January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

against Giorgio Eduardo Foreman ! It was a masterpiece, he fought toe to toe
with one of the greatest heavyweights of all time and knocked him out
eventually. Foreman could lift one man off the floor with one punch. I have seen
many fighters in the ring who could stun you or knock you out but George was the
first one I have ever seen who could kill you. One thing I was thinking right
now: in his greatest fight Foreman was 1.93/98.7 Kg. This says a lot about how
overweight the modern fighters are ! For instance: Jameel "the Bouncer" Mc Cline
1.98/124, Mike Tyson 1.51/101Botha 1.88/107, Lewis 1.94/112, Rahman
1.89/111.Let alone the wrestlers, for instance Andre' was1.73/245
!!!!! |
|9/8/04 09:04:11 AM|Evren|London||@||||10|I agree in terms of 'big heavies'.
Alot of them are overweight I feel. The division is quite boring at the moment
because the fighters are just too big and slow and lumbering. Alot of fighters,
like Rahman are two stone overweight. I think the most exciting era's are when
the guys were around the 15st-16stone mark - where size was equalled by skill.
The balance now has gone in the favour of size. Best fighters in the last 30
years : - Larry Holmes - 210lbsMuhammad Ali - 210-225lbsKen
Norton - 210-220lbsGeorge Foreman - 217-235 (prime)Joe Frazier -
210lbsMike Tyson - 215-222lbs (prime)Evander Holyfield - 205-
220lbsThe exceptions - Lennox Lewis - 227lbs - 256lbs(last
fight)Riddick Bowe - 235lbs - 252lbs (last but one fight)Alot of the
heavy fights now have very little punching and plenty of mauling - very tedious
- the recent Klitschko-Sanders bout reminded me of the Jess Willard - Jack
Johnson bout in terms of skill - it was poor, very poor - exciting but
poor.|
|9/8/04 10:09:16 AM|Pete|Cleveland||@msg||||5|"I think that Ali's greatest fight
was against Giorgio Eduardo Foreman ! It was a masterpiece, he fought toe to toe
with one of the greatest heavyweights of all time and knocked him out
eventually."I agree; that translates to "THE MUMMY" in Italian, right?
One of Ali's greatest assets was his ability to take a punch. He didn't slip
everything that FOREMAN threw at him and he did do a magnificent job. It's just
unfortunate that he didn't retire then and there. Many fighters are
bigger today than they were back in the 60's/70's. A lot of fighters weight
train today, which adds considerable bulk, whereas back then it wasn't that
common for a fighter to weight train. They are also growing taller, but not
necessarily tougher. NOAM it's always hairdressers like yourself who run
around making insinuations etc. Get a life you little PUSSY and join the
MARINES.|
|9/8/04 10:22:47 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||Kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Interesting
that Wladimir Klitschko's comeback fight is going to be against DaVarryl
Williamson, a small heavyweight in the 210 pound range but one who can punch.
We could be saying "timber" all over again if Wlad gets tagged but then again,
Williamson is also known for not taking a good punch. Got to give W.K. credit
for this one though as he selected a dangerous opponent who could hurt him,
which shows he is trying to head off his problem by not taking the easy way out
by taking on a softy.By the way, Williamson holds a knockout win over
300 pound Correy Sanders (American, not South African). A fight in which he was
badly hurt or knocked down, I don't remember which, but he came back to score a
KO in about round six over Sanders.I don't know what to think about W.K.
He can look like the best in the world one minute then the next he can be
stumbling around like a bum after he gets hit hard.I know that for
whatever reason, he has stanima problems but even if has solved those problems,
he still gets rubbery legged every time he is hit hard and I don't think the
ablility to take a punch can be taught. A fighter either has this ability or he
doesn't have it.|
|9/8/04 12:13:39 PM|Fran|Philly||plc7755@aol.com||||10|How could Chuvalo vrs
Quarry be a great fight for Chuvalo, he got his ass kicked. I guess it looks