January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Bowe on your list of non championship caliber fighters as he is the one fighter
on the list who Jerry probably wouldn't have been able to beat. Bowe, when at
the top of his game, was hard to beat by anyone in any era.Pete, I guess
we are just going to have to agree to disagree on what championship caliber is
because I don't think it should just be limited to the upper elite of all time
and you think it should be defined this way.I firmly believe that an in
prime Jerry would beat the older version of George Foreman hands down! Jerry's
quickness and counterpunching style would be the difference in this one. If
people think Jerry coudn't have coped with the older version's size advantage,
as he was weighing in at the 250 pound mark, remember Evander Holyfield was
giving away about forty pound in weight to Foreman and he outboxed Foreman.
Moorer was also outboxing Foreman for most of the fight until he decided to be
stupid and go for a knockout by standing directly in front of Foreman in the
tenth round. Moorer also gave away a substantial weight advantage to Foreman.|
|12/17/03 05:17:11 PM|Pete|Cleveland||pco@home||||10|KENT: Of course we can
disagree; your points are as valid as mine or anyone elses. I'm simply stating
my views and I'm happy to see that you are stating yours.Kent, I cannot take
George Foreman the second seriously. Although he was a much smarter fighter, the
second time around, it's apples & oranges. Of course Jerry would have done well
against the re-furbished George, but would he have done the same with Foreman
circa '72?I can't agree with you where Bowe is concerned. After seeing
Golata punch that guy out(I'm disregarding the low blows)I'm convinced that he
could be had. He also lacks courage and determination as shown by quitting the
Marines.|
|12/17/03 06:27:27 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|Foreman 2 has been one of the best
heavyweights of the first half of the 90's. Iron-chinned, sturdy, still very
powerful and a better tactician than Foreman 1. He fought well against a prime
Holyfield and gave him a competitive fight ! Also he destroyed Bert Cooper, a
limited but dangerous fighter and fought toe to toe against Stewart and Shannon
Briggs. I suspect that Tyson dodged him...|
|12/17/03 09:32:56
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|George claims an
interesting strategy for beating Moorer. Because of his otherwise brute power,
Foreman's jab was often overlooked, but it was jolting, enough to knock many
fighters off balance. What he did in secret ahead of winning the title the
second time was to practice a slapping, namby-pamby jab, followed by a pile
driving right. And it worked, resulting in a one punch KO. He said that if he'd
used his treasured jab he'd honed for so many years, he'd have only succeeded in
knocking Moorer out of the way, and causing him to continue to circle
counterclockwise away from the right. Well done!|
|12/17/03 10:19:18 PM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|HEY, LETS LET
KENT SPEAK MORE, NOT MASSIMO, I LIKE PEOPLE THAT KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY OF
BEING MORE QUARRY LIKE, YOUR SMALL PASTA BRAIN WILL NEVER KNOW MASSIMO|
|12/17/03 10:57:51 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||9|Wow, we're
back to Quarry-Foreman. It's a lot to ask for JQ, tough as he was, to beat very
talented fighters 20 pounds above him in the caliber of Ali or Foreman. He'd
have his moments yes, he'd win a couple rounds, and scrap for several more, but
come on... let's retire this old arguement. Foreman 2, as you call him, is a
couple of notches above Butterbean , and has not been a serious heavy since he
beat Gerry Cooney in a straight-up slug fest he nearly lost. Tyson, with a
hangover, would have mauled jolly George anytime in Tyson's career, and would
have him prime vs. prime as well. Tyson isn't coherent enough to dodge anyone. A
prime vs. prime Tyson Bowe match around 1992 would have been the fight of the
90's. Lewis against either about then would also have been good PPV. Holyfield,
Morrison, Mercer, others gave the division good depth at that time. Golota beat
a cracked-out Bowe, just as Jimmy Young beat a stoned-out, depressed Foreman.
Bowe and Foreman both share some similarities: big talents and appetites, nearly