January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

and leads after four rounds. Frazier takes over from there, going hard to the
body, hooking and uppercutting to the head. Frazier by TKO 10.|
|7/13/04 02:52:15 AM|Ernie Laxalt|Reno, NV||elax66@aol.com||||10|My thanks to
Kent and Killer Massimo and all the rest. I'm impressed with the way you fielded
my criticism without anger and explained your positions. You are right, too, and
I was wrong. Yes, JQ did fight as tough opponents as anyone in any division I
know of, including several immortals. His record is outstanding and great. If
there were any way to measure ring courage, he might be the greatest of all
time. Kent, as to Busby at FUHS, he graduated in '67. Was that your
time? La Habra had rough, tough teams and when we went up for football games,
there were always some fights, usually against Mexican-American guys. That's
when it would have been handy to have the Quarry brothers with us. (Jeez, Jerry
in a street fight -- OUCH!)I'm a little surprised some of you rate
Buster Douglas so highly. Anyone mind explaining your reasoning? Just
one note. The Lakers are now 1 average team. Even if Kobe returns, they'll be
lucky to get to the playoffs. Owner Jerry Buss's original mistake was not
keeping Jerry West happy enough to stay here. Speaking of basketball and
for that matter, other sports, who do you all think were some of the best
fighters? Gordie Howe was one tough dude. In basketball, Tommy Hawkins was, too.
One of the most heart-stopping punches I ever saw was when Rudy Tomjanovich ran
up behind Kermit Washington who was fighting someone else, and inpure instinct
or reaction, Kermit wheeled around and smashed his face. Well, we all would
have. I never saw Chamberlain, Olajuwon, Ewing, Shaq or any other 7-footer in a
good fight. Did you? One time Kent Benson, as a rookie, elbowed Kareem Abdul
Jabbar hard in the gut with a cheap shot. A few minutes later, Kareem ran up
beside Benson and broke his own hand flattening him. Benson needed facial
reconstruction surgery. One time in the 60s there was a mediocre heavyweight
about 6'8" fighting at the Olympic in LA. When interviewed, he said, "Basketball
is way rougher and more dangerous because you never know when people are
swinging on you." Hell, that's how I ALWAYS felt when I fought!!!|
|7/13/04 05:28:47 AM|q|q||q||||10|prove|
|7/13/04 05:47:28 AM|Deacon Sharpe|Roma, remember Albertone ?||4||||10|Ernie-
I think that, when in good shape and motivated, Buster Douglas was an
excellent heavyweight, brave, with a good reach, a decent punch and yeah, even a
decent shoe size. In this tournment the fight are thought as, prime vs prime, so
I think that Buster Douglas would have given Frazier a very hard time, before
losing. I think Jerry Quarry is about as great as Patterson, Charles and
Walcott, a top 30 heavyweight ever, even better than Spalla.I could have
easily hit (or hitten ) Jabbar in the guts with my elbow, since (or as ) he is
about half a meter taller than I am( or than me) ( 7'2, against 5'6). I have
read somewhere that Paul Wight is 6'8 tall and wears a shoe size 19. 6'8 is a
height of a midget in my book. I have read that Shaq will leave the Lakers. This
is very sad. It ain't the same without O' Neal. Greetings.|
|7/13/04 06:19:09 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Ernie, I
graduated high school in 1977 so Busby is just a wee bit older than
me.La Habra is a cool town, kind of boring to some but peaceful most of
the time. The whites and Mexicans have always lived in relative harmony and I
have counted many from each group as friends down through the years. Sports had
a lot to do with this, in particular Little League baseball, which brought, in
my time, a lot of kids together. There have been gang problems from time to time
but you find A-holes everywhere.As far as Jerry as a street fighter, we
have discussed this before but anyway briefly, Mr. Jimmy, Jerry's brother, said
he never remembred Jerry ever losing in a street fight. Jimmy D, the
poster here who lived in Bakersfield for a time, said that supposedly some
character named Porkchop took Jerry down in a streetfight. I talk to Bob
Quarry, the youngest Quarry brother at times but I keep forgetting to ask him
about this. He may not know though as he is quite a bit younger than Jerry and