January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

your frankness in admitting that you dont like Ali, but dont you think it would
be better if you were a bit more balanced when you give him a 'good jab once in
awhile'.I think you are a lot older than me and I have to rely on books
to visualize Ali's career. But the cricticms you make of Ali surely could not be
relevant to his 'first' career between 1960 to 1967. Ali jabbed more
than a little in that period, didnt he ? He had 29 fights before exile and won
them all. Only 6 of thos fights went 10 rounds or more, so how is your comment
relevant that 'going 10 rounds with Ali and going 10 rounds with Frazier or
Quarry were often not really the same thing.' Also you say that Ali
'paced himself and managed fights'. When exactly did he do this between 1960 and
1967. The record shows that he blew all his opponents out of the
ring.Therefore, although your bias probably prevents you from admitting
it, your criticms of Ali must relate ONLY to his second career from 1970
onwards.To be fair, it must be noted that the second career began after
3 years of exile. No fights in that time. This seems to have escaped Gerrys
memory. By the time he came back, how old was he ? Over 30 - the age when most
sportsmen retire.I am going through his fight record. First fight back
he blew Quarry away in 3. No loafing there. He then stopped Bonavena in the 15
and wasn't that the guy who caused Frazier heaps of trouble. He then lost in 15
rounds to Frazier but there was no loafing there either. My point is
that prior to fight 32 Ali never did any of the things Gerry criticises him for.
32 fights is usually a full career for most boxers and Frazier only had 37
fights in his entire career. And by fight 32 Ali had had wars against
the very best....Liston, Patterson, Moore, Cooper, Quarry, and Frazier.
Your (biased) criticisms, Gerry, must therefore relate to after 1971. By
this time Ali was aged 31 and had had 32 career fights....which is usually the
career number for most fighters. So after fight 32, at age 31,he did have to
pace himself. Who else wouldn't have. Ali wasnt the black superman man after
all.But even though he paced himself, at least he kept fighting
regularly. After Frazier 1, Ali had another 29 fights, while Frazier only had
another 10 fights. Ali fought the very, very best, one after the other and won
most of them. Frazier avoided some fighters, took easy exhibitions against stars
like Daniels and Stander, and only won 5 of his last 10 fights. And he was
younger than Ali.From age 31 onwards, Ali could still rise to the
heights, like he did against Foreman, and like he did against Frazier in fights
2 and 3. Hell, he even whipped Quarry again. If Ali was like you say, Gerry,
then that reflects badly on your hero Quarry, doesn't it. Ali whupped his arse.
So whose ya mamma now Gerry.To me, Alis record speaks for itself.
Knockers like Gerry can have there little jabs at him because they dont like him
for whatever reason, but Alis history stands on its own. His record looks down
on knockers like Gerry and haughtily laughs at them.Whilst Gerry sat
around in bars searching for things to criticize Ali about, Ali was out there
being a champion many call the greatest of all time. Cheap shots from cheap
critics cant change the legend that Ive been reeding about. So thanks
for reminding us Gerry that we arent all equal. Ive printed your post and Ill
read it every time I need reminding |
|7/31/04 07:05:39 PM|Keith White|Seattle, WA||QUARRYJKW74@AOL.COM||||10|Great
in-depth comments about Jerry vs. Sonny Liston here guys! I agree that it would
be tough to pick Jerry in his prime over Sonny Liston in his prime; however I
would pick Jerry to beat Liston in a 1969 match. What an interesting fight that
would have been! I not sure Sonny was interested in taking on a hot, up-and-
coming talented fighter like Quarry in 1969....|
|7/31/04 07:24:04 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Bill from
London, you make some excellent points about Ali and how much he did in the
first part of his career but then you get into a little mudslinging by saying to
Gerry, "Ali whipped your hero Quarry again, who's your momma Gerry?" Do you
realize that you are visiting a site that is dedicated to the memory of Jerry