January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

This is devastating to me, I was sure that Coolidge was 6'8" !!!!!! The Big
Show is not 7'4" but is only about 6'8", The Giant Gonzales is not 7'7" but is
only about 7', Hulk Hogan is not 6'8" but is only 6'3". Let alone Andre' who was
affected by nanism... They say that Shaq is 7'1", I hope he is at least 6'
9"...I'm only 5'6", but at least it is true, for God's sake
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah, I forgot, for a good part of
my life I was sure that Primo Carnera was 6'7" 1/2... How hard it has been to
discover he was only 6'5 3/4 !How tall are Muhammad Ali' and Joe Frazier
?4'1" and 2' 6" ?|
|5/23/04 01:58:25 PM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|Gerry Schultz-Did they show
the whole Liston-Machen fight or only a sinthesis ? I'm asking this because
( or as, or since) I have only a few rounds ( about 10, 15 minutes) of that
fight. The fight was close, but pretty boring. Liston was always the aggressor
while Machen fought on defense, counterpunching Liston in a few occasions. I'd
like to know whether the fight was close or not ! And, of course, whether
Liston deserved the decision or not. I too think Eddie Machen was an
excellent, almost great fighter. He was a top contender for many years and did
beat a long list of good fighters: Nino Valdes, Joey Maxim, Willi Besmanoff...
And his two draws against a prime Cleveland Williams and a prime Zora Folley
were good accomplishments.PS: sorry for talking of boxing. |
|5/23/04 04:02:15 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|Hi Gerry Schultz,Another guy I had the
pleasure of meeting was Jerry Sherk,What an intelligent dude, Who used to throw
his body all over the football field for the Cleveland Browns and was a 5-time
Pro Bowler.He also might have set a record in sacks in 1979 for he had 12 after
only 9 games. He had a terrible knee injury and subsequent staph infection, and
against the NEW JERSEY EAGELS.THE team that made BILLY KILMER FAMOUS|
|5/24/04 03:27:40 AM|Ed|Cicero N Y||mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|Mass,I saw
Liston Machen fight awhile ago...Liston won even though he lost points on
fouls...Machen put up a good defensive fight but Liston definately won...Liston
showed good agility and stamina too.P S ur relatives didnt back
Mussolini in WW11 did they???|
|5/24/04 05:24:43 AM|Massimo|Louisville, Kentucky||4||||10|Ed-Thanks for
the information on ( or about ) the Liston-Machen fight. One of my uncles was
Benito Mussolini's N.1 fan, just as( or like) KooKoo is JQ's n.1 fan. I
don't like any kind of tyranny.I don't like both fascism and comunism. I
like democracy, even if nothing is perfect, of course. Benito Mussolini spoke
and wrote in a very good Italian tough. He was an excellent journalist. |
|5/24/04 08:58:11 AM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||wilt rules.com||||10|Massimo, it was
just a synthesis or abridged version of the fight, it resembled Foreman-Peralta
in some ways, the much bigger, stronger Liston against an excellent defensive
boxer in Machen, who really bothered Liston early... I met Jerry Sherk also, he
was NFL Defensive Player of the Year once, wrestled in college so had great
hands, Browns were still annual contenders then coached by Forrest Gregg. I
believe Ali was 6'3 1/2, taller on his toes with at least 80" of reach and so
damn skilled. Frazier was 5-10, 5-11 at most, and like Jerry, crouched a little
to fight Ali, who had height and reach on almost everyone he fought, among other
things. Hulk Hogan is 6-6. The tallest athlete I ever saw was at Cleveland State
one day when I was going to class. As it turned out, he was Manute Bol, who may
have been conservatively listed at 7'8". I remember being pretty bewildered to
be walking down a hall and seeing such a tall person standing there, actually
scared me at first.|
|5/24/04 08:58:12 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Massimo, did
you ever ask you uncle why he was a fan of Mussolini? A friend of
mine's family was from Italy and they had relatives killed by Mussolini's thugs
for no other reason than to keep their political power. This family, from what
my friend said, had a deep hatred for him and his facist party.I would