January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

how shabby the vets were treated.As far as the policy itself goes, I
hear a lot of critics pointing out that President Bush made the wrong decisions
but I don't hear these same critics giving any alternative solutions as we are
already in Iraq. That decision has already been made. I don't want to hear any
Monday morning quarterbacks saying what we should have done. I want to hear
what we should do from this point on as we cannot take back the decision to go
to war. Flat out pulling out of Iraq as fast as possible is not a viable
solution even though that is what a lot of Bush's critics would have us do.|
|5/26/04 07:05:43 PM|mark sargeant|uk||mark_sargeant2003@yahoo.co.uk||||10|On
their best day in their prime a good fighter could come close to any major top
10 star. Earnie Shavers had weaknesses and lost to several mediocre fighters but
on his day his punching power could have meant victories over any heavyweight in
history. If he caught Holmes (which he did), Foreman, Tyson or Lewis, who are
all better fighters with that right hand perfectly he could have knocked them
out.With Jerry Quarry, he was a very good fighter in a wonderful era. His
handling of Ron Lyle who really was as mean and good as you get without winning
the title, was more impressive than how Ali, Foreman or Shavers handled him. But
he did have his bad days as well. He was beaten by a past-prime Machen, Chuvalo
and Ellis and when tossing up matches with fighters such as Holyfield or Tyson
you have to remember these performances as well. Quite simply if he had fought
these 2 or Lewis like he did in these disappointing matches he would have got
beaten easily against good heavies.Lewis at his worst was ko'ed by 2 average
heavies but dominated the era for 10 years or so and placed a number of good
fighters like Ruddock into early retiremnt. Simply at his best Lewis would have
beaten Quarry. He had a great jab and size to control the fight and had greater
punching power. I'm a fan of Quarry for many reasons and have no doubt that at
his very best could have caused an upset, but unfortunately in a few fights that
really mattered like Ellis and Frazier and Ali he came up significantly short
and was well beaten. I'd take Lewis to win on points or by late stoppage for
cuts. Holyfield fought magnificently in his fights with Bowe and Tyson but even
in his prime had problems with lesser fighters like Moorer and was shown a thing
or two by an ancient Holmes|
|5/26/04 10:14:01 PM|Fran|Philly||plc7755@aol.com||||10|Came up short against
Chuvalo, did you see the fight? Beaten badly by Ali? It was a cut Jerry was
doing good the fight hadn't even started. Did you see those fights? |
|5/27/04 04:20:09 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Mark, Jerry
was not well beaten by Ellis. He lost by a split decision and such a verdict
often means the fight could have gone either way. Jerry was also well ahead at
the time of his freak knockout loss to Chuvalo. It is doubtful Chuvalo would
have won if not for the unusual circumstances.I also agree with whoever
said Ali was not completely dominant in Jerry's first fight. Jerry was very
much pressing the action in that fight and I gave Ali a slight lead at the time
of the stoppage. I agree with your assesment of Jerry verses Lennox
Lewis as seen by my recent post about that subject.|
|5/27/04 04:38:49 AM|Fran|Philly||plc7755@aol.com||||10|I wuldn't want Jerry to
fight Lewis. Definately a tough fight and the fact that boxers have evolved to
be bigger and still keep the ability to move like Lewis. However had Lewis been
coming up during the late 60's and early 70's and had he found himself in the
ring with a young Jerry Quarry a guy who thrived on upsetting #1 contenders a
guy who Beat Mathis Spencer Foster Lyle Shavers, you could never feel
comfortable if you were Lewis manager. Add to the fact Lewis had no chin and a
stamina problem (most big guys do) Then you have to agree that Jerry had a
chance. Tooo many sensational upsets against #1 contenders too hard a puncher
thats why Foremans people avoided him. Ali Frazier proved over time to have
succsess over him I'll give you that one but Jerry beats most everyone else.
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|5/27/04 08:52:03 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Gerry: