January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

shape Quarry would have a style and intensity that would cause problems for
Norton. At any point, Norton could have beaten Quarry on cuts, but aside from
that, JQ would have the advantage. It's funny to me that Norton "always wanted
to fight Jerry Quarry." Well, he ended up fighting a Quarry who was not only
past his prime, but also untrained and let's face it, you can't take on a world
class fighter with two weeks notice. I'd say Norton never fought the REAL
Quarry. But with that said, there was a period of a few years that Norton
really shined. In fact, I don't agree with this, but Muhammad Ali thinks that
if Norton had known that the winner of Norton-Foreman would fight Ali in Africa-
--a Superfight for the Ages---Ali thinks Norton would have found a way to beat
Foreman. I disagree. I think ten out of ten times, Foreman would KO Norton,
mostly in the first or second rounds. I think Ali respected Norton because of
the tough fights Norton gave him, and this clouds his view.|
|5/17/04 08:45:22 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Angelo, I
think Norton would have a chance to beat Foreman if he would have somehow gotten
Foreman's respect early. A key to Ali's win in Zaire over Foreman was hitting
Foreman with hard right hands early in the fight to let Foreman know he was in a
real fight this time, not just a walkover. If Ali punched hard enough to get
Foreman's attention, than Norton, who hit harder than Ali, certainly would.
In the above scenario, we could substitute Joe Frazier for Norton as
well. Notice neither Norton or Frazier really hit Foreman with their best shots
as both were badly hurt early in the fights.Of course, for either Norton
or Frazier to have a chance, they would have to survive the early Foreman
onslaught, not an easy task at any time.Ron Lyle also showed that by
hurting Foreman early, he had a real chance of victory. Foreman ended up
winning in the end but it was hardly an easy walkover, to say the least! |
|5/17/04 10:49:03 AM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|I think Norton's jaw wasn't good
enough for taking Foreman's bombs. Foreman hits harder than me.|
|5/17/04 11:03:26 AM|Angelo|Washington,
DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Kent:You may be right. I've always given
Norton no chance of beating Foreman (never gave Frazier a chance either) but Ali
knows a little more about boxing than I do, and he thought both of them,
especially Norton, could beat Foreman under the right circumstances. And I
think the philosophy was like you said---Norton had to establish an attack early
to take some of Foreman's confidence away. Norton performed so well against
guys who didn't have one-punch KO ability, like Ali, Young and Holmes...but did
so poorly against the big hitters. I think it was bizarre. The guy had the
ability to take a punch and showed heart---but against Foreman and Shavers and
too late against Cooney, he got a sort of stage fright, ironic because it's what
happened to Bobick against him. Whenever people say Norton couldn't take a hard
punch, I tell them to watch Norton-Holmes. Larry Holmes hit him with repeated
shots that should have taken him out or at least knocked him down a few times.
Conversly, Norton, later in the fight, did the same to Holmes. When Norton was
in the thick of a fight, he stayed upright and pounded it out. When he got hurt
very early, he seemed to deflate and not have any ability to defend himself or
go on the offensive. |
|5/17/04 11:19:38 AM|brenda|ca.||meme@hotmail.com||||10|I am just wondering how
or what all thing about the new tv show casting for boxers. the winner takes all
and has a real big fight in lv. win a lot of money but you must have boxing in
your past. channel 4|
|5/17/04 11:52:56 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|Yes I agree for the most part,If Lyle
could hit Foreman with his great arsenal, and not come home the victor, I doubt
very seriously if Norton would have either. Thats one thing JQ Could have
accomplished against Big George (get his respect early).And lean in with those
hooks,of course George great ram-rod jab could come into play. Foreman would
have been at least a 13-5 favorite.and 8-5 a knockout! Angelo,Norton was