January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

#10A dedication to our friend Massimo Giulio Leonardo
Cini!Max Baer vs Primo Carnera &#124 Rounds 1-2New YorkJune 14,
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|3/3/04 05:43:54 PM|M.G.L. Cini|Roma||4||||10|Oh thanks ! Now everyone will see
that Primo Carnera was the greatest !|
|3/3/04 05:52:36 PM|M.G.L|Roma||4||||10|Baer 3 times down in the second round...
What did I say ?|
|3/3/04 10:04:17 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Fran, as
Massimo points out, the Ali L. Spinks was able to get inside on was not the same
Ali anywhere near his best. Even the Ali who Norton beat in their first fight
was much better than the version Spinks beat. Spinks could not have gotten
inside Ali unless Ali had nothing left, which is how Ali was when he fought
Spinks. Spinks would not have gotten inside a still close to his prime
Norton. I repeat, Norton beats Spinks handily.|
|3/4/04 03:13:25 AM|Fran|Philly||plc7755@aol.com||||10|Spinks was a razor sharp
amatuer with all the moves and speed and combination punching, things that
Norton never posessed. Leon was just a lightheavy in reality who for a few years
was unbeatable. I understand your view is much more logical than mine but I was
on the same team in the Marines as Leon and he was the best in the world he was
an Olympic champ and never got the respect he should have. |
|3/4/04 05:34:46 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Fran, I
respect Leon Spinks as he did something most fighters only dream of. He beat
the man, who beat the man, to become heavyweight champion of the world. He
also was an olympic gold medalist. No matter what else happens in his life, no
one can take those honors away from him.I just think Ken Norton was a
better fighter.|
|3/4/04 11:22:46 AM|Mormon Joe West|Bell Gardens,
CA||hurricaneog@aol.com||||10|Los Angeles Times, Sports section, page 1, March
4, 2004 Back From the BrinkBoxer 'Indian Red' Lopez wandered for
years after losing world title bouts. Now, he will be reunited with his family
and inducted into Hall of Fame.By Diane Pucin, Times Staff
WriterFORT WORTH — Ernie "Indian Red" Lopez was lost, and now he is
found.That is the short version of how it has come to be that Lopez, a
boxer of some popularity in Southern California in the 1960s and '70s, will be
inducted Saturday into the California Boxing Hall of Fame.It is an honor
that Lopez's tenacious and loving family had feared might be a posthumous one.
But after 12 years out of contact with relatives, the former welterweight
contender turned up in a homeless shelter here last month, setting the stage for
a long-awaited reunion today.Lopez — son of Lucille May Hackford Lopez,
a Ute Indian, and Ernest Paul Lopez, a Juaneno Mission Indian — was born with
flaming red hair and stubborn courage, strong legs and knuckles of steel. So
Lopez became a boxer, as his father had been and his older brother Leonard was
and his younger brother Danny would become. And Lopez came upon his nickname
because of his red hair and Native American heritage.Twice Lopez fought
for the world welterweight title in front of sellout crowds of more than 14,000
at the Forum, and twice he was laid out by Jose "Mantequilla" Napoles. Napoles,
a tough Cuban who had found his way to Mexico, beat Lopez once in 15 rounds and
once on a seventh-round knockout.That knockout hurt more than any other.
By all accounts, Lopez had won the first six rounds. He had cut Napoles over and
under the eye and on the bridge of the nose. But at the start of the seventh,
Napoles, hardly able to see, caught Lopez flush on the face. It was a knockout
punch. Lopez lay unmoving on the canvas for three minutes while Napoles cradled
Lopez's head and wailed, "Please wake up. Please wake up."Lopez woke up,
but his life was never quite the same."I think Ernie lost his self-
esteem when he didn't win the title," said Marcia Iannone, his former wife.