January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Jerry losing to Ali. Even if it is true that Jerry didn't seem like the real
Jerry until Ali stepped up the action in round six in an effort to get Jerry out
of there and Jerry, fighting on instinct, fought back hard and tagged Ali with
several hard shots only to be stopped while out on his feet at the beginning of
the next round.I mean if Jurgin Blin, in a fight that ESPN Classic seems
to show over and over again, fought hard against Ali, then Jerry, even if he
lost the second fight, could have let Ali know he was in a real
fight.The frustration I feel as a Quarry fan about the second Ali fight,
I believe the worse fight of Jerry's career, is amplified by ESPN only showing
this fight and a lot of the fans who are not very knowledgable about Jerry as a
fighter judge him by this performance.|
|8/27/04 07:37:10 PM|watcher|la||there||||2|stevereading you're last
couple of posts reminds people just only only handfull of people come here.
'cause of fools like steve, thats why. steve loiters around crawlling to others
like forrest. getta job steve and quit annoying decent folk/|
|8/27/04 08:47:51 PM|Angelo|dc||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|"Watcher" I don't
agree with everyone's opinions either, but on the other hand, as long as people
sign real names and e-mail addresses, they have more credibility than those who
don't.|
|8/27/04 11:19:24 PM|Gerry|Cleveland||oh, argentina.com||||10|Was Wilt a bum?
Big Tony will have to pay you a visit ... Sonny Liston is a pretty bleak yet
remarkable story. I rate him top Ten all-time. Ali called him a better boxer
than Foreman. He ranks with Tyson on the all-time Most Used list. I don't blame
Patterson for dodging him or Ali for using his Frazier-style psych tactics on
him. He was that dangerous... Quarry heartbreakers have been very well-noted :
Ellis of course, Chuvalo, those are the big two. I'd also include Ali 1, Quarry
could have gone 8-9 good rounds with Ali, made a very good showing, and ESPN
would not have a second fight to show. Frazier 2 also, it too should have gone
longer. I'd also include the Norton fight. Frazier 2 and Norton were both funny
choices for a guy coming off a huge 1973. Quarry could have slipped around those
two and positioned for a title shot ... Team USA was a poorly selected team,
their three losses were very predictable. What happened to USA baseball also?
The world has caught up, that's what. The USA cannot swagger into Olympic medals
anymore. Thanks. |
|8/28/04 05:06:02 AM|Massimo|Italia||4||||10|From what I understand, many of us
never had the opportunity of watching some of Sonny Liston's most important
fights ( Zora, Nino etc.). This is too bad because Carlo Figliolo was, in his
prime, one of the greatest heavyweight the wordl has ever seen. I rate him above
Primo Carnera ! He had a great amateur career also. He won the Golden Gloves
title in the heavyweight division in 1953. It would be cool watching (or to
watch) some of his amateur fights, for instance his fight against Ed Sanders.|
|8/28/04 08:43:47 AM|Fran|Philly||plc7755@aol.com||||10|Kent, I never saw
the Ellis fight I hope one day I will. I was 12 when he fought him and although
I had heard of Jerry was not bit by the boxing bug yet. I wasn't even aware that
they fought when they did. The Chuvalo fight may have been the first fight I saw
live of Jerry and to me anyone who saw the fight knows he was robbed. The first
Ali fight however was Jerry's to win it was his fight and by this time I was a
fanatical Jerry Quarry fan. So for me this was the biggest heartbreaker. The
second Ali fight I always threw out the window as a bad move for the Quarry
Bros. to fight the "Soul Bros" as it was advertised. Me my bros and father went
to the Philly Spectrum that night to see it on Closed Circuit TV and it was a
bad night for Quarry fans, Jerry was not on but Mike looked real good until he
got hit then the night was over for both Quarry bros they were close and
probably didn't anticipate the effect of Mike getting hurt on Jerry. I know when
Mike was on the canvas and all of the Ali/Foster fans jumping around the night
was over for me too. I can understand Jerry not being focused. |
|8/28/04 02:49:21 PM|Angelo|DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|I won't use Mike