January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

especting Quarry a great deal, and dodging him. They make a great match,
slugging/pursuing George vs. tough/ counterpunching quicker Quarry, which was
the same thing, basically as Frazier/Quarry. Only Jerry's lack of defense skills
kept him from beating Joe, who he could clearly outbox. Joe had better
fundementals than George, but not his size. The Foreman I recall had flat feet,
poor balance, no real jab, and poor defense, power and size being his major
assets. I don't agree that George is #2, considering Louis, Marciano, Tyson,
Tunney and others who dominated for long stretches with just one belt to chase.
Foreman did look perhaps his best in Frazier2, but as Perielta, Lyle, Young and
Ali showed, could be outboxed by guys who weren't intimidated by him. Jerry
definitely fits that profile. We will never be able to truly solve this, and
it's just opinion, but I see Jerry as a match for not just for Foreman, but also
Norton, Holyfield and Larry Holmes, all of whom many regard pretty highly.
Movement fighters with height, like Ali and Ellis, to me, gave Quarry more
trouble than the Lyles and Shavers who charged him, as George undoubtedly
would.|
|12/6/02 08:18:52 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Jimmy D, I
spoke to Bobby Quarry earlier in the week and he said the Battle of The Bouncers
and tribute to Jerry Quarry is going to be January 4, 2003 at The Dome in
Bakersfield, formally called Strongbow Stadium. It looks like it is a go this
time. I hope nothing happens this time to derail the program as I am looking
forward to it. |
|12/6/02 10:20:49 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Can anyone tell me how
much time elapsed between Lou Saverese's TKO of Tim Witherspoon in the fifth
round,and this {fistfull of dollars }thing Witherspoon fought in? |
|12/7/02 04:14:34 AM|Evren|London||@||||10|Everyone is entitled to their views I
guess. I don't agree with the Foreman was runner up tag. Anyone can pull out
certain scenarios and use it against a fighter. I could say the same thing
about Frazier being runner-up. When a fighter has passed all you can do is look
at their achievements.Unfortunately Jerry never achieved a major title and I
feel real bad for him-shame he was'nt around 8 or 9 years earlier. He was one of
the great nearly men. George Foreman was one of the greats....full stop.|
|12/7/02 09:19:50 AM|Jeffery Smith|New Orleans||jls@runbox.com||||6|The gap
between Witherspoon-Savarese and Witherspoon-Thunderbox was probably just about
the minimum (30 days). I'm wondering if the Thunderbox was listed as an
"exhibition" in the same manner as "Foreman Fights Five" in the 70's. I doubt
that a boxing commission would allow someone to fight 3 times in the same night
in pro fights.|
|12/7/02 09:25:05 AM|Jeffery Smith|New Orleans||jls@runbox.com||||6|Believe it
or not, the Savarese-Witherspoon fight was September 23, 2002. Seems more like 3
weeks ago.|
|12/7/02 12:29:42 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|I say Foreman would have stopped
Jerry in three. Too much force too much power - thunderous punches downstairs
and a powerful left would have been too much for Jerry.|
|12/7/02 12:38:49 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|EFREN': Just wished the danged bout would
have happend,JQ had no business taking on Frazier, The public would have
eventually demanded that JERRY GET HIS SHOT!, off his winning title-eliminations
over lyle,Shavers etc.I could see Foreman powering his way, Although have you
ever seen Quarry get knocked out??Punchers were his roast, too tough to
call,like i said FOREMANS 12-5 FAOVITE, kent, i used to box at the DOME in
BAKERS,ONLY IT WAS THEY STRELICH STADIUM, NAMED AFTER STEVE STRELICH, THAN IT
WENT TO STRONGBOW, AND WAS PREDOMINETLY USED FOR wrestling, NOW ITS THE dome, it
looked like a DOME!!|
|12/7/02 05:37:34 PM|Jeffery Smith|New Orleans||jls@runbox.com||||6|Did any of
you see Quarry's last fight? I could swear that in his last fight, he fought an
African American slugger type who knocked him down (I only recall seeing about 5