January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

is based on something I overheard Angelo Dundee tell Muhammad Ali during the
middle rounds of his rubber match with Norton. Dundee said ‘Don’t back up
Muhammad. If you stick to his chest, he won’t be able to do anything.’ In his
fight with Lyle, JQ did just that. He took the fight to Lyle, forced the bigger
man backwards and counter punched all night. It was a very talented and
underestimated boxer in action. If JQ had fought using those tactics, I see no
way that Norton could have defeated him. I think that the JQ of 1973 would have
stopped Norton late in the fight. |
|10/15/03 11:50:22 AM|Fran|SEPA||PlC7755@aol.com||||10|As far as ability or
heart goes Norton was not in Jerry's leaque. The Jerry Quarry who beat
Mathis,Spencer, jumped on Frazier in 69 Blew out #1 Mac Foster in 70 blew out
Shavers and took apart Lyle would have easily countered and beat Norton and
probably stop him late. |
|10/15/03 12:23:16
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Norton was a
superb athlete, and an excellent fighter, but there was always something about
him that made me think he wound up in the wrong sport, and that only momentum
(and the money) kept him going. Ali and Holmes were right for him, and he put on
terrific fights with them. Foreman annihilated him like he was an ordinary guy
on the street, as Frazier would have done. As I said, he never seemed like a
fighter though. Maybe football would have been his sport, as with his Cowboy
son. Norton did actually play for a while, but then dropped out of
college.The Quarry he fought was on the downside of his career, while
Norton was at or near his peak. There's no way to measure their pure athletic
quotient, but Jerry was more of a pure fighter. It would have been a much
different fight a few years earlier. Norton didn't cut people up like Ali and
Joe could do, so the fight would have been on a red hot wire till the end.|
|10/15/03 02:00:22 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Norton always
seemed to freeze against real punchers like Foreman, Shavers, and Cooney
(although Norton was really passed in prime when he fought Gerry). The Quarry
who beat Lyle would have taken Norton out early inside of 6. I am not saying JQ
could hit like Foreman or Shavers but if he landed right, he could hurt anyone.
I always liked Norton’s response to the question "who hit you hardest, Foreman,
Shavers, or Cooney?" to which he answered "I try not to use my body as a gauge
for other guys punching power".|
|10/15/03 02:10:16 PM|Evren|London||evren@btinternet.com||||10|Hey Massimo! I'll
be in Rome on the 26th Oct.What are the best restaurants that I should eat in? I
love traditional Italian food not 'tourist menu'. I'll be staying near the
Termini Station.Is the seafood good in Rome, I want mussels, clams, oysters,
lobster and crab if poss! Reply to my e-mail. Regards Evren|
|10/15/03 05:35:59 PM|Massimo|Rome||5||||10|Evren-Hi ! Are you looking
for a please near StazioneTermini or are you disposed to use the underground
? I' ll give you useful ( I hope) advices in your e-mail address ( if you don't
want that I respond here) as soon as possible ! ... Lucky you that have the
chance to see sucha beautiful town !!!! What an idiot I am... I live in Rome
!! I'm lucky too !|
|10/15/03 08:29:37 PM|charles anderson|ark.||ctjjandfam@aol.com||||10|what about
jerry quarry vs. jack dempsey? you talk about two great counter
punchers!!!!!!!!!!!!|
|10/16/03 01:01:51 AM|Kent|orange county Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Non
boxing related triva: Which country is older,United States or Italy? What do
you think Massimo? I bet you and I are the only ones who get this
right.Also, who discovered the Americas?|
|10/16/03 02:25:25 AM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|Kent-It's an easy question !
Cristoforo Colombo discovered the America ( 1492). He had threeships: the
mythical Pinta, Nina e Santa Maria.All you American have to thank we Italian