January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

power to hurt Lewis if he did tag him with his best shots. So Jerry would
always have that chance at winning.|
|5/25/04 11:05:36 AM|Angelo|Washington,
DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Kent:Your analysis might be correct (especially
the strong possibility that Jerry could be stopped on cuts by Lewis), but I
don't buy into the theory that the Rahman and McCall KOs against Lewis were
"lucky." In a heavyweight fight, there's a good chance that hard punches will
be landed by both fighters. There are exceptions: Bobick didn't put leather on
Norton. Spinks didn't touch Tyson. But look at another one round KO: Shavers
DID hit Quarry (No matter what Jerry said in the post-fight interview, the tape
doesn't lie and Shavers hit him hard.). My point is that Lennox got tagged like
a lot of guys were hit by Rahman and McCall. The difference is that on those
nights, he didn't have the chin or the will to absorb the shots and fight back.
Yes, Lewis MIGHT pitch a shutout against Quarry. I don't fault Lewis for boring
us against Tua or Holyfield. Tactical, defensive fighting might be boring, but
it's smart and it wins. But with that said, if JQ got under the jab (as he
showed he could do against other very good fighters) and tagged Lewis with the
type of punches he landed against Shavers, whose to say how it would end? It
would by no means be lucky---it would be a legitimate heavy hitting a guy who
can't take the hardest punch. I don't think Mike Weaver got lucky against John
Tate. I think he caught up with Tate, who didn't have the sturdiest chin, and
legitimately KOed him (after Tate had his way with Weaver for most of the
fight). Speaking of which, Weaver is another 70's/early 80's guy considered to
be "average" back then, who in my mind could take Lewis. |
|5/25/04 11:57:42 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|Steve I was just going to ask what ever
happened to Gabrial as an Eagel, for they were so high on him, I can remember
When Billy finally had a bad game and got beat twice by the Eagels (1975) And
Gabrial was in the locker bragging it took a lotta B---s TO WIN THIS GAME,and
beat his old coach Allen, who incidentally did not make him a Ramskin! We had
KILMER and later another Eagel "ASASSIN" JOHN RIGGINS|
|5/25/04 12:02:01 PM|Fran|philly||plc7755@aol.com||||10|You can't compare Tua
and Holyfield with an early 70's Jerry Quarry. Jerry was very tricky and could
fight Lewis many ways. Tua one dimensional and an overly muscle bound Holyfield
had no dimensions left. An over the hill Mike Tyson looked good in the first
round and was able to tag Lewis. Lewis with no chin wouldn't have made it that
far back then. If Mediocre fighters could land a lucky punch then what would
those guys have done to them. Lewis would be a cheese steak hoagie easy pay day
for Ali Frazier Shavers Quarry Lyle Norton. Norton |
|5/25/04 12:45:21 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Fran,
Holyfield was not one dimensional. Notice that he could box and not get into
the trenches and brawl if he wanted to. His fight against George Foreman and
one of his fights against Riddick Bowe are examples of him boxing and not
throwing caution to the wind against bigger, stronger opponents.The
problem Holyfield had was he was stubborn at times and he would brawl as he did
with Bowe in the other two bouts of their trilogy. JQ had the same problem as
can be seen in the first Frazier fight.David Tua, although one
dimensional, hits very hard and would be dangerous in any era. Boxing and
picking him apart from a distance is good strategy.Lennox Lewis had
exceptional skills to go with his 6'5" 250 pound body and most of the time I
believe he could avoid the bombs of Shavers, Lyle, Norton and maybe even an in
prime Foreman.It is the punch a fighter doesn't see coming that often
knocks a fighter out and both knockout losses of Lewis to McCall and Rahman are
examples of this. Most of the time Lewis does not get tagged by such a shot in
any era.|
|5/25/04 12:59:19 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Kent:
Maybe I'm guilty of not showing Lewis enough respect, but conversly, you're very