January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

night was Forest Ward against Charley "Emperor" Harris. Ward got a gift 4 round
decision. If the fight went one more round Harris would have knocked Ward out.
Clancy was in Ward's corner as his manager and trainer.|
|6/24/03 08:19:24 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||joekevin@cs.com||||10|Hi Jim,
it's nice to hear from you. The night of Frazier-Quarry I, in Jerry's corner
were Johnny Flores and Teddy Bentham, sadly all 3 are gone. Gil Clancy was
actually assisting Joe Frazier that night. He was not actually in the corner,
but on the fringes. Yank Durham and Gil Clancy were friends. Joe Frazier and
Emile Griffith both trained together at the Concord Hotel for their March 1968
fight in the then new MSG, for their double header against Mathis and Benvenuti.
Durham, used Clancy the night of the Quarry fight for "insurance". Clancy was a
MSG "insider" and a little "insurance" against Jerry was welcome, but it was not
necessary that night.Jim, interesting enough that night the walkout that
night was Forest Ward against Charley "Emperor" Harris. Ward got a gift 4 round
decision. If the fight went one more round Harris would have knocked Ward out.
Clancy was in Ward's corner as his manager and trainer.|
|6/25/03 11:14:34 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||ronnyrains@yahoo.com||||10|Forest,I have documentation,that Clancy
HELPED Quarry's corner that night look on the first video for this website,with
the BOXING ILLUSTRATED of Quarry AND Frazier,and you will actually see Clancy
WITH Jerry on the introductions,plus I have some New York Times newspapers were
Clancy was one of the Quarry CORNERMAN,I know Forest you were there,But so was
Curly Q.link (Kent) WHEN I had to INFORM him what arena he was in for Quarrycorletti
TUSSLE,Remember when I asked you if you were the Forest WARD WHO FOUGHT
THAT NIGHT??|
|6/25/03 02:18:26 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||joekevin@cs.com||||10|Sorry
Jim, my mistake.|
|6/25/03 04:59:09 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Lennox
Lewis proved once again why he doesn't belong in the same category with Ali, Joe
Louis, Marciano, Larry Holmes, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, etc. Don't get me
wrong---I think he's been a fine Champion and has represented the sport well.
He's had the belt a long time. But it just seems as though he's missing some
important ingredient that keeps him in the "very good" class and prevents him
from graduating to the "GREAT" class. Too often, he's lost or looked very
average in victory. Sure, a guy like Larry Holmes got knocked down by Shavers
or had trouble with Renaldo Snipes---but would find a way to turn the tide.
Again, as an example, Holmes had his hands full with Mike Weaver, but reached
for the wildcard uppercut to win by KO and turn a spotty performance into a
memorable classic. This is what GREAT Champions are made of. Lewis has lost
fights, and plodded his way to dull wins against opponents he should have
outclassed easily. Simply, I don't think you can mention him with the alltime
greats. He leads the pack of the second tier.On another note, I love
reading this board to see everybody's recall of the super fights and fighters of
the 60's and 70's. It seems amazing to call the 60's and 70's a "simpler time"
because of all the social commotion that was going on---but part of me thinks
that we all love to go back in our minds to a time when we were younger---and
watching the Jerry Quarry video accomplishes that! Wow, it's Jerry in his 20's
and 30's, in his prime, taking me back to a time when I was a young kid enjoying
boxing on TV. Some of the older people who write on this board might have been
about Jerry's age at the time, in the prime of their lives. Sorry to bore
everyone! But I do have a question for all of you: Who would win Norton vs.
Lennox Lewis? If both were in their primes, I think this would be an
interesting fight. Mr. Norton was the arch nemesis of my favorite, Ali (Well,
maybe Frazier was the ARCH nemesis, but Norton was right up there!). Norton
certainly earned my respect by beating Ali in their first fight, winning on
points against a prime Jimmy Young, the devastating KO of Bobick, KO of Lorenzo
Zanon and even the win over JQ, as well as the loss to Holmes. The irony is