January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Gerry -Aw,
the Bonavena gay thing was no big deal, though it did bring out the intellectual
riff-raff. The article I read may have even been a misprint, who knows? If I had
to guess, I'd say no, but you never know about ~anyone~ else. It is interesting
how people respond to the issue though, whether, OB, Griffith, Lewis, whoever.
Who cares (sheesh)!Eddie Futch said one observation and a couple of
strategies played heavily into Norton's victory over Ali (officially in one,
unoficially, in two). One was to mirror Ali, particularly when he jabbed. The
second was to not rush him immediately after a landed punch. Something Norton
watched constantly was Ali's face. Probably no top level pro telegraphed punches
like Ali; his face changed dramatically whenever he was ready to punch. Only his
speed allowed him to land anyway.Norton's a stange guy. Never quite
crossed over into greatness, and the fork in the road when he started returning
to normal man status came fast and obviously.|
|2/2/04 11:15:02 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Ali's Super
Bowl commercial was a nice surprise. The Champ looked good.The recent posts
about Norton might be a bit unfair. As an Ali fan, I of course didn't like
Norton back in the day. He not only broke Ali's jaw, but fought him tough all
three times. And for all the people who thought Norton was "robbed" in the
Yankee Stadium fight, you're hypocrites if you don't think Jimmy Young
outpointed Norton in their "title" fight. But with that said, Norton was far
better than an average heavyweight. His ability to frustrate Ali, demolish
Bobick and take Jerry Q. (admittedly a poorly prepared/rushed Jerry), have to
rank Norton as being better than average. And his loss to Larry Holmes, while
legitimately a loss, served to show that Norton had the heart of a true
Champion. After the first 6-7 rounds, Norton had no business being in that
fight. But it's amazing that he clawed his way back into it and nearly won.
Shavers pile driving bombs pounded Norton out of the title picture forever, but
Norton's loss to Gerry Cooney was so far after the fact---like Ali losing to
Trevor Berbick. Didn't matter. Norton holds a place as one of the five most
influencial heavies of the period: Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Holmes and Norton go
down as the heavies who made that middle 70's period the best ever. Jerry Q.
had the best part of his career late 60's into early 70's, or he would make the
list too. But the five I mentioned held the belts.|
|2/2/04 02:23:18 PM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|RS - It is
unfair of you to write that Brenda is "intellectual riff raff" for the comments
she made regarding your propensity for posting unsubstantiated allegations
against well known boxers. Brenda just happens to be one of the hosts to the
site that you use to demean boxers you don't like, and she also happenes to
reflect the views of the majority visiting here. If you haven't got anything
nice to say, RS, then please say nothing at all. There'd be many here who would
not be unhappy if you just went away after all the distasteful comments you've
made against Bonavena, Griffiths, Ali, and Foreman, et al. Maybe if you were
more constructive and postive about others, you'd begin to feel better about
yourself. I think you are deliberately trying to cause trouble. The subject had
changed, the spite was gone, people had restarted posting constructive comments,
and then you take the debate back to the gutter again. You are going to kill
this site RS. |
|2/2/04 03:27:40 PM|Paul|Sydney||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|Just one more thing, RS -
am I to take it that your comments are based on a magazine that you can't
identify ? That's what you essentially admitted in your last post. And now, as
if to thumb your nose at everyone who expressed annoyance at what you wrote
about Oscar and Emile, you accuse Lennox Lewis of being gay too. Someone came
on a few days ago posting that Emile is a close friend and that your comments
were upsetting. So, instead of apologising, you flippantly repeat your
allegation. The icing on the cake is you now call Brenda, one of our hosts,
"intellectual riff raff". |