January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

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
checked the ratings and they are all correct. I thought some were strange also,
but maybe it's because the magazines are printed 3 or 4 months in advance, say
the November issue would be printed in July or August. |
|11/9/02 01:51:01 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz@firstam.com||||10|All things
considered - that Jerry could not have had so many fights so soon, that he could
have been a better defensive fighter, that his management could have been
better, etc.- I guess it would not really change the fact, as has been said,
that Jerry fought at the same time as Ali and Frazier, and being THE champ was
not really in the cards with those two out there. That being said, Jerry's
accomplishments are still very im -pressive. I know that when I first signed in
here, I felt Jerry was " about equal " to Joe, he certainly matched well with
him, as he would with Foreman. Joe could reach down ,though , and find a little
more. Jerry pushed as him as hard as just about anyone Frazier ever fought, and
given how many good heavies were out there, that's really saying something. His
aura being brought up, Jerry, to me , really did have something special. He was
a very good athlete, a hugely likeable guy, and what anyone thinks of that 1968
WBA tournament, he was unquestionably the star of it, no disrespect to Jimmy
Ellis. Because of that, he was treated often like a champion, something Mike
Tyson might not be able to have often said. Since he was, in my opinion, better
than Ellis - a very good fighter in his own right - I consider Jerry a champion.
But two things I'd like to add, first, quality contenders like Jerry who come up
short of a belt are not often given the respect they deserve for being
outstanding fighters and athletes. Second, as boxing is not treated the same as
others sports, unless these contenders grab public attention like Jerry did,
they disappear quickly from public light. It's too bad that the public doesn't
take this sport seriously enough to 1) respect them from a health and saftey
standpoint to demand they wear headgear, given that a public outcry brought out
football helmets and goalie masks, and 2) that those who fall just a little
short of the top are not as praised as other athletes in other sports who never
win the big one. I think the fact that this site is here is proof enough that
even with out a pro belt, Jerry impressed a large population of people and lived
a very compelling life.|
|11/9/02 05:08:31 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|It is a shame
that in our competitive culture that second place is just not good enough. I
have heard some people saying that the San Francisco Giants failed because they
lost a close baseball world series to the Anaheim Angels. I have been a huge
baseball fan for many years and I have to go back quite a long way to find a
better played series than this one. There really were no losers in this one.