They could have fought between 1973-1974 but after norton finished quarry, there was no point. Same thing goes with larry holmes vs ken norton, after cooney and shavers destroyed kenny, there was no point in having the rematch between holmes and norton.
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Not made as in a contract was signed but refering to the fact that the fight was penciled in for June 20th, 1974, in the event that Quarry beat Frazier. He didn't, and the fight did not happen.
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That does not erase the idea that Foreman was ducking Quarry. It is just one example of an instance where the fight was considered but not happen.
It's much more difficult for you to prove without a shadow of a doubt that Foreman didn't duck Quarry than it is to accept that it was a possibility.
He never fought him, and he admitted that he dodged him. That is apparently one less step than you personally need to bring up the Harry Wills issue with Dempsey time and again. At least Dempsey signed his contract to fight Wills and always expressed interest and confidence in his chances with Wills. With Foreman we have no such contract signing. We do have Big George's own words that tell us he was not confident in his ability to beat quarry.
Understand that I'm not trying to prove that Foreman ducked Quarry, but rather that you and other Foreman fans need to at least admit that it is a possbility.Comment
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I bring up Dempsey ducking Wills time and time again? I think you're mistaken.Originally posted by Kid Achilles View Post
In any event since you brought up Dempsey, Jack Johnson called him out and Dempsey didn't want to fight him so I guess in addition to Jack publicly stating he did not want to fight Sam Langford I can now apply your criteria and add Johnson to the list of fighters Dempsey 'ducked'.Last edited by SABBATH; 01-26-2007, 06:45 PM.Comment
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My mistake. I think in this case I was attributing posts made by SMASHER to you. You have similar names (two syllables, starting with s, all caps) and include Trailer Park Boys photographs in your sigs. Maybe it was even someone else. Anyway, my point is, you'll have a hard time proving without a doubt that Foreman didn't duck Quarry.Comment
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Ali also ducked Quarry.Comment
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Yep, Quarry's left hook. His right hand too...In fact, there wasn't a part of Quarry's anatomy that Ali wasn't scared of when he backed out of that fight for reasons along the lines of, as Brenner put it, Ali being "afraid to lose"...Originally posted by SABBATH View Post
Hey, that lack of confidence shown on that occasion by Ali might explain why, just before their first fight, he offered the Quarry camp five hundred thousand dollars cash if they would allow him put a horseshoe in his glove.Comment
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I want to ask you a question. Where do you rank larry holmes among the all time great heavyweights and why.Originally posted by Yogi View PostComment
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