January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

known that he'd been down. In addition to having rock for a head, Ali was a
master at disguising being in trouble. Even Joe admitted he wasn't 100% sure Ali
wasn't playacting some in "the terrible 11th." You could see from his movements
and his eyes that he was one solid shot away from a 10 count, and yet he had the
presence of mind to exaggerate his movements, making Frazier think there was
pretense involved.He once said that he intimately explored his
sensations when he was rocked, and found that he had much more latitude for
function than just staggering around in a panicked fog before falling down. He
even mentioned hallucinating in the ring with Foreman.If Ali had looked
like Frazier or Liston, everyone would have assumed he was a tough guy, but with
his fighting style and pretty boy appearance, for a long time many people
thought he was a pretender and a patsy, and hadn't "proven himself yet." As
Eddie Futch said, "Underestimate his chin and his heart, and you've placed
yourself in harm's way!"Ali doesn't make as many public appearances as
he used to. I imagine he feels wretched, from the Parkinson's if not the
reactions to the medicine he's on, plus is aware of how he comes off. I remember
one stark and sad moment recently when he was on, when they had closed
captioning at the bottom of the screen to let viewers know what he was saying.
:-(|
|10/19/03 01:25:43 PM|Massimo|Rome||6||||10|Steve-Foster vs Toney ? I
think Foster would win by a convincing unanimous decision. Foster wouldn't KO
Toney because James is iron chinned, but he would outboxe him. I have seen
Foster in 4 fights, and he is one of the most skilfull fighters
ever.Tyson with is weak mind would never have beaten the Ali' of the 3
Frazier fights or the Ali' of the Foreman fight. But I think a (19-21) years old
Tyson would have had a good chance against a (19-21) Clay.|
|10/19/03 04:48:43 PM|steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|R.S.,I read or heard
somewhere that the second concussion immediatly following the first,is very
often the lethal one.Such as a fighter being knocked out by a punch and then
slaming his head into the canvass.Or being hit with a second or third punch
after being rendered helpless.|