January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation
January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation
January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation
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that Norton showed how much heart he had in that loss more than in most of his<br />
wins. He had trouble against the larger guys like Foreman and (late in his<br />
career) Cooney. To me, this one might be too close to call. I don't think it<br />
would go the distance---but then again, Norton-Holmes went the full 15. But<br />
against Lennox Lewis, I would think that either Lewis would back him up like<br />
Foreman and Shavers did, landing the heavy leather to take Norton out early---or<br />
Norton would find his groove, wear Lewis down, and win by middle round KO or<br />
TKO. What does everyone else think? |<br />
|6/26/03 07:35:04 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|ON NORTON VS.<br />
LEWIS: Norton was a hard guy to evaluate. He looked great in all of his fights<br />
against Ali (in my opinion he easily won the third one) and against <strong>Quarry</strong> and<br />
Young. He looked really bad against Shavers and Foreman. I don't count the<br />
Cooney fight as he was so old at the time. He did have excellent stamina and<br />
good punch and was a thinking man in the ring. If Lewis went out there<br />
headhunting and throwing power shots he would probably ko Norton. If Lewis<br />
fought his usual tentative style he would lose a decision or be kayoed in a late<br />
round. Too close too call both me were good, both had flaws that could be<br />
exploited by an expert. |<br />
|6/30/03 12:23:08 PM|Dan Cunningham|San<br />
Francisco||DGCSOCCER@AOL.COM||||10|Having looked through some of the comments<br />
made in the past from certain individuals. I would have to disagree with them<br />
about the quality of Gerry Cooneys fighting ability. Cooney may not have given<br />
us the match-ups that we wanted to see but I can say that Cooneys left hook was<br />
devastatingly lethal. I have watched several of his fights and several hours in<br />
sparring as well as reading how foes rated him. Sure he lacked good<br />
training,jab, right hand but there were a lot of champions who did not have<br />
certain tools required but who made up for it(tried to) with the ones they had.<br />
Cooney could bang with the left. Ask Jimmy Young, Ron Lyle or Ken Norton.<br />
Whether he fought them when they were 37 or 27, I think they could rate his<br />
punch better than some of the people downplaying Cooney in this arena!|<br />
|6/30/03 02:26:25 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA<br />
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|One thing I DO know Dan IS Cooney did<br />
have a good left hook,wether he'd have beaten a younger lyle,Norton,is<br />
questionable,another thing We know for sure in NEVADA,when he fought Foreman, we<br />
were rooting big time for George,and very concerned about Big GEORGE'S SAFETY|<br />
|6/30/03 10:48:46 PM|Kent Appel|L:a Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Dan.<br />
you are right, Cooney had a great left hook and he was a good fighter. <strong>The</strong><br />
left hook he hit Foreman with in the first round of their fight shook up big<br />
George, big time and George's corner was very concerned. Foreman himself said<br />
the reason he stepped things up in the second round to get Cooney out of there<br />
was because he was in real danger and he had to get to Cooney before Cooney got<br />
to him. His right hand was good too, better than he has been given<br />
credit for and he used it effectively agaisnt Holmes. It was one of<br />
Holmes' tougher title defenses and it was when Holmes was still near his prime.<br />
However, just because we say that our own <strong>Jerry</strong> <strong>Quarry</strong> would have had a<br />
good chance of beating Cooney because of <strong>Quarry</strong>'s counter punching and boxing<br />
style and his ability to take a punch, does not mean we are downplaying Cooney<br />
at all.|<br />
|7/1/03 10:19:12 AM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA<br />
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|I Can remember when <strong>Quarry</strong> interviwed<br />
Gerry Cooney,after a victory on St.Patty's day,And either Cooney was too shy,or<br />
to intimadated by <strong>Jerry</strong> to even speak,JERRY DID LOOK LIKE DICK BUTKUS IN A TUX,I<br />
do not know,and <strong>Jerry</strong> had a really hard time with that interview,Cooney's<br />
career, and opposition,cannot begin to compare to <strong>Jerry</strong>'s great career.One thing<br />
I did want to tell my buddy Forest WARD,IS everyone,whom ever fought <strong>Jerry</strong> was<br />
at the peak of their condition, that tells you something about Mr.<strong>Quarry</strong>,<strong>Jerry</strong><br />
probably could not beat everyone, that we've said he could on these posts,(he
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