January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

|7/16/03 01:21:38 PM|Joe Krause|Chicago||sadms.....||||10|Alongi was never in
the top 10 of Ring at the end of the year. He might have been ranked during the
middle of the year after the draw with Chuvalo. That was a robbery, George ate
him alive. Also add Oscar Bonavena to the ledger of win for Chuvalo. That was
terrible decision for Oscar!|
|7/16/03 01:39:19 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|HI Joe KRAUSE:Yes I Knew Alongi was not
at the year-end ratings for Ring Magazine,But I'm almost positive,he made it
after Chuvalo,he was given a gift draw at MSG VS Jerry in'66 (34 0F 40 WRITERSpicked
JQ)and had every advantage HEIGHT,REACH,WEIGHT,EXPERIENCE(but not
HEART).I've done a lot of research,with the RING MAGAZINE monthly ratings and
from July 1966 to June 1975,10 years and 120 months,there were only 48
heavyweights to grace the TOP TEN.(W.B.A.could probably double that). One thing
Max Kellerman and I finallly agree on is you really had to earn your World
RANKING for the RING MAGAZINE.|
|7/16/03 02:16:03 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|I met and saw
Jerry several times in the 1980s and he seemed about the same height as me, I am
just over 5'11" in height. Of course he could have been six feet tall as I am
almost that tall. I have seen Jerry listed at six feet and a half inch tall.
Jerry looks taller in the tapes than Joe Frazier, who is listed at 5'11" but I
think Joe is actually shorter than this.|
|7/16/03 03:19:35 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I have often
heard the story that Rocky Marciano had considered managing Jerry but in the end
Rocky nixed it. Any truth to this?|
|7/16/03 06:39:43 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|Very much so John G, the Rock came down
from Massachusetts,to see Jerry'S bout with Eddie Machen,but went home alone
after JQ'S loss i've heard a lot of stories about it,some said Rocky left before
the bout was over!!He was prepred to pay $100,000 FOR THE QUARRY CONTRACT!|
|7/16/03 10:34:31 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|That Rocky
didn't think that Jerry was enough of a prospect was not fair to Jerry. He was
only 21 when he lost to Machen, hardly a career ender as Machen had much more
experience. Floyd Patterson lost to Joey Maxim while coming up and
nobody considered Patterson at the end of the road. He was just an
inexperienced fighter verses a skilled veteran, same as Jerry verses
Machen.Another example, did everyone think Joe Louis was washed up
because he lost to Max Schemling the first time. No way! |
|7/17/03 08:26:17 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|That's surprising
about Rocky. I thought he would notice and appreciate Jerry's ruggedness and
take his youth into consideration. I know Rocky approached Ali after he won the
Olympic gold and wanted to manage him.|
|7/17/03 01:07:21 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|KENT:(the famed CURLY Q.LINK of our
FEARLESS LEADERS CLUB).Very good observation,Did Boxing people think Ron LYle
was thru after JQ? or "SUGAR RAY LEONARD" AFTER DURAN?? Saw the Tyson story last
night,The jury is still out on the quality of Mike's opponents and he did miss
at least 6 top ten punchers, in BOWE,WITHERSPOON,FOREMAN,MERCER,MORRISON,AND
MOORER, How many contenders did Ali miss?? I haveta say "IRON MIKE" had GREAT
PUNCH SPEED AND POWER!! (just kill ya!!).|
|7/17/03 03:19:31 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10| ON BONAVENA-
CHUVALO. It must have been a hard fight to score as lots of people tell me
Chuvalo got robbed and others tellme that Bonavena should have gotten credit
for scoring a knockdown which apparently was ruled a slip. I never saw a film
soI have no opinion. Sounds like a good match up though. Two iron men. One
thing which I universally hear is that Chuvalo gotrobbed in his "draw"
against Alongi. |