January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation
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Foreman's surprised me too, for a moment, but then again Saddler was a Archie<br />
Moore's stablemate so I am sure Saddler would be very familiar with Marciano's<br />
dynamite. When Keene Simmons told me that Marciano punched harder than<br />
Cleveland Williams I was surprised then to. But I guess because Marciano was<br />
smaller and these guys were so much bigger, we assume they had greater fire<br />
power. But in this case one opponent who fought both Marciano and Williams,<br />
Keene Simmons, and eye witness Sandy Saddler both go with Marciano.Marciano<br />
and Dempsey would be enteresting. <strong>The</strong> Dempsey that fought Willard or Firpo,<br />
fights the Marciano that fought Walcott for the title. Logic tells me Dempsey,<br />
history tells me Marciano never lost. I just can't pick against Marciano for<br />
that reason, he always found a way to win.What Saddler said about<br />
LaMotta speaks well of LaMotta. LaMotta was another guy who did not look<br />
spectacular, but all of his contemporaries marvelled about him. Ray Robinson in<br />
his book said that Jake,"was a gladiator, too, when he wanted to be," and when<br />
Robinson won the title, he said,"Jake LaMotta hadn't lost. Something had<br />
happened to keep him from winning." This is how most of Jake's contemporaries<br />
felt about him. Another reason for their admiration of Jake is because he never<br />
ducked another fighter, including all the feared black fighters of that era<br />
(which is something even Robinson can't claim as a middleweight<br />
champ).Evren, I havn't been to Ring 8 in about 2 years. But I've met Sal<br />
Rappa there. He has a great film collection. About 3 years ago I asked him if<br />
he would sell me a copy ou the Giardello-Carter fight, he wouldn't sell he<br />
wanted to trade. He is a true fan and a nice guy, I believe he also told me he<br />
is Giardello's cousin ( I've since got a copy of the fight).|<br />
|3/14/03 09:37:34 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|In watching<br />
films of Jake LaMotta's fights I was surprised to see that he was not a big one<br />
punch figher but he was still very aggresive. Jake had a lot of heart as did<br />
Rocky M. A lot of fighters these days could learn a lot about boxing by<br />
watching those guys and they could see what determination can do for them,<br />
something that is lacking in a lot today's fighters. Another suprising thing<br />
about LaMotta was he really did have great defense the way he bobbed and weaved,<br />
he was difficult to hit and he had very good boxing skills. I guess the image I<br />
had of him was as a slugger but part of that may have been because of the movie<br />
about him, "Raging Bull," and I didn't see any films of the real LaMotta until<br />
after I saw the movie. SABRINA, WE MISS YOUR DAD TOO! MR. JIMMY WAS OUR PAL<br />
AND HIS INPUT ON THIS BOARD IS MISSED!|<br />
|3/14/03 09:43:41 PM|Sonia Hathaway(<strong>Quarry</strong>)|Joshua Tree,<br />
CA||Sonia81@aol.com||||10|Yes, Sabrina, DAd, is missed, and is noticeable on the<br />
board, he'd have some good stuff to say as he always did. |<br />
|3/15/03 12:50:48 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA<br />
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|CAN't agree you more KENT, Jimmy was one<br />
class guy, a lotta people did not know THAT JIMMY Q. fought professional in a<br />
bout on the "vegas strip" series promoted by BILL MILLER IN 1966.About the time<br />
<strong>Jerry</strong> had a bout with ED LAND.I WROTE to him a write up about it, i wonder in<br />
modern history , had there ever been 4 brothers fight pro,Jimmy also worked<br />
<strong>Jerry</strong> and MIke's corner. when they took on the "soul brothers" i have a tape of<br />
that. I have to admit, personally haven't shown a whole lot of respect for<br />
Marciano, When your the champion of the whole wide world and 49-0. kinda hard to<br />
argue that point,lets put it this way,Ali,Frazier,foreman,louis,dempsey had been<br />
49-0. they would be unopposed "greatest" WITH ROCK its like why pick that guy??<br />
as far as MAXIE 'pad" Kellerman goes,Forest Ward is right he acts like he's some<br />
kinda badass on tv with the black shirt, and "pencil neck". he really<br />
disrespected <strong>Quarry</strong> once, said he was a soft touch!!? But thats not my opinion's<br />
on his fight knowledge,VERY VERY OVERPAID!!and not a stooge like our respected<br />
and friend moe(MR.JIMMY).|<br />
|3/15/03 12:51:22 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA<br />
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|CAN't agree you more KENT, Jimmy was one
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