January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

unconscious or forcing surrender, must know that injury or death might
result.They might not THINK it will happen to them (like young people
think they'll never be killed driving cars too fast or taking drugs, etc), but
no one and nothing could guarantee that it wouldn't. Even by the 1970s, there
was knowledge of the particular dementia caused from boxing. Ali used to
(cruely) poke fun at punch drunk fighters saying it would never happen to him.
Before the 1970s boxers had died fighting.So, with all due respect,
I still say that boxers getting into the ring knew that boxing carried risks of
injury or death. The risks were never a secret. Young boxers might have felt
bullet proof and thought it would never happen to them, but it was certainly
happening to other fighters. |
|12/29/04 01:06:24 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Sheri, yes
your uncles didn't know the extent of the injuries they could receive but I do
think they knew there was some danger involved. Your right about your
Uncle Mike making that statement as I heard him say the same thing in a couple
of conversations I have had with him.Sadly, in 1983 Jerry was told he
had suffered some damage when he took a test, even if it wasn't readily
apparent, and he still had some more fights. It is just hard to take the
warrior out of the warrior. That is why I support what your Uncle Jim
supported, not letting any fighter fight again who shows any damage in a test,
regardless if there are no sympthoms apparent. If this regulation had been in
place, than Jerry would have three less fights. Dr. Patterson makes a
point about him being a doctor so that is why he wants to ban boxing. Not all
doctors agree with him. There are some fine doctors who donate time to the
Retired Boxers Foundation, which is headed by Alex Ramos, a former boxer who a
lot of you might remember as a fine middleweight in the 1980s. Mr. Ramos' group
is at the forefront of helping fighters after they leave the ring, some of whom
are suffering the same afflictions that Jerry and Mike have endured.
The fine doctots who help out Mr. Ramos' foundation are not among those
doctors calling for a ban on boxing.|
|12/29/04 06:29:07 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|All my
prayers and hopes go out to the disaster strucken areas recently hit by the
earthquake and tidal waves.Normally the scariest place to be during an
earthquake is in a tall building but after this week's disaster in Asia, that
may be the best place to be, to get away from the high water as most of the
people killed were killed by the huge tidal waves that followed the
quake.I know that here in California, if there is a big earthquake, the
last place I am going is to the beach!|
|12/29/04 02:38:52 PM|Fan|Fandom||Fan@Fandom.com||||10|Cleveland
WilliamsEddie MachenZora FolleyThe public doesn't remember you,
I do. I know all three of you deserved a title shot in the late 50's early
60's. Floyd wouldn't let you have it and you faded into obscurity of time.
Rest well men.|
|12/29/04 02:44:18 PM|Noam|same||same||||10|I visited Phuket a few years ago and
it is a beautiful place and the Thais are a terrific people. They are a very
gracious and humble race and it is sad that the poor who service the tourist
economy in Phuket (which is all there really is in that place) are going to be
so badly affected by what has happened for generations to come. If I
recall rightly, Phuket also had a terrible 747 plane crash at the airport a few
years back.Nature can turn paradise into a nightmare with consumate
ease. It makes you wonder what else it has in store. Anyway, bless all the
victims of what has happened. The death toll is so bad it is too horrible to be
real. |
|12/29/04 03:06:15 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Noam, the
irony of the disaster in Asia is I am sure a lot of the tourists who were killed
by the waves were outside because they were afraid to be in the buildings. As I
said, it is a scary experience to be in a tall building during an earthquake but