January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

keep on keepin on.|
|10/25/04 07:51:13 PM|Noam|same||same||||10|I've only been visiting this site
for a short time, but when my comments went a bit far Brenda pulled me up
politely about it and, of course, she was right. That was only a few weeks ago.
My sincere condolences to the Quarry family. We all know what a decent
and tough family the Quarrys are, but it seems that fate is intent on making
them prove it over and over again. Let's pray that the run of bad luck they've
had is now at an end, and that life now begins treating them better. |
|10/25/04 08:19:57 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Just watched
again the first Ali/Liston fight on ESPN Classic. The fight was much
closer than I had previously thought. In fact I scored it again and I had the
fight even at the time of the stoppage.Round one saw Ali control the
what little action there was by making Liston miss and at the same time Ali was
effective with his left jab. These reasons and a hard two handed combiantion at
round's end were the difference.Rounds two and three showed that
although Ali was making Liston miss a lot of punches, Ali spent a lot of time
just dancing and not throwing a lot of punches, mostly jabs that were not as
accurate as in round one. Liston landed some hard body shots and some hard left
hooks to the head while he contiunoulsy pressed the action during the entire
rounds.Ali was more accruate in round four so I gave him the round on
this basis as he outlanded Liston. Round five saw Ali run the entire round to
clear his eyes that were stinging from some substance and while Liston was
missing a lot, he still landed some hard body shots and left hooks to the head.
Round six saw Ali accurate again with the left jab and also with hard
combiations to Liston's head. Even so, Liston did land some body shots and a
couple of hard hooks. Hence, my score of 57-57. That being said, I
could tell the momentum in round six was going Ali's way. This trend could even
be felt in round five as Liston could not badly hurt a half blinded Ali.
It was still a very close fight, which I could see by turning off the
favorable commentary towards Ali by announcer Don Dunphy.Ali very well
could have dominated the second half of the fight but we will never know this as
Liston quit ofter six rounds claiming a torn shoulder. |
|10/26/04 01:50:56 AM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|Kent-I think that the third
round was the best of the fight. Cassius stunned Liston with good punches early
in the round, gonfiando Liston's face, but Sonny came back at the end of the
round and hurt Clay with an uppercut. I think that the round was even or
slightly for Clay, as Liston took a worse beating than Clay did. The first round
was for Clay, the second was probably for Liston and the fourth was even. But
Liston purposely blinded Clay. The simple fact that Clay survived the fifth
round, it's almost a miracle and shows that he was a great fighter. After the
fifth round Liston wasn't in the fight anymore and Cassio easily won the sixth
round. After 6 roundsthe fight was even or maybe Clay was 1 point ahead, but
anyway the fight was very close. I think that Liston was a top tenner in the
heavyweight history. He didn't train for the first Clay fight and was over the
hill. Who knows who would have won an immaginary Liston-Clay with both fighters
at their best ? The second fight was likely a farse. Ali' hit Liston with a
decent punch, but although (spelling) that punch was good enough to knock down a
guy like me, it wasn't good enough to knock down a guy like Sonny Liston. The
first loss for Liston was against Marty "Who" Marshall at a time when he had
very few professonal fights and when he lost against Leotis Martin he was old.
Sonny Liston was a champion. |
|10/26/04 04:09:00 AM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|Tonight on ESPN Classic Primo
Carnera steps into the ring and I can't wait ! Go Primo go, go Italian midget !|
|10/26/04 12:19:26 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Massimo, yes
Ali did land some good hard punches in round three of the first Liston fight but
he didn't throw a lot of punches for the entire round and Liston did throw a lot
of punches. Liston came on strong in the second half of the round. Like I said,