January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

the original TV broadcast - quality is mint. I have also obtained a highlight
of Quarry vs Machen in colour which is about 5 minutes - colour mint. Does
anyone have the full fight of that ?|
|11/6/02 09:19:47 PM|charles anderson|ark.||ctjjandfam@aol.com||||10|has mr.jack
ever reflected on how he would have handled jerry's career if he had to do it
over again?|
|11/7/02 08:12:54 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Even though I
know it is a waste of time to look back and say "what if", I often think how
different Jerry's career would have been had he been handled by Rappaport and
Jones (the people who so carefully protected and guided Cooney). Victor Valle
was a very protective trainer. But then again, I don't thinkJerry wanted
anyone "protecting" him. |
|11/7/02 05:20:35 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Would Jerry
had won the title if he was brought along slower? Maybe he would have, or maybe
he wouldn't have, because say for example, Jerry got his first title shot in
1970 instead of 1968, the champion would have been Joe Frazier at this point and
maybe Jerry still might have not defeated Frazier. The real question would have
been if Jerry would have been as damaged in the end if he hadn't had so many
tough fights early and there is a good chance that Jerry would have had a longer
career. The way it turned out, Jerry was a shot fighter before he was thirty.
Jerry might have had something left later and it could have been Jerry instead
of Leon Spinks taking the title away from Ali in 1978. Jerry would have been 33
and quite possibly still going strong. About Jerry not wanting to be protected;
fighters sometimes need to be protected from themselves. It is ironic that I
remember hearing that Mike Quarry was upset with Jerry because Jerry was working
the corner in one of the Mike Rossman fights and Jerry had the fight stopped
because Mike was taking a beating. If Jerry had been the fighter and Mike had
been working the corner and Mike had the fight stopped, then it would have been
Jerry who would have been upset with Mike!|
|11/8/02 09:26:05 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Some years back I
heard Dennis Jones, the manager of Gerry Cooney discussing Cooney's career. He
said something to the effect of "Gerry may not have been the artistic success we
had hoped for but he was a finanical one and left with his health." Had
Jerry had this type of mentality in his management, I honestly believe things
would have turned out much different for him. Can you image the hype Jones and
Rappaport would have created after Jerry beat Lyle and Shavers? They would have
beaten the drums so loudly that Foreman would have had to have fought Jerry.
Don't get me wrong I said all along that I think George would have beaten
Jerry, but perhaps if Jerry had less wear and tear and Victor Valle traning him
.....???|
|11/8/02 03:30:10 PM|bquarry|ca||nnn||||10|Most people do not know that my
father Jack begged Jerry not to fight. Yes my dad loved fighting and wanted one
of his son's to be champ.however, when Jerry turned 18 he told my dad he wanted
to turn pro. dad said go train, run and hold a job 8hrs a day and in 6 months
if you still want to fight i will help you. All the boys did jr gloves. But when
it came time to turn pro. this was the boys choice not my dads. Jerry loved
fighting it was a excape for him. He loved his fans the cheers and yes the
money. But money came last untill the last. My dad gets a bad rap with this side
of jerry's career. Once they started and the fame came and money then perhaps if
if if they had the knowledge about boxing and the politic of the sport things
would be very different. |
|11/8/02 04:31:50 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I am sure your
dad did what he thought was best for his sons. Hindsight is 20/20 and if the
cards had fallen a little differently, everyone would be saying what a fine
manager Jack was. I made a mistake comparing Jerry's management to that of
Cooney's. Different times, different personalities.|
|11/9/02 08:47:24 AM|Bob Bumbera|NC||renfbera@aol.com||||10|Jimmy, I double