January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Uncle Jerry, would love it. I love you Dad, and Uncle Jerry!|
|8/9/02 07:19:59 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz@firstam.com||||10|Interesting
stuff about strength and punching power. Arm wrestling, of course, is
concentrated strength. Throwing a punch, or a baseball, requires a series of
things, like leverage, or coordination of the related muscle groups. There are
major league pitchers who couldn't do 30 pushups but can throw 90mph. Punchers
like Marciano and Frazier got power out of their shoulder motion in the way they
threw that arm-strong guys like Chuvalo didn't have. As with the 'Superstars'
entries earlier, Jerry proved to be a very good all-around athlete, who became a
great boxer by virtue of his intense training and experience. Frazier was good
at little else, but had the gift of his'fastball' or punching ability to be the
legend he became. Without it, Jerry would have beaten him. Good stuff about
styles also regarding the 70's heavies JQ, Foreman, Norton, etc. Joe proved to
be better than Jerry, but would not fare as well vs. Foreman, Joe much better
vs.Ali than Jerry. All of these six (Ali, Frazier, Foreman, JQ, Norton, Holmes)
showed to be of championship caliber. It was simply a matter of who fought who
when, and in what order. Hasn't been that way in quite a while. |
|8/9/02 08:58:42 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Gerry, you are
so right about the motion of the shoulder and the coordiantion of muscle groups
being the basis for a good power puunch. We hear people say to put your
shoulder into a punch but it doesn't mean using shoulder power because that
would be just an arm punch. It means to turn the shoulder in coordination with
the hips and the legs, which are the anchor to true punching power, putting the
whole body weight behind the punch. By relying on the shoulders and arms alone a
fighter actually loses power because he can be too tense in the shoulder area.
The shoulders need to stay relax. |
|8/10/02 06:23:10 AM|Sabrina Quarry-
Porter|Fllorida||sabrinalporter@aol.com||||10|Well Dad this is my first birthday
without you and Mom...Boy is this hard. but i know you're watching over me
wishing me a happy birthday....I LOVE AND MISS YOU VERY MUCH....ALWAYS IN MY
HEART FOREVER....|
|8/12/02 04:51:31 PM|EVREN|LONDON||@||||10|Tyson vs Frazier is such a hard one.
The Frazier of 70/71 was one of thee most complete fighters I have seen - It's
all a matter of whether Joe can survive the initial 2 round on slaught and my
guess is he'll know whats coming and play smart and then out tough Tyson down
the stretch. I here Mike is fighting again in November possibly against Clifford
Ettiene ! Anyway the last match of the quarters sees Joe Louis take on Sonny
Liston.|
|8/12/02 07:46:28 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|I pick Joe
Louis to outpoint Sonny Liston or possibly stop Liston in the later rounds.
Louis would be much to accurate for Sonny. |
|8/13/02 11:13:24 AM|Joe Krause|Chicago||sadmspats@yahoo.com||||10|If Sonny
isn't throwing the fight this is two of the best 4 heavyweights of all time
fighting. I really believe that Sonny Liston in his prime was about as good as
it gets and do not take his losses to Muhammad Ali that seriously. Joe would
get dropped early and become more mobile and come back to win the late rounds
with accurate counter-punching. The fight ends in a draw and I will have to
think before the rematch is fought about who will get the nod.|
|8/14/02 12:17:28 AM|Jeff|USA||jps65@sacbeemail.com||||10|ESPN Classic is a
great place to watch some of the great old fights. But watching all the old
fights leads you back to the same old conclusion. Muhammad Ali was the greatest
fighter of all time. Those quick hands still amaze me. He gets off 5 punches
to your 1, who can compete with that?|
|8/14/02 03:29:02 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Louis vs Liston would
have been a great fight.Someone on this site recently stated that "the
difference between Frazier and Tyson was that Frazier had more heart".Tyson has
been accused of having a bully's mentality,and so has Liston.I do think that