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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|8/22/03 11:45:22 PM|Sonia Hathaway (<strong>Quarry</strong>)|Joshua Tree,<br />
CA||Sonia81@aol.com||||10|Hey all keep it up, this is the way its supposed to be<br />
on here. Dad, and Uncle <strong>Jerry</strong>, would be happy. |<br />
|8/23/03 09:22:52<br />
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|I've noticed a lot<br />
of letters talk about Foreman-<strong>Quarry</strong>. Had <strong>Quarry</strong>'s fights with Frazier or Ali<br />
gone the distance, who can say what would have happened? However, he cut in all<br />
of them (his major weakness), and no one was better at opening holes than<br />
Muhammed and Joe. I could be wrong, but I don't believe this was one of Big<br />
George's special talents.<strong>Jerry</strong> had a chin in a league with Ali, Frazier,<br />
Chuvalo, or Marciano. However, even rock cracks, and Foreman was way out there<br />
in terms of power; his punches might have taken a thousandth of a second longer<br />
to complete their orbit, but they carried the goods when they arrived. Frazier<br />
was talented enough to have fought a different fight against Foreman, but his<br />
personality didn't let him, and I'm still skeptical about the validity of the<br />
Foreman-Ali, even if George does graciously say it was on the<br />
level.<strong>Quarry</strong> was also talented enough to outsmart George back then,<br />
before his morphing into the more centered man he is today. JQ had a little bit<br />
of the hot Frazier in him, and if he didn't try to out macho Foreman, and mixed<br />
his styles, going inside, side to side, counter punching, combination punching,<br />
then moving back, and continually mixing these styles, then I believe he'd have<br />
been in the hunt against GF. George didn't do well with the unexpected, or<br />
things out of pattern. However, <strong>Jerry</strong> would ultimately have had to contend with<br />
that one big moment when one of Foreman's punches finally landed. Good Lord, he<br />
literally lifted Ken Norton off his feet.Assuming Foreman really did run<br />
out of gas against Ali, perhaps endurance was the problem some said it was<br />
(though Foreman's workouts were formidable). If so, the longer the fight went,<br />
the higher <strong>Quarry</strong>'s star would rise. A question mark too about Foreman was<br />
handling himself when in trouble. <strong>The</strong> punch Ali hit him with didn't really seem<br />
to be a bomb, but he crumpled in fog and confusion. Late in his career, after<br />
his revival, he was hit, but I can't recall enough times he was badly hurt to<br />
say he was one thing or another under crisis circumstances.|<br />
|8/23/03 11:08:27 AM|Paul Maduros|midwest||pama42@yahoo.com||||10|<strong>Jerry</strong> showed<br />
in the Lyle fight that he did have a chance against Foreman. As far as training<br />
habits, I don't know I think he was greatly distracted by things outside the<br />
ring. I read in 1983 during one of <strong>Jerry</strong>'s comebacks, it was kinda like a Beatle<br />
reunion. Well it was to me, but it was to late at that point for him to even<br />
become cruiserweight champion. Which if all things were fair in this world he<br />
would have held easy.Liston/<strong>Quarry</strong> , late 60's Liston was ripe for the<br />
taking. Who knows|<br />
|8/23/03 12:44:12 PM|Gerry Schultz|Cleveland,<br />
Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||10|Interesting comments, Tubby. Got to disagree on<br />
a few things, though. I consider <strong>Jerry</strong> <strong>Quarry</strong> great because he overacheived in<br />
such a great era of heavies. <strong>The</strong> way he fought sometimes worked against it, but<br />
it can be argued he had the biggest motor of any heavy who fought during his<br />
time. He did as much to elevate interest in his sport as any non-champ ever and<br />
had a likability that made new fans every time he came out in public. Foreman<br />
has spoken very respectfully of <strong>Jerry</strong>, and I believe <strong>Jerry</strong> would have had a<br />
chance versus George as a superior boxer and a tough chin. I think he would have<br />
lasted longer than Frazier and Norton put together, with only Foreman's<br />
size/power advantages and his own propensity to cut to eventually do him in. How<br />
many guys did well enough to force Ali and Joe to fight him twice, just JQ.<br />
<strong>Jerry</strong> was a thinking fighter definitely, and an outstanding athlete, in my<br />
opinion. I believe he had just two title shots, Ellis and Frazier, in his prime<br />
of some eight years. I don't see anyone , Foster or anyone else, at 200 lbs who<br />
would stop him from eventually being Cruiseweight champ. Maybe as fans here we<br />
go a little far where JQ is concerned, but if commentary here is a little rich,