January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

supposed to have a double-meaning, to me it clearly means that what he knew
about fighters could barely fill a matchbook, he was not complimentary of JQ to
the degree Jerry deserved and just gushed for Ali like a schoolgirl, Howie was
overrated in my opinion... Ali-Spinks was a farce. Larry Holmes and Ken Norton
were the top guys by then, Ali had become a cartoon. I still remember "Neon
Leon" on Letterman after his win, hilarious stuff at his expense. Brother
Micheal was much better. |
|4/30/04 10:50:25 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Thanks Kent for your
efforts at getting that info on Toni and Mesi.Your article on Mike on the
Eastside boxing site was a great tribute to Mike and his family.Still,I agree
with Gerry Schultz.Why don't you take the lead on writing something more in
depth on Jerry and his family? Perhaps you could approach it from the viewpoint
of writting a book.Not as an unbiased journalist?|
|5/1/04 05:09:12 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Steve, I am
glad you enjoyed the article about Mike. I have actually written a
book, a book of children's stories. It is not related to sports at all. It is
a collection of short stories. I also have had a book of science fiction short
stories in the works for a while now but it hasn't been finished. I have
never written a novel or a non fiction full book length before. Everything I
have done is article length or twenty five pages or less short story
length.It would be quite a challenge but it is something to consider as
we haven't heard much about the gentlemen who were working on a book idea
lately. Daryl Breese, if you are out there, what's up with the
book?Charles Anderson asked me sometime ago if I had Daryl's number but
I seemed to have lost it. Sorry Charles about not posting about this as I
didn't forget.|
|5/1/04 08:29:30 AM|Fran|Philly||plc7755@aol.com||||10|Cossell was a joke but to
the casual fan he was believable he helped sell the Ali show and all the needed
explanations of any weird stuff that his fights generated near the end. He knew
nothing about boxing. Kent did you write an article on Mike if you did where
can I get it.....Thanks |
|5/1/04 08:53:16 AM|Sonia Hathaway(Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia90101@aol.com||||10|Yes, Kent, we'd like to check out the article also,
can you please send us the link to it. Keep checking out the site all. We sure
love & miss you very much Dad, and Uncle Jerry!|
|5/1/04 01:16:05 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Sonia, I tried
sending you the link to the article but it didn't go through. So to you and
Fran also, and anyone else who would like to read my article about Mike, go to
www.eastsideboxing.com and click on the link that says "The Time Tunnel." The
link is on the left side of the homepage. A list of articles will come up and
the article about Mike is about the third one down from the top of the list.
Also, I have another article in the Time Tunnel section about Jerry's 1973 fight
with Ron Lyle, near the bottom of the list of articles in the section and there
is an article about Jerry from another writer in the section too.You
will have to go to Eastside boxing right away because the editor of the site
told me they are going to a new server and the site may be down for a couple of
days.|
|5/2/04 11:52:32 AM|Angelo|DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Fran: Cosell knew about
the personalities in boxing, the fighters, trainers, promoters, etc.He
obviously never boxed himself, limiting his first hand knowledge of technical
aspects of the sport. On the other hand, lots of judges have never boxed
either---you can still score a fight or in Cosell's case, comment on it, without
having been a pro. In fact, I find that some of the better sports announcers
have never professionally played the sport. Of course, it's changing now---ex-
jocks are the only ones hired to do color and they're even taking over play-by-
play. The problem is that I don't think they can be impartial. Say what you
want about Cosell heavily favoring one team or performer over the others---I