January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation
January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation
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he said. ' Watching a guy by the name of <strong>Jerry</strong> <strong>Quarry</strong>.He was over here fighting<br />
one of our English fighters, Jack Bodell, at Wembley. I remember watching him in<br />
the introductions and thinking what an amazing aura he had around him, what<br />
power he possessed, I was just awestruck by his aura. I was in the back rows of<br />
the arena but remember..biff bang boof..it was all over so quick. Great<br />
fighter.'A nice and unexpected tale. Evren|<br />
|11/5/02 03:48:11 PM|Paul Drolet|Montreal||drolpaul@aol.com||||10|Any thoughts<br />
out there on Ward-Gatti II? |<br />
|11/5/02 04:34:28 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Ward is the<br />
type of fighter who leaves a little bit of himself in the ring after every<br />
fight. Gatti has more boxing skills. I pick Gatti by decision in a good fight,<br />
but not as good as the first one, but how could it be?|<br />
|11/6/02 09:32:58 AM|Joe Krause|Chicago||sadmspats@yahoo.com||||10|<strong>The</strong>y are both<br />
pressure fighters, but Gatti has seemed to add an extra element since Mcgirt<br />
took him over. I think Gatti is a little smarter this fight and pulls out a<br />
close decision win in a fight not quite as exciting as the first.|<br />
|11/6/02 07:15:24 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|I've just obtained a copy of <strong>Quarry</strong><br />
vs Orbillo for the first time but it is only a three minute clip. Does the full<br />
fight exist ? <strong>The</strong> version I have shows only round 4 which is tremendous and is<br />
the original TV broadcast - quality is mint. I have also obtained a highlight<br />
of <strong>Quarry</strong> vs Machen in colour which is about 5 minutes - colour mint. Does<br />
anyone have the full fight of that ?|<br />
|11/6/02 09:19:47 PM|charles anderson|ark.||ctjjandfam@aol.com||||10|has mr.jack<br />
ever reflected on how he would have handled jerry's career if he had to do it<br />
over again?|<br />
|11/7/02 08:12:54 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Even though I<br />
know it is a waste of time to look back and say "what if", I often think how<br />
different <strong>Jerry</strong>'s career would have been had he been handled by Rappaport and<br />
Jones (the people who so carefully protected and guided Cooney). Victor Valle<br />
was a very protective trainer. But then again, I don't think<strong>Jerry</strong> wanted<br />
anyone "protecting" him. |<br />
|11/7/02 05:20:35 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Would <strong>Jerry</strong><br />
had won the title if he was brought along slower? Maybe he would have, or maybe<br />
he wouldn't have, because say for example, <strong>Jerry</strong> got his first title shot in<br />
1970 instead of 1968, the champion would have been Joe Frazier at this point and<br />
maybe <strong>Jerry</strong> still might have not defeated Frazier. <strong>The</strong> real question would have<br />
been if <strong>Jerry</strong> would have been as damaged in the end if he hadn't had so many<br />
tough fights early and there is a good chance that <strong>Jerry</strong> would have had a longer<br />
career. <strong>The</strong> way it turned out, <strong>Jerry</strong> was a shot fighter before he was thirty.<br />
<strong>Jerry</strong> might have had something left later and it could have been <strong>Jerry</strong> instead<br />
of Leon Spinks taking the title away from Ali in 1978. <strong>Jerry</strong> would have been 33<br />
and quite possibly still going strong. About <strong>Jerry</strong> not wanting to be protected;<br />
fighters sometimes need to be protected from themselves. It is ironic that I<br />
remember hearing that Mike <strong>Quarry</strong> was upset with <strong>Jerry</strong> because <strong>Jerry</strong> was working<br />
the corner in one of the Mike Rossman fights and <strong>Jerry</strong> had the fight stopped<br />
because Mike was taking a beating. If <strong>Jerry</strong> had been the fighter and Mike had<br />
been working the corner and Mike had the fight stopped, then it would have been<br />
<strong>Jerry</strong> who would have been upset with Mike!|<br />
|11/8/02 09:26:05 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Some years back I<br />
heard Dennis Jones, the manager of Gerry Cooney discussing Cooney's career. He<br />
said something to the effect of "Gerry may not have been the artistic success we<br />
had hoped for but he was a finanical one and left with his health." Had<br />
<strong>Jerry</strong> had this type of mentality in his management, I honestly believe things<br />
would have turned out much different for him. Can you image the hype Jones and<br />
Rappaport would have created after <strong>Jerry</strong> beat Lyle and Shavers? <strong>The</strong>y would have<br />
beaten the drums so loudly that Foreman would have had to have fought <strong>Jerry</strong>.<br />
Don't get me wrong I said all along that I think George would have beaten
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