January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

FEARLESS LEADERS CLUB)I RECENTLY WENT OVER THE RON CRANMER/QUARRY BOUT,CRANMER
WAS LISTED AT 8-5-1 5 KO'S.THE SCORING WAS 56-59,53-60,54-58,BY THE
JUDGES,CRANMER WOULD NOT HAVE EVER BEEN ALLOWED IN AN ARENA WITH JERRY AT ANY
OTHER TIME, FOR HE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLY KILLED IN THE RING,AND THEY JQ OF
1983 WOULD HAVE WON EASILY BY KNOCKOUT, JERRY WAS SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA
ALREADY, AND EVEN AT 205LBS HAD LOST ALL HIS MUSCLE TONE, IN 1983 VS GUERRA, HE
DID LOOK LIKE A 195LB CRUSIERWEIGHT DESTROYER,2 PUNCHES 2 KNOCKDOWNS-ONE FOR
FULL COUNT, TAKE CARE!|
|12/15/02 01:59:45 AM|Steve|n.j.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|How about Tyson vs
Hollyfield again? Consider their positions again.Could set up a Tua vs Byrd,the
winners of these two matches might actually get to fight one of those weird,
tall,Russion communists who are bent on destroying our very way of life. |
|12/15/02 02:23:27 AM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|A Professional
referee'e function is first and formost to protect the fighters and ensure a
clean and fair fight.Allthough recently I have heard ref's admonishing fighters
to "lets go ,let'sfight!|
|12/15/02 09:26:21 PM|phillip kinney|portland
oregon||phillipmikk@juno.com||||10|BEST,MET JERRY AND SAW MOST OF HIS
FIGHTS.WAS AT FLORES GYM MANY TIMES AND WAS NOT IMPRESSEDWITH WHAT HE
WAS TAUGHT.GREATEST COUNTERPUNCHER I EVER SAW IN A HEAVYWEIGHT,DAMMED
NICE GUY|
|12/15/02 11:04:39 PM|Kent Appel|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Welcome
Phillip, What do you mean you were not impressed with what Jerry was taught?
You mention he was a brillant counter puncher. He must have learned that from
somewhere. If not from Flores early on, then where? You are right, Jerry was a
great guy. He was down to earth and he didn't act like he was above his fans.
He was very easy to talk to. Jimmy D, I am not a fan of Clayton at all. In
fact just the opposite. Our own Mr. Jimmy Q said he had questions about his
intregrity. This doesn't surprise me. But like I said, Jerry did lose the
Chuvalo fight fair and square. Any other Ref. would have counterd Jerry out
too.|
|12/16/02 08:12:01 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Clayton was not
saint, but I have seen the Chuvalo-Quarry tape a few times and frankly Clayton
did nothing wrong. Jerry should have gotten up and he did not. I don't for one
minute think Jerry dogged it, there was no quit in him. I think the punch
disoriented him to the point of either not hearing the count or not having the
awareness to realize that time was running and to get up when he should have.
Foreman claims that in Zaire, Dick Saddler asked him for $25,000 to give to
Clayton to make sure he allows Foreman to fight his fight. Foreman said he gave
Saddler the cash but he has no idea of if it ever reached Clayton. Obviously
Foreman didn't trust Saddler either, the implication being perhaps he just kept
it. I don't know much about Saddler except that i believe he worked with Liston
at the end of his career.|
|12/16/02 10:35:10 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|I have heard
other stories that Clayton was not above taking side money also. Since I have
no proof,other than my own feeling that it is true because differing sources say
the same thing, I will just leave it at that, that it may be true. |
|12/16/02 04:34:28 PM|tim|new york||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||||10|I will always
remember with joy the thrills Jerry gave me as a 12 year-old kid. I saw his
fight with Foster in the Felt Forem in NY and it was a great night for Quarry
fans. I also saw on TV his fight with Chuvalo but can't seem to remember much
except for Don Dunfey's anti-Quarry bias. Can anyone help me remember this
fight? Was Jerry really kicking his butt for 6 rounds. I remember Boxing
Illustrated in their fight report saying that "Chuvalo was rocked back on his
heels from a wicked one-two to the button in the first few moments of the
fight". Chuvalo sure looked a mess after the fight. Also any recommendations
on where to get Jerry's fights on tape? Sure would have liked to see Jerry