January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

to make a point. Using bad words, such as how much Calvin Lane gets rid of in
the bathroom is considered rude by most people here. I realize you are probably
only trying to be funny but people here didn't take it that way. |
|2/10/04 09:07:55 PM|Gerry Schultz|Cleveland, Ohio||jgschultz11@aol.com||||10|I
watched 'When we were Kings' again for the first time in a while, and was struck
by a few things differently this time. One, Road'ette did have a real point in
mentioning how well Ali took punches. He took a lot of them not just from
Foreman, but from so many as he fought nearly everyone. Second, there was that
sequence where George was just popping that body bag and just caving it in, one
big slug at a time. Man, who would want to be in front of that? The movie was
just a big Ali fan flick, not nearly enough of George, who was only the
defending champ after all. Music performers were interesting also. After that, I
was further impressed with Jerry, who at just 200lbs., was taken so seriously by
these giants. That JQ had their attention to the degree he did is a big
compliment professionally. I reread George Foreman's posting here a few weeks
back, and was really impressed. I believe George Foreman was a real Jerry Quarry
fan, and that speaks volumes to me about Jerry.|
|2/10/04 10:24:37
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Gerry -In
addition to Ali being among the all time elite in terms of taking a punch, he
also enjoys top status as being among the hardest ever to corner, and in terms
of handling himself when hurt. I don't agree with his methods long term in
preparing for this - going to the "half dream" as he called it, in training, so
he'd be ready, but it seems to have worked. He was also nearly impossible to
follow up on, even when rocked.When We Were Kings was an Ali fan movie,
but also at that time, George was a pretty sullen, withdrawn guy, not the happy
go lucky Teddy bear he is today, so it may have been difficult to approach him
and get much out of him.BTW, just a FYI - I'm being imped, with copy and
pastes as well as clumsy imitation attempts. Registered handles might not be a
bad idea...|
|2/11/04 04:12:19 AM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|George Foreman wants to coming back
for anotherfight ( he says it will be his last fight ) at 55 years of
age. I can' t see a good reason for doing such a thing, I don' t agree at all !
We already know that he is still very strong and we already know that he
can't be as strong as he was when he defeated Joe Frazier in Kingstone. He is
training hard, he wants to coming back at about 225 lbs ( this is about his "in
prime" weight, and I don't think it is possible ).Kent-I apologize
with you and with everyone else in this site for having used impolite
expressions. Now, after some thinking, I realize that it wasn' t the case, even
if I don' t think that that behaviour makes me automatically Pol Pot, Jeffrey
Dahmer or Hitler. I will be more careful in the future to show the respect I
have for Jerry Quarry, his family and all the posters on this site. I realize
that I use to joke too much ! It' s just my nature ! Maybe I' d need some
help...|
|2/11/04 05:29:58 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Massimo,
please don't stop joking around. I was just saying be careful about using bad
words.I hope George Foreman decides not to fight. If he wants to be
more active in the sport, maybe he can become a trainer. He has a lot of
knowledge he can pass on to young fighters. There is some talk about matching
him with Larry Holmes. I would give the same advice to Larry. Be glad you got
out of the sport in good health. Sometimes a fighter can take one too
many fights. PLEASE, GEORGE AND LARRY, DON'T RISK ALL THAT YOU HAVE!A
friend of mine is a former professional fighter who never achieved contender
status but told me recently he wishes he could fight again. He is in his early
forties but feels he left some business unfinished and if it wasn't for the fact
he is married with kids and has a regular job, he would fight but he just
doesn't have the time to train properly. My advice to him is the same as to the