January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

can get out of jail via bail (temporarily, till trial), with a payoff, or by
being found innocent. Being rich and important doesn't hurt on any of those
fronts!|
|12/16/03 12:42:06 PM|charles anderson|ark.||ctjjandfam@aol.com||||10|jerry was
my favorite boxer. i remember reading every article in every boxing publication
i could get my hands on in which he was in. i think in one he stated that boxing
was not his passion. he learned to fight at a very young age. no disrespect
intended,but he had the tools to be world champion, but he did not love the
sport well enough to be champion. iwant to say again, no disrespect, i loved the
guy.|
|12/16/03 01:46:11 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||Kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Jerry not of
championship caliber? This is not true as Jerry was better than a lot of
fighters who won titles. Not winning the title in an era when your competition
was Ali, Frazier, Foreman, etc. is not something to hang your head in shame.
Realize that six of Jerry's eight losses were to fighters listed in Ring
magazine's top fifty heavyweights of all time (not counting the Cramner fight).
His other two losses were to fighters who were at or near this level as well.
In his original career, Jerry never lost to a fighter who was not a champion at
some point in his career or who was not a legitmate long time top ten contender.
HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO POINT THIS OUT TO SOME OF YOU PEOPLE?Did
Jerry pick himself up after losses and learn from these losses to make a charge
at a title shot again? Yes he did this on no less than three occasions. Just
because he didn't get his third shot doesn't mean he didn't earn it. In fact
George Foreman told Jerry at ringside after Jerry destroyed (creamed) Shavers,
that Jerry had just lost his title shot and this wasn't the nice, jolly Foreman
of today who gives everyone credit. At the time Foreman was the mean, surly
Foreman. Most of the people who have a low opinion of Jerry's ability
have no idea Jerry beat fighters of the caliber of Lyle, Shavers, and Patterson.
When I say Jerry fought these fighters, they assume Jerry lost to them. Of
course, this is not true!|
|12/16/03 03:00:10 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|Jerry Quarry morally has been
heavyweight champion ! He just made the mistake of going ( or to go ) into the
ring with a broken back ! He would eat alive Ruiz, Rahman, this
Holyfield...I'd love to see Lewis- Quarry|
|12/16/03 03:10:00 PM|Pete|USA||pco@intel||||10|"Jerry not of championship
caliber? This is not true as Jerry was better than a lot of fighters who won
titles. "(QUOTE)Just to reiterate, Jerry was a great heavyweight. He was
well liked & respected by all of us here. He had great heart& courage and will
never be forgotten. But what fighters, who won legitimate titles were not
superior to Jerry? I'm not referring to guys like Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer,
Mike Weaver, Big John Tate, Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, Trevor Berbick...the
list is endless. Would Jerry have taken out Louis, Marciano, Patterson(in his
prime), Liston, Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Holmes, Tyson???|
|12/16/03 04:47:09 PM|Paul|Sydney||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|Pete - how can you say
that Jerry Quarry was not of championship calibre, and then in the next breath
contradict yourself by describing him as a "great heavyweight" ? In my view, the
reverse was true: he was of championship caliber but was not "great" in
comparison with the fighters you identified (Ali, Louis, Marciano. et al). JQ
WAS of championship calibre as demonstrated by his competitiveness in probably
the greatest era of heavyweight boxing. In most other eras he would have won the
title, especially in recent years when there are so many more belts on offer.
And just stop and think for a moment, Pete, by putting yourself in Jerry's
shoes. If you could say that you were competitive in fights against Ali and
Frazier, and that you defeated some of the monsters he bashed up, wouldn't you
feel of championship calibre ? Cheers. |
|12/16/03 05:06:32 PM|Pete|USA||pco@home||||10|PAUL: In my opinion, Jerry was a
great heavyweight. He was a major player during the most competitive era of