January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

tourniment!There are surely enough candidates over the years to come up with
alot of dream fights!Charles Anderson,you keep asking about a book on "The
Quarry's", and , believe me ,I share your interest.I now am aware of at least
two, and possibly three people ,who are interested in developing a story.Kent,I
disagree with your assessment of Norton's statements and attitude towards Jerry
Quarry in his book,"Going The Distance"Basically,Norton said he was concerned
that he had caused some of the damage Jerry suffered! Based on some of his later
comments in his book,this sounds distinctly like gloating.He qualifies his brief
sense of guilt by saying that it could just as easily have been himself who
suffer from the damage.Once again,however, He fails to mention that Quarry was
only carefully selected as an opponent after the fearful,career ending beating
He took at the hands of Joe Frazier only a few months earlier.Quarry at that
time was a shot fighter,He was ripe for a beating ,and Norton's people knew
it.In his book,Norton states'I freely admit that I did not like Quarry."Quarry
was the only man whom I fought in anger.""I went in to punish him." "I wanted
Quarry to be carried out on a stretcher."My point is ,Quarry, who by all
accounts I have heard,was a pretty nice guy , seems to have been hand picked ,an
acknowleged shot fighter,to be a whipping boy for Norton.I guess Norton' hard
feelings for Quarry did disapate after he nearly killed him in the ring.Norton
still comes of to me as a guy who,in that fight with Forman,was looking for a
place to lay down.|
|1/20/03 06:05:57 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|I would like to do a competition but
am really pushed for time at the moment.Will consider it later in the year.Just
watched Quarry-Spencer...again. I guess no one has the Quarry-Orbillo
complete..shame. I will have to hunt for that now!|
|1/21/03 12:30:36 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I don't think
Norton laydown for Foreman. He always froze against big punchers like Foremen,
Shavers, and Cooney. |
|1/21/03 02:30:54 PM|Joe Krause|Chicago||sadmspats@yahoo.com||||10|I have
Quarry-Orbillo, but one of my VCR's crapped out on me and I can't duplicate
anything right now. I did pay close to $50 dollars for that fight, Quarry-
London, Chuvalo-Ellis and Machen-Johansson from Kurt Noltimier. He's on the web
and has that one and Quarry-ALongi I in bad condition he says. Pat Merrick also
has Quarry-Orbillo I believe. He is cheaper as well.|
|1/21/03 02:56:30 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|Is the Orbillo fight the live
broadcast - what is the quality like? I'm very interested in getting this fight
in perfect quality if possible.|
|1/21/03 03:08:38 PM|Sabrina Quarry-
Porter|Florida||SabrinaLPorter@aol.com||||10|The new home page looks great..and
it really means alot.....Thank You!!!!!|
|1/21/03 03:37:22 PM|j.krause|chitown||sadmspats||||10|It is no where as good as
the clip you have which I have as well. It is the live broadcast, I would rate
it fair-good quality|
|1/21/03 04:02:03 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|I may still be interested...when your
video is okay - maybe I can purchase from you. EvrenIt looks a fabulous
fight. |
|1/21/03 06:57:46 PM|charles anderson|pine bluff
arkansas||ctjjandfam@aol.com||||10|thanks, steve. ithought i was the only one
interested in a book. i know the quarry's have had a lot more on their minds
lately than a book and my hearts go out to them. i still think it would be a
great read.|
|1/21/03 11:27:14 PM|Sonia Hathaway(Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia81@aol.com||||10|The new webpage is Great! Keep up the good work! We
love & miss you Dad, Uncle Jerry, Mom too.|
|1/22/03 05:23:40 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|I think rather than maybe starting a
big tournament at the moment we could create some Jerry Quarry fantasy fights.