January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Rocky had problems with Archie Moore on his last defense but Floyd handled
Archie with ease.But whoever would have won fight it would have been great
historicly because Floyd being so young (21), we'd have some comparisons (of the
great Marciano) to fighters that fought Patterson in the 60's and 70's. (That is
unless the Marciano fight took years off of Floyds career).|
|3/12/04 02:03:23 AM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|Have you seen the punch Marciano
knocked out cold Rex Layne with ? One of the best punches ever thrown in the
ring. It was very similar to Iron Mike' s final punch against Trevor Berbick (
the tragic ballet ). The man could punch !|
|3/12/04 07:03:47 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I think JQ vs.
Bonavena would have been a much more competive fight than JQ vs. Marciano.
Actually, Marciano vs. Bonavena would have been interesting too. Charlie Goldman
trained Oscar for his first few fights here in the USA.|
|3/12/04 12:58:31 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|John, you
don't mention why you don't think Marciano verses Quarry would have been very
competitive. Is it because you believe Rocky was better conditioned, hit too
hard, had more heart (which if it was more than Jerry, that is incredible), or
some other reason? I have given reason why I think it would be competitive and
why Jerry would have a shot at winning such a fight but not much is said why
Jerry would lose decisively. |
|3/12/04 01:15:54 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|KENT: My gut
instinct is that we are matching a great one against a good one. But on a more
tangible level, if excellent crafty boxers like Walcott and Charles could not
outbox Rocky, I find it hard to believe that JQ could. I also wonder if JQ's
skin would hold up to rocks sledge hammer shots. Frankly I think he would bust
up on impact. Neither man had much of jab, and I would rate them even on left
hooks and give a big edge to Rocky on right hand power. Fighting out of his
awkward duck crouch, Rocky was deceptively hard to hit, with lots of punches
going over his head and sliding over his back. I think Rocky would wear Jerry
down just like he did to Moore and score a late round TKO. Even though many
people consider it a once in a million fluke, the fact is, Chuvalo KO'd JQ, and
anything George could do, Rocky could do better. |
|3/12/04 01:30:46 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|A lot of people did not know that Charles
"Sonny" Liston bet his entire 1970 Wepner purse on Mac Foster vs Quarry,I heard
Wepner himself had to dig out Liston's end from his own pocket,I wonder for all
his guts and gore,he knew the whole thing was going to the SPORTS BOOK? A friend
recently told me they saw Quarry on the movie "caveman" with John Matuszak and
Ringo Starr,I highly doubt it.|
|3/12/04 01:36:43 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Jimmy: I heard
that too. The fact is, Liston fought Wepner for free -- his purse was "spoken
for". He also tried to con the promoter into more money by refusing to get into
the ring unless he was paid more than the agreed upon amount. He did not get a
cent more.|
|3/12/04 03:00:28 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|That was also an old MSG Oscar Bonavena
trick,Pulled it on Teddy Brenner and Harry Markson a few times,Ringo got the
extra dough from the Garden. Vs Chuvalo among others,One time he actually kicked
in the Madison Square Gardens front office doors over one dispute.|
|3/12/04 03:42:16 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Thanks John,
I was not trying to put down Rocky as he is a legend for a reason. It is just
that everyone was just saying he would beat Jerry and not saying why. One
amazing thing about the Rock was he always did seem to find a way out of
defeat.I used to be of the mindset that Rocky was overrated because most
of his his major opponents were older fighters. But how many fighters would have
beaten Ezzard Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott they way they fought Rocky (in
Walcott's first fight agaisnt Rocky, of course)? Probably not very