January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Evren: with all the respect for the editor of Britains Boxing News it seems to
me that saying Ali' was slow or not good is like saying Sir Isaac Newton was
stupid, or W.A.Mozart sang out of tune !!!2)to Gerry: I don' t know if
Carnera could really punch. He was big but I can name a lot of light fighters
who could throw a hell of a punch:
Marciano,Dempsey,Cooper,Satterfield,Langford...I have a theory:about 183 lbs can
be enough to have a dreadful punch ! About Shaq, the refs maybe are too afraid
to call fouls to him when he plays in the Staples,but surely are brave when he
plays outside ! I never watched Chamberlain and Russell so I can't judge them. I
know only the 42 years old version of Jabbar, so I can't judge him too ! But
Shaq is the best center I ever watched ! He scores about 28 points, he takes 15
rebounds etc. a game ! Anyway 7th/8th is not too bad,but I think that he deserve
more !3)to Gerry again: I think JQ was a champion when he fought fighters
who allowed him to fight in the inside ! Only a lucky punch would have saved him
against guys like Ali' or Lennox Lewis, who can use the jab...4)I' m not
twice bigger than Shaq, I was only joking ! I'm not tall at all !! I'm about
5'6"" ! But I'm fast ! Do you know how fast I am ? Last night I cut the light of
my bedroom...the room was dark !|
|8/20/03 05:05:13 AM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4@aol.com||||10|I remember
hearing an amusing story about the promoters trying to arrange a Chamberlain v
Ali fight. Chamberlain was justifiably nervous at the prospect of fighting 'The
Greatest'. Just before he was due to meet with Ali to discuss the proposal,
promoters begged Ali to tone down his usual rhetoric as they were worried that
Chamberlain would pull out. So Ali reluctantly agreed that he would not scare
Chamberlain with dire predications of the round he would end the fight, etc. But
when Chamberlain walked into the room for the meeting, Ali looked up at him,
burst out laughing, and then shouted "TIMBER" and the fight never happened. |
|8/20/03 09:47:13 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Massimo,
Chamberlain was one of a kind on the basketball court. Jabbar was also a great
center, agile, but not quite as strong as Wilt was but his trademark hook shot
was very hard to stop. Russell used his brains a lot. He would do things like
find out where his opposing center liked to set up on offense and Russell would
beat his opponent down the floor and go to the exact spot his opponent favored.
Little things would throw someone's game off. Russell thought being a good team
player was more important than individual statistics. What Russell did worked
very well as his Celtics won more championships than anyone else has to this
day, including Michael Jordan's Bulls. Chamberlain did something no
other player will ever match. Except for the one year when he broke his leg, He
led the NBA in some major statistical catagory and not just scoring either. Of
course he won a lot of scoring titles but he also led in rebounds, field goal
percentage and amazingly, for a center, assists for one season. Wilt
and Shaq have one thing in common. In addtion to being very difficult to stop
when they have the ball near the basket, Wilt, like Shaq, was a terrible free
throw shooter. The New York Knicks used to have a reserve forward who would be
one of the guys who would try and foul Wilt late in the game to get Wilt to
shoot freethrows. Massimo, do you know who that forward was? It was no other
than Phil Jackson! Jackson has no right to complain about the "hack a shaq" as
he did the same thing to Wilt.SORRY FOR GETTING OFF THE BOXING TOPIC BUT
I AM A LONG TIME LAKER FAN AND I GUESS MASSIMO IS ONE TOO.|
|8/20/03 12:34:19 PM|Paul Maduros|midwest||pama42@yahoo.com||||10|Chamberlain
great basketball player, but like Ed too tall Jones found out. You can't get
that late of a start in boxing and be effective. The fight between Chamberlain
and Jerry would have looked akward, but Jerry would have took him out easy.|
|8/20/03 12:58:49 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||Joe kevin||||10|Talking about
non-boxers being boxers reminds me of something Jerry Quarry said back in 1969.
He made these remarks while in training for either the Mathis or Frazier, I am
not sure which. The story was a press release from the Grossingers training