January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

|5/10/03 01:53:41 AM|George Otto|Youngstown, Ohio||ehnpbsa@aol.com||||10|For all
of us who closely follow the comings and goings on of boxing, I feel that the
sport may change in important ways during the next 12 months. The reasons for
this opinion are as follows: 1) one of the most significant sanctioning bodies,
the WBC, has declared bankruptcy; 2) it appears that Mike Tyson will win his
$100 million lawsuit against Don King for a large sum of money; 3) an apparently
serious attempt is being made to establish a union for boxers ( Larry Holmes,
among many others, strongly supports this); 4) Congress may approve Senate bill
275, legislation that, if passed and implemented, would establish a federal
boxing commission; and 5) the New York State Athletic Commission may soon
undergo major reform in terms of improving the quantity and quality of its
matches. |
|5/10/03 03:03:16 AM|Edward M|Cicero n y||mooseygoop@aol.com||||9|Glad I
stumbled onto this site, it brings back many memories of 1 of my favorite
fighters..I think my favorite memories of Jerry are the Thad Spencer fight (
remember how cocky Spencer was before fight? All pumped up cause he knocked off
tournament favorite E.Terrell)and when he knocked off Mac Foster...I always
thought how brutal it must have been to fight Jerry because his left hook
reminded me of a coiled spring ready to explode at any second and he was totally
fearless. I know he had numerous injuries ( broken back, broken hands,
but i never remember him cancelling a fight) and i am sure he went into some
fights less then 100%.I often wonder how he would have done against Gerry
Cooney and Tommy Morrison?...My guess would be Cooney might have too much size
on Jerry so Cooney would be slight favorite and Morrison's chin wouldn't have
stood up against Jerry's jaw breaking power. |
|5/10/03 10:58:45 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|HI EDWARD: That was some interesting
points,I would favor Morrison over Cooney vs JQ.Although JERRY will be favored
ALLTIME HEAVYWEIGHT RATINGS OVER BOTH! How did our own MR.TYSON miss
WITHERSPON,MERCER,MORRISON,FOREMAN,BOWE,And just about every other
contender,that could punch in that time??|
|5/10/03 01:03:24 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Hi Jimmy Dorsey,your
last post made me stop and think ;Mike Tyson did seem to miss an awful lot of
interesting matchups.Even allowing for his three years in prison.Foreman and
Bowe,Ray Mercer and ,yes,even Tommy Morrison were all still active fighters
during Tyson's tenure.|
|5/10/03 03:01:47 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|To George Otto;Let me
start by saying that I greatly respect you and your efforts to reform boxing.At
the risk of sounding overly pessimistic I would like to respond to your five
points. 1.Won't the corrupt officials of the W.B.C. ,now that they have fully
plundered their organization, just reorganize ?? 2.Seems like Mike Tyson has
once again been hypnotized by Don King.He's pulled out of his fight with
Maskaeov.King apparently doesn't want him fighting on an undercard.Probably a
pretty good idea , maketing wise. 3.I wonder if a boxer's union would be
effective.Since the sport , by it's very nature,highly individualistic.After
all,when fighters ply their trade,they are mortal enemies.What about all the
other"tradesman"associated with the business?What about the
manegers,trainers,promoters,and "sparring pa rtners"? 4.This is the one good
idea I think would be effective.Especially if it resulted in the implemention of
some actual fed. laws with some teeth to protect fighters.5. I'd really like to
know more about the reform of the N.Y.State Athletic Commission.I don't know how
effective the changes would be without the Senate bill #275 passing.How would
they improve the quantity of matches?Would all these new matches be
televised?How would they improve the quality if they can't control the
manipulators like Don King and Bob Arum? People just paid $40.00 on P-P-V to
watch DeLaHoya beat up Yori boy Campas!!|