January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Sam Mc Vey etc. Of course, it was a lot of time ago ! Mike Tyson ( great ? Bah,
probably...) could be another example ! Anyway, your rule is true very often !|
|9/10/03 05:57:09 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Well, it's
a bizarre theory if you think about it:When a little man beats a big man,
suddenly, the big man goes from being great to just good. If the big man wins,
it's a case of great big man beats great little man. If the little man wins,
the big man's reputation is tarnished, and then you say that the big man
might not have been so great after all! I always thought Jess Willard was a
respected Champion, until Jack Demsey (little man) cleaned his clock---then
Willard wasn't so great anymore!On another topic, we always talk about the
great heavyweights of the 70's. One very good and underrated fighter of the
80's was Tim Witherspoon. He's a "would have been, could have been/should have
been" if ever there was one. I always thought he had sweet boxing moves and a
good, solid punch and also, he seemed to come into his fights in very fine
condition. I don't know why he didn't get the matches that would have
positioned him to be a dominant fighter of his era. I've read and heard that
Don King blackballed him, but who really knows? Also, I'm no Don King defender,
but you have to hand it to him: He promoted most of the great fights we talk
about, he promoted one of the highest grossing concert tours of its time and
he's managed to beat the rap whenever he's been in trouble. In short, for all
the things everyone says he's doing wrong, he must be doing something right to
always end up in the right place at the right time. I have a copy (poor
quality, but a copy nonetheless) of Sonny Liston vs. Chuck Wepner. It took
place in 1970. Does anyone know if this was Liston's last fight? |
|9/10/03 09:21:20 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Don King is
an example with what is wrong with America. That money can sometimes buy
anything, even freedom from jail.King, years ago, beat a man to death
for 600 dollars. King was a loan shark and the man owed him the money. King,
by the way, outweighed the man by 100 pounds. He was orginally charged with
second degree murder but the charge somehow was downgraded to manslaughter. He
served 2 years and he was suddenly pardoned by the outgoing governor of, I
believe, Ohio. So King killed a man for "blood" money and it is now not part of
his record. Were there payoffs involved? I don't know for sure but I think
there very well might have been. ONLY IN AMERICA, HUH DON?|
|9/10/03 10:20:22
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Sonny Barger,
founder and president of Hell's Angels International, once laughed that, "Only
in America could we exist." Not quite true, but the sentiment and reality is
clear. Unfortunately, in a country like America, with unequaled liberties and
freedoms, people like Don King are often able to slide through the loopholes and
cracks. Even cockroaches are free here. Also, unfortunately, a system with such
freedom ~can~ allow certain corruptions and atrocities to surface from time to
time. Sigh.So, Holyfield-Toney, everyone!The fight's an
interesting proposition, which should be decided by "ifs."
Holyfield will be 41 next month. Four of his six total losses have come since
the Tyson ear biting fight, two against Lennox Lewis. He's
big, strong, has no weaknesses, and is on a very short list of
the most experienced men ever to hold the title, having fought
more quality opponents than anyone, other than Muhammad Ali. He's three inches
taller than Toney (no kid, in boxing terms, at 34). Toney
hasn't fought anywhere near the caliber of opponents that
Holyfield has, though there can come a point when having
fought that many wars can be a detriment. The monkey can
reach out of the grass and grab an athlete at any time, and remind him
that he's begun to turn into an ordinary man. Holyfield's been fighting pro
almost 20 years, and some began to decline a decade earlier
than EH's age now. Toney is a real puncher, and is