January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

|8/16/04 05:45:10 AM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|Wilton Norman is unusual as a name. I
have never met a Wilton Normain in my entire life. Shaquille Rashaun is unusual
too. On the other hand, Massimo is very common.|
|8/16/04 09:15:23 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Massimo,
found my reading glasses. I can see without them to walk around or drive my
car, but I can't read very well without them.Evren, how about the next
fights in the tournament?|
|8/16/04 02:03:29 PM|Fran|philly||plc7755@aol.com||||10|Here are some facts for
Laxalt. Jerry Destroyed a very dangerous Ernie Shavers. Shavers destroyed
Norton. Norton beat Ali 3 times only got 1 decision. Jerry completely outboxed
Lyle and Lyle fights Foreman in one of the most exciting fights of all time.
Knocking Foreman down a few times. Foreman Destroys Norton and Frazier. No
shoulda woulda coulda. No Fiction just facts. You may not like to hear it but he
beat the best who beat the best. With his briliant career there is no need to
woulda coulda shoulda, he did it I saw him do it and the drama that went with
it. I liked all the fighters of that era including Ali they were all great
atheletes. Some of them got the publicity and some did not. Jerry did not and he
was in my humble opinion the most exciting fighter of the ERA. I didn't say he
was the best of the ERA no one did. Smokin Joe probably was. |
|8/16/04 02:25:00 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|FRAN: Foreman
easily pulverized Frazier twice, how can you say Frazier was the best of that
era? I always believed that if A beats B, than A is the better guy. Especially
if it happens twice.|
|8/16/04 05:00:49 PM|Timana|Auckland||kiwi@hotmail.com||||10|I thought Fran was
doing okay until he said that Frazier was probably the best of that era. There
are so many unanswered questions with Frazier that Fran's statement is absurd.
Frazier avoided fighting many of the best of that era. Rather than fight
some of the best, he fought others he had already beaten
convincingly.And, of course, after the first Ali fight (in which he
fought brilliantly), he hardly fought at all. Frankly, I thought Frazier
found his level in history in the two fights with Foreman. He was so badly
beaten that he has to be below Foreman. Of course, Foreman has to be below Ali.
To me, Frazier should merely be a footnote in history. Sure, he was able
to lift against a ring rusty Ali, but there are too many holes in his resume,
too many exhibitions, too many recycled fights, and then there was that
embarrassing thrashing against Foreman - TWICE. |
|8/16/04 06:07:20 PM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|Timana-Sorry, but I don't
agree with you. Yes, it's true, Joe Frazier didn't fight a lot of guys, but how
many of these fighters would have really had a decent chance at winning against
him ? Maybe only Lyle and Shavers. On the other hand, Frazier beat a long list
of excellent fighters: Machen-Jones-Chuvalo-Bonavena-Mathis-Quarry-Ellis-Ali'-
Foster. The first and the third fight with Ali' would already be enough to
show Joe Frazier's greatness. How many times a fighter has to show how
good he is ? Ali''s career was just exaggerated ! Almost every fight was against
a top contender... Too much ! I rate Ali' above Frazier because( or as, or
since) he beat Foreman while Frazier almost died against Small George, but Joe
Frazier was a real champion !|
|8/16/04 06:18:53 PM|Fran|Philly||plc7755@aol.com||||10|I threw that out there
because even though its true I can't argue with what you are saying about
Foreman beating Joe 2x like he did, but from 68 til the after first Ali fight in
71 Joe was unbeatable. After the first Ali fight he ate good and took off to
long and lost the sharpness to slip n slide like he did during the years before
George. Foreman had his number, styles make fights and Foreman had all the tools
to beat Joe. But Before George, Joe was the man. |
|8/16/04 08:21:25 PM|angelo|dc||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Ali had a better
overall career than Frazier and accomplished a lot more. I'd rate him the best
of the era even though he lost to Frazier in the first fight. Also, say what