January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation
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he got tired and punched out like he did in Zaire---and Tyson still had juice,<br />
Tyson could land the body and head shots to take him out. But it's a lot to<br />
ask. Here's an interesting one for everyone:Who would win a Norton-Lennox<br />
Lewis bout? <strong>The</strong> easy answer is Lewis because he's held the title and he's an<br />
imposing size. But I don't know that he has the power or early finishing power<br />
(i.e. killer instinct) to put Norton out early. And as we saw in Norton's<br />
career, if he got into the rhythm of a fight, he seemed to get stronger each<br />
round and more fearless. What about Frazier-Lewis? For my money, Joe would<br />
smoke him out with a TKO. I could see Lewis starting strong against Frazier,<br />
but fading fast when Frazier started to hook to the body and if Frazier landed<br />
one of the booming hooks, he would take Lewis out.What does everyone think?|<br />
|9/16/03 05:55:29 PM|Gerry Schultz|Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||10|I'm pretty<br />
high on Lennox Lewis. I wish he had met Tyson and Bowe in the early 90's to see<br />
who was the best of that group, I have all three better than Holyfield, though<br />
EH would/did give all three tremendous fights. Bowe, of course, did not last as<br />
well as Holyfield and therefore I don't rate him as high overall. If Frazier<br />
could muster the rage he had for Ali, he pounds Lewis after eating a ton of<br />
punches. Norton was a tough matchup for most because of his good size,<br />
speed/jab, and some real power also. Like Lewis, his weakness was taking the big<br />
punch. Tough call. I'll stick with Tyson over Foreman because of his speed/power<br />
package, but it's true he never faced a power guy like Foreman. It'd be a<br />
tremendous match, just like the Lewis matches you mention. As for Russell, he<br />
rates high all-time as the first great shot blocker/rebounder who changed the<br />
way team defense is played. Had no real offensive game at all, though , without<br />
Red Auerbach how great would he be? If he played for, say, Detroit back then,<br />
he'd be a remarkable all-star, not a lot more. <strong>The</strong> Celtics could have won titles<br />
with a number of guys at center they were so loaded. I do not rate him nearly as<br />
high as most do, I'd put him somewhere behind Shaq as a center, but ahead of him<br />
as a player because of what he contributed to the game. |<br />
|9/16/03 06:32:39 PM|max hord|fernandina bch,fla||rasluc@msn.com||||10|Mike<br />
<strong>Quarry</strong> was such a gentleman.<strong>The</strong>re was a place on Coloniel drive in Orlando that<br />
we always tried to eat at when we could.It was called Al and Linda's.<strong>The</strong><br />
specialty was steak.Mike,of course was the man in Orlando and all the people<br />
working there would just go nuts when we walked in.He always said yes sir/no sir<br />
to the older folks and the young people would just stare and whisper.Mike made<br />
everyones day when he went there.What a guy.|<br />
|9/16/03 06:36:45 PM|max hord|fernandina bch,fla||rasluc@msn.com||||10|Frazier<br />
would have beat Lewis.Lewis is not a GREAT fighter.Frazier,on the other hand<br />
was.|<br />
|9/17/03 05:02:14 AM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4@aol.com.au||||10|I've always<br />
considered Frazier to be one of the greats, but I wonder if his resume justifies<br />
that judgment if you take his three fights with Ali out of the picture. I know<br />
that he beat Foster and Ellis and <strong>Jerry</strong>, but he was twice flogged by Foreman,<br />
Bonavena went the distance with him (twice), and Bugner lasted 12 rounds as<br />
well. I am no big fan of Lewis, but I wonder whether he would be way too big for<br />
Joe and would bomb him out just like Foreman did. Maybe Joe's hatred of Ali took<br />
him to heights that he couldn't duplicate against others like Foreman. I'm even<br />
starting to think that Holmes deserves to be ranked above Joe as I think Larry<br />
would have beaten him. Even so, the courage Joe showed against Ali is why lots<br />
of guys like me became boxing fans. |<br />
|9/17/03 05:32:54 AM|Massimo|Rome||h||||10|Gerry and Angelo-Why do you<br />
hate Shaq so much ? He is a good guy ! I'mI'm joking, I respect your opinion<br />
very much ! I never saw Wilt and I almost never saw Jabbar so... I have to<br />
trust you...Anyway, don't forget Shaq was MVP of the Finals three<br />
straighttimes ! Don't forget his statistic. Don't forget whatByron Scott<br />
said "... Too much Shaquille O' neal,he's amonster...". I think, today,<br />
there is just 1 playerslightly better than Shaq...Tim Duncan ! But
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