January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation
January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation
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they could make a more informed decision about whether they would go into boxing<br />
or not. Dementia Pugilistica can have sympthums similar to both Parkinson's<br />
disease or Altzeirmer's disease. <strong>Jerry</strong> had the Altzeirmer's form.|<br />
|9/1/03 10:34:45<br />
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Kent -<br />
I've read the same thing, both in relation to trauma and not. <strong>The</strong>re's so<br />
much medicine doesn't understand yet about body chemistry, its effect on<br />
genetics, as well as the effect of outside factors on what's already in our<br />
bodies. It's possible that people who have terrible results from head trauma,<br />
whether from boxing, football, accidents, or whatever, might have a higher<br />
tendency to develop certain neurological pathologies anyway, with the head<br />
trauma simply being an accelerant. This is the same as families that tend to<br />
develop any sort of problem at whatever stage of life.My husband told me<br />
that in the early 80s, Sports Ilustrated had an article on the effects of<br />
boxing. He said Bobby Chacon, the riotous Tex Cobb, and he was sure <strong>Jerry</strong> <strong>Quarry</strong><br />
participated, and while Cobb inexplicably showed no signs of damage at all (was<br />
this before the Larry Holmes fight?), the other two fighters did, and both were<br />
still active, I believe, and showing no outward signs, publicly, anyway. It<br />
seems that some very slow and sneaky metabolic processes are going on anyway in<br />
fighters who crash badly later. <strong>The</strong> blood test you mention is certainly a step,<br />
as is a single regulatory commission, and more stringent medical examinations,<br />
as well as rules governing what happens when a fighter sustains an injury (read,<br />
knockout), whether in the ring, or in the gym (where a lot of damage can be<br />
done, but is rarely heard about, much less reported). Things such as mandatory<br />
layoffs have been mentioned, as well as the more radical ideas advocating<br />
stopping a career after three knockouts in a certain time span, even after three<br />
knockouts in a whole ~career~. Concussions might be a better measuring tool.<br />
When you're knocked out, you automatically have a concussion, but you can have<br />
one and ~not~ be KOd. <strong>The</strong>re's no doubt in my mind that many top fighters who<br />
aren't knocked out have concussions anyway. Does anyone think Ali and Frazier<br />
both didn't have them after Manilla, for example, and neither was even<br />
down.I see the "Muhammed Ali Bill" passed, which should help with<br />
predatory financial practices as well. With a single regulatory commission, I'd<br />
be in favor of career counseling, and mandatory contribution to a pension fund.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se things would be a start anyway.|<br />
|9/2/03 02:50:27 AM|Kent|La Habra,<br />
Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Roadscholrette, <strong>Jerry</strong> indeed was one of the<br />
fighters that showed signs of some brain damage in the 1983 test and yes, I<br />
believe this was after the Holmes/Cobb fight. <strong>Jerry</strong> was allowed to continue to<br />
box because the California state athletic commision let him fight because he<br />
didn't have any outward signs of damage and they didn't want to deny a man a<br />
means of making a living.If some good did come out of this, it was after<br />
he took the brain exam that <strong>Jerry</strong> started talking about setting up a foundation<br />
to help retired and/or injured fighters. <strong>The</strong> idea didn't become reality until<br />
<strong>Jerry</strong> himself started showing outward visible signs of damage.|<br />
|9/2/03 03:46:44 AM|Massimo|Rome||shaqMVP.com||||10|Holyfield will go to " holyfield"<br />
if he doesn't quit immediately !|<br />
|9/2/03 08:08:29 AM|Massimo|Rome||.com||||10|Roadscholarette-Have you ever<br />
seen the Joe Louis vs Primo Carnera fight ? I would be very curious to know if<br />
that was a one-sided bout or not. How would you score the rounds ? Have you ever<br />
seen other Carnera's fights? Thank you very much !|<br />
|9/2/03 03:33:21<br />
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Massimo -I<br />
saw a film of Louis demolishing Carnera, which was almost as bad a mismatch as<br />
Ali-Wepner, or Holmes-Cobb. Louis was a scary fighter, silently gliding forward,<br />
that expressionless, almost sleepy look on his face, then calmly walking away,<br />
as if in his garden, after flooring someone. He was as completely as