January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation
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five" (anyone wondering about the difficulty of this should go out in their yard<br />
and try to jump three!). It says he once shot a deer and carried it 9 miles back<br />
to camp. <strong>The</strong> comparisons of Jeffries to other fighters is very interesting,<br />
whether you agree with them or not. One thing is for certain - this was a<br />
tremendously strong, athletically gifted, rugged man who would have changed his<br />
style for today. <strong>The</strong> page likens him to a combination of Liston-Foreman, but<br />
with greater stamina. While I know the fights then (almost all much longer and<br />
with fewer "safety" rules) were slower paced, I'd love to see Jeffries fight to<br />
get a feel for his fighting!Link:<br />
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Lodge/6525/JJJ.htm|<br />
|10/4/03 01:10:43 PM|Massimo|Rome||5||||10|Mc Cline has just beaten Boswell by<br />
KO 10.I don't think Mc Cline is a top 10 contender, but he would be a<br />
good test for Mike Tyson...Jameel is no Clifford...|<br />
|10/4/03 01:59:38 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|I did'nt say Chuvalo was stopped<br />
prematurely. Some people (chuvalo amongst them) felt this way. |<br />
|10/4/03 02:09:53 PM|Massimo|Rome||5||||10|Evren-I have understood this<br />
! I just wanted to add my opinion. I think Chuvalo didn't have a chance in the<br />
wordl to beat ( or of beating, or to beating...Boh !) Foreman. I'm happy that<br />
fight was stopped at that point, because Foreman could have hurt Chuvalo badly.|<br />
|10/5/03 02:39:24 AM|Ed|Cicero n y||mooseygoop@aol.com||||10|That site on<br />
Jefferies was interesting R S but as I am sure you know boxing back then was a<br />
world apart from boxing now. Did you check his record? <strong>The</strong>y're mostly exhibitons<br />
against same opponent. <strong>The</strong> heavyweight title back then was sort of a thing that<br />
when you got it you hoarded it, very political too. Thats why that ad by Sam<br />
Langford said he'd fight anyone but Jefferies...Sam knew the ad wouldnt be<br />
credible if it was asking for a heavy title shot, this article turned it around<br />
and made it look like Langford was afraid of Jefferies..from what I read about<br />
Langford he wasn't afraid of anyone and would certainly have loved to get a<br />
title shot but he knew the limitations of black fighters back then. <strong>The</strong> main<br />
reason comparsions aren't doable is the disorganization of boxing back then.<br />
Much smaller pools of good fighters which means you don't have the attrition<br />
factor like you do now. Fighters sometimes went years between title fight and<br />
still won..what does that tell you? If fighters do that now they come back<br />
extremely rusty looking. Also back then you didn't have the amateur programs<br />
like you do now and whens the last time you remember a top heavyweight fighter<br />
that didn't have an extensive (successful) amateur background? And the sickening<br />
racism of the day took the black fighters out of the picture, think of what<br />
boxing would have looked like in the past 30 years if the blacks had been<br />
eliminated from boxing.Thats not to take anything away from Jefferies, in<br />
his "protected" day he was the best. And one could say if he was a modern day<br />
fighter he would have had amateur experience and such but its just conjecture to<br />
compare from back then. My guess is might he might have been an Andrew Golota<br />
type fighter. Golota had similar athletic abilities, 10 second 100 yard dash,<br />
etc..|<br />
|10/5/03 05:57:34 AM|Massimo|Rome||5||||10|About Toney:I don't<br />
understand how a fighter can add so much weight in so little time without<br />
becomingfat ! He beat Holyfield very well. He is a great fighter, a warrior.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fact that a former middleweight can beat a heavyweight bothersme. I<br />
don't understand boxing.|<br />
|10/5/03 08:44:12<br />
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Ed –You’re<br />
right, the fight scene was ~very~ different then, as were the styles of<br />
fighting. When they refer to the “fleet footed” Corbett or Fitzsimmons, we<br />
aren’t exactly talking Muhammad Ali flitting like a water bug on speed around a<br />
befuddled Sonny Liston. A “big punch” ~could~ be a big fish in a small pond as<br />
well, as could the ability to take one, or claims of stamina when guys spent a<br />
lot of time just standing in the ring looking at each other. So to say they