January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

over react and go nuts for real on him.Oscar was also considered to be the
strongest heavy in the division at that time. Ring magazine made a big deal of
him coming from Argentina. They compared him to Luis Firpo, the fighter from
same place, that knocked Jack Dempsey out of the ring before Dempsey K O'ed
him.|
|2/20/04 10:16:01 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz11@aol.com||||10|Kent, Sean,
John G. all make good points regarding Foreman-Quarry. I think Jerry would have
have really bothered George for a while, but today, these guys would not even
talk about meeting as they would be 20-25 lbs. apart. It isn't just size,
Foreman must be given his due. JQ's wins versus Lyle and Shavers proved that
bullrushing and glaring not only didn't work, against Jerry it'll get you beat.
Foreman was clearly better than both of these very good fighters. As Jimmy D
says, it would have been a great match anyway... Massimo, 1960 Rome Olympics
had a lot of great performances in many events, including basketball. 5 Hall of
Famers on the USA team that year... and yeah, that Clay kid was pretty good too.
Oh yeah, I like the Doobie Bros also, well named, but very talented band. I
wonder who Jerry's favorite music performers were?|
|2/21/04 11:41:07 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|I read an article where Luis Firpo died
rich,and with his smarts intact,I Sure hope it was true,and very rare,QUARRY-
BONAVENA would have been very interesting, their career's just did not need the
other, as both had their sights on other fights ALI,Frazier,Lyle the WBA
tournament etc.Gregorio Peralta could have had other interesting matchups Henry
Cooper,Jimmy Ellis,George Chuvalo,Joe Bugner,Duane Bobick etc.|
|2/23/04 07:29:00 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Yes, not only did
Firpo die rich he was very generous to his old opponent Jack Dempsey when the
stock market took much of Jack's earnings. He had a reputation for being cheap,
but actually at times he was very generous.|
|2/23/04 07:47:30 AM|Massimo Cini|Roma||4||||10|" I' ll outspeed that big
Carnera fellow " said the great Tommy Loughran before their 1934 bout. He had
just beaten the giant Ray Impelletiere, Max Baer, Ernie Schaff and all the best
heavyweights of that time and so he thought he could whip Carnera too. He was
wrong. He couldn't survive Primo's shuffle !|
|2/23/04 04:25:12 PM|Joyce Ferre|Orange County,
California||bonyknees@msn.com||||10|This is a wonderful site! I knew Jerry
briefly back in the early 80's. It's true, he was a wonderful, funny, non-
pretentious individual not to mention a great athelte. He showed me his great
mimic of "Ali" and his softer side. His love for his sport and family stood out.
We will all remember and miss him. God Bless, Jerry Q.|
|2/23/04 06:26:36 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Joyce, did
you meet Jerry in Anaheim Hills? I lived there for about a year but I never saw
him but I heard he lived there around the early 80s. I also met him
briefly around that time, in Costa Mesa and I don't remember if he said he was
living in the Costa Mesa/Newport Beach area or if he was just visting friends
there but you are right, he was very down to earth and easy to talk
to.Someone asked who Jerry's favorite music act was. I do know he was a
very big fan of Elvis Presley and in fact he and I talked about who was better,
the Beatles, who I am a very big fan of, or Elvis. My favortie is the Beatles
and while I don't know if Elvis was Jerry's favorite, he took the pro Elvis
side. |
|3/1/04 03:37:23 PM|Carl Weingarten|TJQF||TJQF||||10|Hello
Everyone,Sorry for the break in service. We had to change web hosts,
and it's taken a little time to get the site up and running again. You should
be able to post messages now. Thanks, --Carl|
|3/2/04 01:50:57 PM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|I KNOW FOR A FACT
THAT JERRY WAS NOT ONLY A FAN OF ELVIS' BUT KNEW HIM AND GOT BACKSTAGE PASSES TO
SOME OF HIS SHOWS. WHILE I USED TO LIKE THE BEATLES, I DON'T LISTEN TO THEM