extended conversations with <strong>Jerry</strong>, to keep him focused<br />

and hungry. I get the feeling this may have been a tough task. <strong>The</strong> press,<br />

though, seemed to buy into it too. When <strong>Jerry</strong> was finally decisively beaten, by<br />

Frazier, it was his 38th pro fight. He had three losses and four draws, but many<br />

acted like it was his first loss, and the bubble seemed to burst after that.<br />

It's almost as if the press paid <strong>Jerry</strong> back for giving him so much hype and<br />

credit early on, for buying into the idea that <strong>Jerry</strong> hadn't really been beaten<br />

or drawn on, an attitude that <strong>Jerry</strong> seemed to have himself going into the<br />

Frazier fight. Ellis and Frazier were <strong>Jerry</strong>'s real chances, yet I have to wonder<br />

if this attitude, and all the hoopla, were real barriers for <strong>Jerry</strong>. His early<br />

rounds with Frazier are epic, but there's almost an unrealism in the idea that<br />

JQ could just run out and slug with one of the all-time sluggers and win, almost<br />

like a movie script. How grounded was <strong>Jerry</strong>? After Frazier, and his bizarre loss

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