January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

suggesting Jerry would give him a good fight. Time and perspective do change,
and now people are seeing better what Lyle, Shavers, Spencer, Alexander and
others did then. That, and the fact that the depth of talent was so much more
than it has been since. Real talent stands up with time.|
|8/27/02 01:11:40 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Gerry, people
laughed at you because you said Jerry Quarry would have given a good fight to
Leon Spinks? Now that in itself is very funny! Jerry would have not only given
Leon a good fight, he would have knocked "Neon Leon" out! Jerry would have used
angles to make Spinks miss as he charged in and he would have made Spinks pay
big time with hard accurate counter punching. I would pick Jerry by mid round
stoppage, if not earlier. Steve, Paul D. was working on a book about Jerry
which Jim Quarry had a lot of input. I hope you put it together soon Paul. I
know of another book that someone else has in the works about Jerry's life that
we should be hearing about some time in the near future. I am not at liberty to
say any more about this at this time. As far as myself doing a book about
Jerry, I have toyed with the idea, but I think others have done the homework, so
I will not enter that arena at this time. It really is a shame that Jim Q is no
longer with us as he was a wealth of information on Jerry and boxing in
general.|
|8/27/02 06:11:26 AM|Sabrina Quarry-
Porter|Florida||sabrinalporter@aol.com||||10|I THINK WRITING A BOOK ABOUT MY
UNCLE JERRY IS A GREAT IDEA....I HEARD RUMORS ABOUT IT BUT NOTHING HAS COME OF
IT YET.....IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD BOOK TO READ...A MOVIE WOULD BE GOOD TOO
THERE'S LOTS TO TELL....JERRY WAS THE GREATEST CHAMPION TO NEVER WIN A TITLE AS
GEORGE FOREMAN ONCE SAID..MY FATHER JAMES WOULD BE VERY PROUD..LOVE YOU DAD AND
JERRY.....|
|8/27/02 01:18:45 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|ventura
california||RONNYRAINS@yahoo.com||||10|yes, i also believe QUARRY would have
ko'd SPINKS early,if those guys laughed at JERRY,is only because he was on the
shelf, and probably after ZANON,WHO WAS THEY NO.1 EUROPE GUY AT THE TIME,Jerry
say 1969-70 beats SPINKS easy.I observed almost every one of spinks bouts,JERRY
WOULD TURN HIM EVERY WHERE BUT LOOSE,I'M not so sure JER would have even lost to
MICHAEL SPINKS.|
|8/27/02 02:12:00 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|I think Jerry
would have been too strong for Michael Spinks. M. Spinks was a blown up light
heavyweight who like his brother Leon, was lucky to catch a great champion, in
M. Spinks' case Larry Holmes, on the way down. I pick Jerry by Kayo over
Michael Spinks as well.|
|8/27/02 02:39:33 PM|Joe Krause|Chicago||sadmspats@yahoo.com||||10|Let's be
honest, Leon wasn't real good and was quite possibly the worst Lineal Champion
ever. Michael was far superior and would Jerry a good fight. Mike Spinks
reminds me a bit of Jimmy Young at heavyweight with a weird style and couter-
punching style. Jerry would be a slight favorite over Michael, although it is
no sure thing. |
|8/28/02 11:48:38 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|dear kent: your mission,if you decide to
accept it (get me those quarry clippings on microfilm). FROM LOS ANGELES
,ironically KENT,NEON LEON,is seen quite frequently at a JOPLIN MISERYBAR!!
called "irish" murphy ' s. SEEMS as thou he owns a part in it. KENT what i am
trying to do homework on. IS,was JERRY'S BOUT with J.p. SPENCER, at OLIMPIC
AUDITORIUM,OR las vegas HACIENDA,and the dates AUG 2,or AUG 27,1965, I'VE GOT SO
CAUGHT UP IN THIS RESEARCH, I EVEN SENT FOR MICROFILM,FOR THE LOU BAILEY,BOUT IN
DES MOINES,THEY WERE OBLIGING. TAKE CARE FELLOW 'stooge' |
|8/28/02 02:24:08 PM|Jimmy D|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Jimmy D,
Where would I look for these bouts, maybe microfilm of the Los Angeles Times? I
remember the school library when I was going to school at a community college
had a lot of back issues of newspapers and magazines on microfilm. I have that