January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

watching Frazier-Ellis 1 four times, I have to say that I have a lot of
respect for Jimmy Ellis' s skills as a fighter. He was one of the most skillful
fighters of his generation, quick moves, good left jab and sneaky right hand.
The fight was really excellent, one of the bestI have seen in the last 10
years. And this was merito of BOTH fighters ! Joe Frazier was just as
unstoppable as Shaq, not including Giorgio Eduardo, of course.|
|11/21/04 02:51:33 PM|Gerry|Cleveland||same||||10|Chris Byrd is a very good late
round fighter.He proves that skill and conditioning defeat size and raw power.
His wins are not close to dominating, but he does win. Golota probably got
ripped again. Ruiz is not a champion, I don't care what his belt says. Holyfield
is baffling. I guess the roar of the crowd means a lot. It did to Ali and others
also, even JQ... Jimmy Ellis was a top guy definitely, up there with Quarry and
Bonavena n the late 60's, even after that. He got to Frazier early very well,
almost as well as JQ did... the middleweights have long been the top division,
especially with lower guys who move up later in their careers. Some more hard-
core boxing fans laugh at the heavies, and have for years, except for Tyson and
Lewis during their reigns. Maybe Klitschko will elevate the division some, the
division needs one guy with all or most of the belts, I think he's the guy for
that... it's funny, I think I remember Max K saying JQ should be remembered as a
top cruiserweight. As our society gets a little heavier, maybe some of the
attention will begin to drift toward the 175 and cruiserweight divisions. Their
should be more well-conditioned, skilled guys in these divisions. It's there for
the taking. Again, if JQ were around now at cruiserweight, you'd have to open
the vault. He'd probably be the biggest star out there... Good to hear an
article on the Quarry family was done again. They were and are a remarkable
bunch. I remain very much a fan of them. Thanks. |
|11/21/04 04:48:08 PM|Mel Counts|Roma, Piazza di Spagna, il Pincio, il
Quirinale...||Legendsville.||||10|Carnera-Baer was a very interesting fight.
Primo had a terrible start and was floored two and a half times in the first
round. But then he recovered very well and won many rounds. It is not true that
Baer knocked him down 11 times ! He knocked him down only 7 or 8 times
throughout the fight ( and in the second round both fighters went down 3 times,
like in a wrestling match). Primo got injured ( caviglia slogata, SNORT) raising
himself from the stool between the first and the second round. The last
knockdowns in rounds 10 and 11 were caused by the injury. Maybe, without the
injury, Primo would have won on points. I'm not sure that Max Baer was better
than Carnera; he was more powerful than Primo, but couldn't boxe an
egg.The legendary Joe Kilrick, ( who doesn't remember him, who ? ), a
former Wilt's teammate in the Philadelfia 76's said that Wilton Norman
Chamberlain stood exactly 7'1" 1/8 ( without that 1/8, he would have been a
wimp...). |
|11/22/04 04:16:21 PM|Angelo|DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Gerry: I think Bowe
and Holyfield were as good as Tyson and Lewis---and if you go back just a little
further, Witherspoon was a good fighter too. But I get your point---the
division has been laughable compared with the 70's golden era. Ali, Frazier,
Foreman, Holmes and even Norton probably figure that if they were fighting
today, they'd run the table and be raking in tens of millions or hundreds of
millions putting away the current day champs, who amount to tomato cans compared
to the old school heavies. Marciano would go through Ruiz like a buzzsaw.
Liston would put Byrd away like a sparring partner. I look at a Jimmy Young and
think he would reign supreme right now. |
|11/23/04 11:29:38 AM|A guy with a 5'3" 3/4 wingspan|Roma (means Rome)||shaq's
shoes.com||||10|Today I saw for a couple of second the legendary Edwige Fenech
in Via del Corso, Roma; so I realized that Roma is a little bit Los Angeles...|
|11/23/04 01:14:41 PM|Angelo|Washington,
DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Massimo:Have you seen the highlights of the
fight that broke out at the Indiana Pacers-Detroit Pistons basketball game?