January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

harder puncher. I think Morrison would have beaten both of them.|
|4/6/04 01:38:40 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|I think
Cooney was better than Bobick. Cooney beat quality fighters, although they were
past their prime. Also, he gave a pretty good effort against an in-prime Larry
Holmes, for my money, clearly a top-five all time Heavyweight Champion.
Cooney's all-out early attack would take Bobick out in short order.|
|4/6/04 08:57:40 PM|Fran|Philly||plc7755@aol.com||||10|Very good point about
Bobick not being able to take a big punch and a matchup with Cooney would have
been interesting of course in the pro's Cooney went farther but Bobick was the
best in the World in the amatuers untill Stevenson knocked him out in the
Olympics in 72. The year before at the 71 Pan Am Games Bobick beat Stevenson for
the gold he may have been the last to beat Stevenson before he went on his great
run. It seemed like after he was ko'd by Stevenson he was never the same. Cooney
would have had his hands full with Bobick a guy who was the best in the world
going into the 72 Olympics he had beaten Stevenson and Holmes in the amatuers
and I am sure he beat a few others of that era in the amatuers and he beat Mike
Weaver in the pros, I wonder if he ever fought Norton, Lyle or Shavers in the
amatuers. Bobick was very respected but left his best in the amatuers.|
|4/7/04 06:48:27 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I agree that
Cooney did better aganst Holmes than Bobick ever could have. They both fought
Norton, but there was nothing left of Norton when he fought Cooney. Of the
three, I think Tommy Morrison was the only one who actually enjoyed boxing.
Cooney clearly hated it. I think Morrison was also the best all around athlete
of the three, although he admitted to taking steroids and that negates alot. |
|4/7/04 07:42:11 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|That's an
interesting observation that Cooney hated boxing. I don't know if I'd go as far
as saying he hated it, but I agree that he didn't have the passion for it that
Morrison did. I think Cooney loved the winning---but never recovered after
having his perfect record spoiled by Holmes. In some ways, I think taking a
decision loss or a draw early in a career is the best thing to sober up a good
fighter. |
|4/7/04 01:38:09 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|There is a
prospect named Malcolm Tann that I met at some of the fight cards I have been
attending who was a former national golden gloves heavyweight champion and who
is now 9-1 as a professional and I agree that his loss a couple of fights ago
against a journeyman heavyweight named Willie Chapman was a good thing for Tann.
Chapman, who has about forty professional fights and about a 50%
win/loss record, taught Tann a valuable lession, never take anyone lightly,
especially one who has a lot of experience. |
|4/7/04 02:31:05 PM|Fran|Philly||plc7755@aol.com||||10|I had the samne respect
for Bobick in the early 70's as an amatuer I had for Jerry Quarry I thought they
were similiar in that they were both the best, Jerry as an amatuer and pro and
Bobick as an amatuer. Remember Bobick beat Holmes easily in the amatuers and I
think they were around the same age. He just shot his bolt in the amatuers.
Cooney was getting rich in carefully set up fightsand was loaded before he
fought for the title and afterwards he was not hungry at all. Morrison was
always hungry just too musclebound and couldn't get out of the way of a train
going 10 miles an hour. Looked tough though. When they put him in with guys who
could think punch move and set him up he was done. George Foreman probably made
more money "losing to Morrison than he does with the Grills he sells ( I have 2
of them). TAke care Everyone|
|4/7/04 03:22:31 PM|Massimo|Roma||warrencoolidge.com||||10|Michael Grant has
knocked out in 6 rounds a bum whose name I can't remember. This journeyman is
rated 241 in the heavyweight division. It would have been easier to say how many
heavyweights are below him.I'm so sorry for the 12 marines dead ! Go USA
go ! Italy is beside you.|
|4/8/04 01:09:07 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Massimo,