January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

think Mathis couldn't fight, then look at his biggest win over George Chuvalo.
It was a dirty fight in which both fighters almost made it a street fight.
Mathis overcame adversity in this fight to pull out the win, by
decision.Mathis was 30-4, 21 by KO in his career and his only losses
were to Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Ron Lyle, and our own Jerry Quarry, not bad
company I would say and it's no shame to lose to those guys! |
|4/16/04 12:23:21 PM|Sabrina Quarry-
Porter|Florida||sabrinalporter@aol.com||||10|HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!!WE LOVE AND
MISS YOU ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER!!!!|
|4/16/04 12:40:14 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|KENT: by the time
Mathis fought Lyle he was totally washed up. Nothing left. His legs were gone.|
|4/16/04 02:29:34 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|One thing about Ring Magazine they did
not recognize either the WBA tournament or the New York Athletic Commission and
had Ali as Champion until his official retirement in 1970. Although Frazier
fought for it and won it, he was a much more active Champ then most early on,
taking on top rated Mathis,Ramos,Bonavena,Quarry on his way to Ellis. While
Ellis had the long layoff after his controversial decision over Patterson in
Swedan.I think our Mr. Quarry was rushed upon the scene way to early I know Ali
and Tyson were brought up faster to the title, but they were exceptions to the
rule, Jerry was really rushed vs Alongi who was in the worlds top 20 at the
time.|
|4/16/04 06:51:55 PM|mark sargeant|uk||lpu00mts@reading.a.uk||||10|With all due
respect anyone who criticises a boxer cannot realistically acknowledge the depth
of pain and torture some of these men have to go through during fights and sadly
for some like Quarry, Ali and Page for a long time afterwards. Men oftn derided
such as Coopman, Evangelista etc are often panned despite the fact that they
were skilled and brave fighters. You can't compare everyone to greats such as
Ali, Louis and Foreman and then regard the rest as average. Mathis for such a
big guy was a very, if not remarkably skilled boxer who Frazier acknowledged in
his book outboxed and outthought him. He had some crediatable wins and brave
performances and was no way a chump. Bugner took huge punishment agianst Frazier
and Lyle yet didn't quit and also beat a couple of fine fighters such as Ellis
and Foster. Not every fighter is as good as Ali so criticising the ones who come
up short is terrible and insulting-you can bet the top guys who fought them had
real respect for them and hence lesser mortals like us should certainly be more
respectful.|
|4/16/04 10:26:17 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Well said
Mark, anyone who calls certain fighters chumps or questions their courage
obviously has never even set foot near a boxing ring and they have no
credibility.Not only did Bugner show a lot of guts for lasting the
distance against brutal fighters like Frazier and Lyle, he was very much in both
of these fights. Bugner fought back hard and I am sure has the respect of both
Frazier and Lyle.|
|4/16/04 11:43:45 PM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|KENT LETS' NOT
TRY TO MAKE MATHIS BIGGER THAN HE WAS, HE WAS 6'3 BY ALL ACOUNTS. A YESTERDAY
BIG GUY, WHICH MOST OF KNOW DO NOT MOVE AND PERFORM LIKE TODAYS BIG GUYS, I
DON'T MEAN TO SOUND COLD , BUT GREG PAGE CAN BLAME HIS HARDHEADED SELF FOR WHAT
HAPPENED TO HIM,IT'S ALL EGO WITH THESE GUYS, THEY THINK THEY CAN FIGHT FOREVER|
|4/17/04 04:26:39 AM|Jeffrey B.|LA||jeffreybee@yahoo.com||||10|Frasier is a big
disapointment. The recent charge against him for assaulting his girl friend is
bad enough. Ive just read a book in which Frasier admits being a car thief as a
child. On top of that he is an alcoholic. The other thing that anoyed me about
him was that he always had an excuse when he lost. He never took a loss on the
chin. He comes across as very, very bitter. Every other fighter has civil things
to say about Ali but not Frasier. Frasier said that he was glad that Ali has
brain damage and stuff like that. As soon as I read that I stopped respecting