January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

world heavyweight championship from Michael Moorer. A typical sportswriter's
"expert" opinion on a sport he most likely has gained knowledge of, from the
safe confines of the ring side seats or his television set.That was an
exciting 2 rounds though..I sometimes wonder how Foreman 1990's would have done
against Foreman 1970's. He sure learned how to pace himself much better.|
|5/14/03 01:17:15 AM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||9|Sorry, Forest,
we seem to have our Jimmy Carters crossed. Hope you didn't know a fighter named
Richard Nixon. My mistake, a lot of politics in the air lately. Rich in SF, you
also need to lighten up. We're just having fun with opinion here. Also, good
work, Mr. Otto. A union would be a very difficult thing to assemble in this
sport, but not impossible. I also feel headgear should be mandatory, as well as
federal leadership. Boxing has hope yet. Did anyone see Sanders KO Klitchko? I
was surprised by that. |
|5/14/03 05:11:48 AM|Paul|Australia||PlMls4@aol.com.au||||10|Cooney's only
weapons were his left hook, size, and accountant. When they failed him, he had
nothing else. He didn't have Ali's speed, tactical sense or jaw; Marciano's
will-to-win; Liston's intimidation; Patterson's boxing skills; Louis's punching
power; Foreman's glare; Tyson's head movement (pre-jail); Evander's faith;
Corbett's intelligence; Holmes's longevity (and jock straps); Michael Spinks's
luck; Johnson's flair; Rahman's promoter; or even Jerry Q's toughness. Cooney's
left hook wasn't as good as Smokin' Joe's or even Ol' Henry's (Cooper) 'hammer'.
In short, Cooney was a poor man's Primo Carnera !|
|5/14/03 10:58:32 AM|max hord|fernandina bch,fla||rasluc@msn.com||||10|The
Foreman of the 70s would have gone out in about 8 against the Foreman of the
90s.Like I said before, Foreman was a punk in the 70s and didn't realize what he
had.The best thing that happened to him was what happened to him.If he had
stayed around the game much longer after Ali beat him,he probably would have
been dead now or in the joint.Foreman is one of my favorites, (that is the
Foreman of the 90s and today).Respectfully, Max. |
|5/14/03 04:41:53 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|One of my favourite heavies from that
period who is sometimes overlooked is Eddie Machen - superb fighter - beat
Howard King, Julio Mederos(twice), Nino Valdes(twice), Johnny Holman, Johnny
Summerlin, Joey Maxim(twice), Bob Baker,Hurricane Jackson, Wayne Bethea, Willie
Besmanoff,Doug Jones, Brian London, Mike DeJohn(twice) and Jerry Quarry. He also
drew with Folley and Cleveland Williams and gave Liston a great bout ! Wow -
what a resume.A master boxer with a fair punch. Clever with lots of savvy. Wish
he made it to the top - unbelievable even at the end of his career he beat
Quarry and gave Smokin' Joe a go of it. He will not be forgotten. A great
fighter! |
|5/14/03 05:14:21 PM|Sabrina Quarry-
Porter|Florida||SabrinaLPorter@aol.com||||10|Tomorrow is Jerry's Birthday...And
i would like to say Happy Birthday Uncle Jerry.....We love and miss you very
much....Keep Punchin....|
|5/14/03 07:22:39 PM|MIKE M.|PHILLY||COALCRACKER53PA@AOL.COM||||10|I SAW ESPN
CLASSIC LAST NITE AND AGREE IT WASN,T REALLY A TRIBUTE TO JERRY..I WAS HOPING TO
SEE SOME OF JERRYS WINS. THOUGH THEY PAID HIM TRIBUTE,I STILL WATCH THOSE
REPLAYS AND HOPE FOR A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. I WAS AT MADISON SQUARE FOR THE QUARRY
FOSTER FIGHT AND REMEMBER RIDING HOME ON THE TRAIN TO PHILLY A VERY HAPPY 17
YEAR OLD QUARRY FANATIC.JERRY WAS A TOP CONTENDER IN WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE THE
GOLDEN AGE OF THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION..HE DUCKED NO ONE AND MAYBE HOLYFIELD AND
LENNOX LEWIS OF TODAY WERE IN THE SAME CLASS AS THE HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS FROM 1965-
=1975....HAPPY BIRTHDAY JERRY..YOU WERE THE BEST IN MY BOOK..GOD BLESS YOU.|
|5/14/03 10:32:40 PM|Ed|Cicero N Y||mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|I saw the JQ fights
on espn classic last night and it had those little information things when they
go to commercials and 1 said that Jerry put a guy in the hospital for trying to
steal pool que sticks from his bar. Anybody remember the incident or any
similiar ones or if Jerry got in trouble and did anyone ever go to his bar? lol