January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

a recent interview in which Toney said that all the other fighters are bums and
that it will be LIGHTS OUT for them. Cassius Clay from Liousville, Kentucky was
humble in comparison ! But he is really a great champion, and I think the only
real threat to Vitali's title. I think he would take Vitali best shots and would
likely beat him on points. It would be a great fight. As far as I am concerned
(good English), Kent Appel is easily top five in the list of the Quarry fans, a
fine gentleman, a guy with good sense of humour and a very good singer ! And he
stood next to Wilt Chamberlain and saw Andre' in person... |
|9/21/04 04:04:42 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|I wonder what
weight Toney will ocme in at? I saw him about a little over a month ago and he
appeared a little too heavy. Not surprising as he has had a long
layoff.I am going to try and ask him how his weight is before he weighs
in and knowing Toney, he will likely snap at me as I am overweight. But I am
not the one going into the ring.Funny how about a year ago, I had asked
him before the Holyfield fight how his weight was coming and he didn't take
offense and he agreed with me that as a smaller heavyweight he should weigh in
around 210 to 215 pounds, he was 217 for Holyfield, close to the ideal range for
him at heavyweight.I think he may say something to me about questioning
his weight as I am guessing he will likely weigh over 220, maybe 225 for
Booker.I think the smaller heavys should try to stay somewhat light
because if they are too heavy, they lose the one important advantage they have
over the bigger fighters, speed and this is without increasing their overall
strength.I don't think Toney will be any stronger at 220 to 225 than he
would be at 210 to 215 but he would lose that important speed ingredient,
something that he likely will be able to get away with against inexperienced
Booker, although undefeated, he hasn't fought anybody near the level of Toney.|
|9/21/04 04:11:56 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Kent: I
think Jimmy Young illustrates your point.Late in his career, when he came in
heavy and tried to be more of a power puncher, he was mostly ineffective, losing
to Ocasio twice. When he was lean, his reflexes and speed easily overcame a
weight disadvantage. |
|9/21/04 04:40:41 PM|l|m||n||||10|Toot, toot, toot. Kent is the new Howard
Cossell ! Way to go, Tooter.|
|9/21/04 05:11:48 PM|Massimo|Roma||cora alcindor is 5'9".com||||10|When Toney
fought Nunn in 1991 his weight was 157 lbs. In his last fight against Evandro he
weighted in at 217 but he didn't look fat at all !This is a little strange !
He wasn't wilter a bit, the height was the same, 5'11". To gain (217-157 ) lbs I
should eat a lot of spaghetti ! Now I wonder what a 1991 Toney would have done
against a2003 version of Evandro. Cheers.|
|9/21/04 05:51:38 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Angelo, my
point exactly and other examples are a lot of the crusierweights who try and
step up to heavyweight. For instance, Vassiliy Jirov weighed in at 211 pounds
for his fight with Joe Mesi. I thought he was about ten pounds too heavy as he
looked quite sluggish at times and this was what lost him the fight. I don't
think he was any stronger at 211 than he would have been at 205 or even 200 but
the speed element was missing. As it was, he almost pulled it out by knocking
down the 235 pound Mesi no less than three times in the last two rounds only to
come up barely short on the scorecards after being outhustled by Mesi during
most of the early rounds. Jirov still would have had the power at the lower
weight, maybe he wouldn't have as much power if he had to make weight down to
190 but at about 200 to 205 the power would have been there plus the speed and
he likely could have knocked down and hurt Mesi earlier in the fight or at least
one more rounds to get the decision.A lot of the argument about today's
bigger heavyweights being bettter than their smaller counterparts from the past
is the inability of most crusierweights today to be successful in the
heavyweight division. But I don't think the crusierweights give themselves
their best chance because most of them are fighting in the 220+ pound range.