January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

JQ carried his hands low,he must have been comfortable with it, He sure won his
share of bouts, same as his age at his untimely death (53).|
|8/16/02 02:28:05 PM|charles anderson|pine
bluff,ark.||ctjjandfam@aol.com||||2|in frazier 2 joe threw too many right hands
that jerrydid not exspect to see. joe was real sharp that night,maybe the best
complete fight of his career because he used both hands effectively. jerry
looked like he slapped with his right hand against frazier and norton.looked
like the only thing he wanted to throw was a left hook.|
|8/16/02 02:29:47 PM|charles anderson|pine
bluff,ark.||ctjjandfam@aol.com||||10|in frazier 2 joe threw too many right hands
that jerrydid not exspect to see. joe was real sharp that night,maybe the best
complete fight of his career because he used both hands effectively. jerry
looked like he slapped with his right hand against frazier and norton.looked
like the only thing he wanted to throw was a left hook.|
|8/16/02 04:53:24 PM|Angelo|DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|As expressed earlier,
Holmes was and is a very underrated Champion. He beat whoever they put in front
of him. They lined up the ducks and he knocked them down. He had a jab that
rivaled Liston's and Ali's, plus great boxing ability. On the times that he got
caught, like against Shavers, Weaver and Snipes, he recovered to take control
and score a knockout each time. An "on the hill" Holmes should have been
awarded decisions over Michael Spinks, because Spinks didn't do enough to take
the title from a Champion. An over the hill Holmes gave Tyson a few tough
rounds on short notice, gave Holyfield a very good fight and beat Ray Mercer in
an upset. The win over Norton was a classic. And speaking of Norton, people
forget that he might have made a career out of matching up well against Ali---
but also had good power, a bizarre crablike style that confused his opponents
and good stamina too. His close win against a prime Jimmy Young and the one
round KO of Bobick, as well as the war with Holmes showcased the various
styles/abilities this guy had. I'm starting to come around to the theory
that Tyson isn't as good as everyone thought. I always thought he was an
awesome power puncher who was mishandled and could have been an alltime great.
But so many people are now making excellent points about how horrible his early
competition was. He beat Larry Holmes after Holmes frustrated him for 3 rounds.
He KOed Marvis Frazier and Michael Spinks. But what legitimate great
heavyweight did he beat? After Douglas exposed him, it seems as though most
decent fighters stood in with him and either beat him or at least tagged him a
few times like Ruddock did. I mean, people love to take cheap shots at Gerry
Cooney, but quite frankly, his wins over the senior circuit (Lyle, Norton,
Young, etc.), wins against club fighters like Horace Robinson and 13 rounds with
Holmes are as good as Tyson's career. A few years ago, I would have picked
Tyson to beat Joe Frazier handily. Now, I look at the greats that Frazier stood
in with, I look at his heart in wins and losses and I think he would survive
Tyson's intimidation tactics to possibly get the win. I'm on the fence about
Tyson----I actually picked him to beat Lewis. But now, I'm thinking he might
not be anywhere near the fighter we all thought he was. |
|8/16/02 06:07:08 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|I feel Tyson was and is perhaps still
a great fighter. He may have not beaten all time greats (larry Holmes not
counting)but look at how many decent fighters he beat - you can argue that some
were past their primes or some not really that good but you'll find a lot of
Tysons opponents done miles better with other opposition.Trevor Berbick -
demolished in 2Pinklon Thomas - demolished in 6Bonecrusher - easy
pointsTucker - pointsBiggs - demolished in 7Holmes - demolished in 4
(no one has done that since)Tubbs - demolished in 2Spinks - demolished
in 1Carl Williams - demolished in 1Bruno - demolished in 5 & 3Alex
Stewart - demolished in 1Ruddock - stooped in 7 and pointsSeldon -
ghosted in 1Golota - destroyed in 3 (later no contest)Wow, I think.
Tyson is a great fighter.Nobody had such an easy time with this amount of