January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

there.Sometimes we agree and other times disagree.Anybody had the pleasure to
meet and talk to Bob Foster?I have and truly say that he is one of the most
genuine people in our sport.I remember one of the things he said about drinking
during his career (I am a drinker myself and never been in a bar I didn't
like).Anyway, Bob said he had a guy in his camp that was there for 1
reason.Supply the guys with tall Budweiser!He said he trained hard but never saw
anything wrong with drinking cold beer.Hope he still enjoys it.Bob was THE MAN
in the lt.heavy class. |
|4/10/03 01:47:34 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Max, it is not
fair that someone like Bob Foster never had a problem making weight, even
apparently when he would drink beer. He had a hard time packing on ten extra
pounds to try and compete agaisnt heavyweights. I on the other hand having
dabbled in boxing when I was younger weighed around the light heavyweight limit
in my late teens and would have been about crusierweight in my early twenties
but am now a full blown heavyweight and then some. If I would have ever had to
make weight, once I matured, I would have had to watch every calorie no matter
how hard I trained. I bet Foster never had to worry about what he ate either. |
|4/10/03 02:48:29 PM|Joe Krause|Chicago||sadmspats@yahoo.com||||10|I never saw
George Chuvalo in a bad fight, well maybe Zora Folley. I love watching go in
and letting those combinations go, not really a huge hitter, but good enough to
compete with the top guys. Give Ken Norton his chin and you have the best
fighter that ever lived. Of course I could say that about alot of guys with
George's chin I guess.|
|4/10/03 03:26:34 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|I wonder who had the
better chin,Jerry or Chuvalo?Jerry stood up pretty well against Joe Frazier's
shots on two occasions.I haven't seen the Chuvalo vs Frazier fight in a long
time , but I think Chuvalo actually turned his back on Frazier in a corner
because he had simply had enough.I think it was about the third round.|
|4/10/03 03:48:59 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|I read a Ken Norton
interview where he stated that Ali was an incredibly strong man in their
fights.I don't think fight fans give Ali enough credit in that department.He may
not have been a one punch knockout artist.He did , however, manage to grab most
of his opponents behind the neck , and pull their head down to waist level.He
also managed to tko George Forman and Joe Frazier.The only guys he couldn't seem
to hurt at will where Ken Norton and George Chuvalo. |
|4/10/03 03:49:33 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|George had his eye socket smashed by
Frazier. He required surgery for them to repair the cheekbone and eye socket.
George said it was the most painful thing ever. Hey ! Less of the bad mouthing
of Henry Cooper! He was'nt a bad fighter!|
|4/11/03 05:38:56 AM|Mark Sargeant|UK||lpu00mts@reading.ac.uk||||10| George
Chuvalo probably compares to Ali for having the best chin in heavyweight
history. Over 90 fights and not knocked down once is a incredible achievement
when you consider the calibre of fighters he faced from Ali, Foreman , Frazier
and Quarry to Patterson, Folley, Williams, Ellis, Bonanvena etc. He had
incredible reserve and strength in the ring and was a good fighter. His reaction
to events outside of the ring in his personal life make the man all the more
extradionary. A good fighter and an excellent man, boxing will rarely see his
like again.As for Henry Cooper, he really only had one notable win in his
career and that was an excellent victory over a prime Zoro Folley. Over than
that he was easily beaten by the other top fighters he faced, but continued to
dominate the European circuit for over 10 years. Joe Bugner was a better fighter
with a lot of durability. In a different era Cooper could have made a much
bigger impression with that awesome left hook, the best i've seen apart from
Tyson and Frazier, a very decent weapon, as a certain Ali found out.|
|4/11/03 06:04:00 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|EVEREN: Had
Cooper fought Chuvalo --who would you have bet on? |