To realize Ali's greatness is to look at his opponents. Jerry Quarry has been called by George Foreman the greatest fighter to never win a title. Some reason George didn't like the matchup and feared Quarry and has since admitted such. Quarry fought everyone and Rocky Marciano came to the Eddie Machen fight to buy Quarrys contract but walked out when it was obvious Quarry would lose.
He knocked out a dangerous Ernie Shavers in one round, and decisioned Ron Lyle among beating others. Jerry was his own worst enemy though. He was favored to win the title after Ali was in exile. Yet Quarry tried to box a superior boxer in Jimmy Ellis to lose the fight. He read in the paper how he was cowardice after the fight. So when fighting Frazier a man I believe he could outbox, he decided to prove he was tough and go toe to toe with Joe.
His thin skin always let him down and he said always a brides maid never a bride. He hated the term Great White Hope which is ironically what is on his tombstone. He was a decendent of a wacky clan who followed him to the gym and have been described as gypsy like. His parents migrated from the dustbowl and instilled in him toughness and grit. In my humble opinion Quarry like Bobby Chacon had balls big enough for a lion. In the end it destroyed them both. CVD
Jerry Quarry first put on a pair of boxing gloves when he was three years old. By the time he was eight, he had won the Jr. Golden Gloves 45-lb. Championship. He continued in the amateurs until 1964 when he culminated his amateur career by winning the National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship, and was the tournament's most outstanding fighter. He set a record still standing today: winning the title by knocking out all five opponents in three days.
Under the watchful eyes of his co-managers--his father James, and veteran fight manager Johnnie Flores--Quarry turned professional in May of 1965. He ran off 12 wins in a row before running into Tony Doyle and was held to his first draw. He also had two draws with Tony Alongi. His first loss came in his 20th pro bout, against the tough veteran Eddie Machen. His loss was attributed to poor conditioning, and at the time Quarry promised that poor conditioning would never cost him another loss. He beat Joey Orbillo, Alex Miteff, Billy Daniels, Floyd Patterson, and Buster Mathis, to name a few. He lost a disputed 15-round decision to Jimmy Ellis for the WBA version of the heavyweight title.
Boxing Illustrated ****zine named Quarry the most popular professional boxer in the world in 1968 and 1969; in 1970, he shared the honor with Muhammad Ali.
In the final years of his life, Quarry suffered from the effects of dementia pugilistica. Quarry's condition may have been brought, aside from his regular career, by his last two comebacks in 1983 and 1992, or perhaps to a susceptibility to the syndrome, which has afflicted both his brothers Mike and Bobby.
He knocked out a dangerous Ernie Shavers in one round, and decisioned Ron Lyle among beating others. Jerry was his own worst enemy though. He was favored to win the title after Ali was in exile. Yet Quarry tried to box a superior boxer in Jimmy Ellis to lose the fight. He read in the paper how he was cowardice after the fight. So when fighting Frazier a man I believe he could outbox, he decided to prove he was tough and go toe to toe with Joe.
His thin skin always let him down and he said always a brides maid never a bride. He hated the term Great White Hope which is ironically what is on his tombstone. He was a decendent of a wacky clan who followed him to the gym and have been described as gypsy like. His parents migrated from the dustbowl and instilled in him toughness and grit. In my humble opinion Quarry like Bobby Chacon had balls big enough for a lion. In the end it destroyed them both. CVD
Jerry Quarry first put on a pair of boxing gloves when he was three years old. By the time he was eight, he had won the Jr. Golden Gloves 45-lb. Championship. He continued in the amateurs until 1964 when he culminated his amateur career by winning the National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship, and was the tournament's most outstanding fighter. He set a record still standing today: winning the title by knocking out all five opponents in three days.
Under the watchful eyes of his co-managers--his father James, and veteran fight manager Johnnie Flores--Quarry turned professional in May of 1965. He ran off 12 wins in a row before running into Tony Doyle and was held to his first draw. He also had two draws with Tony Alongi. His first loss came in his 20th pro bout, against the tough veteran Eddie Machen. His loss was attributed to poor conditioning, and at the time Quarry promised that poor conditioning would never cost him another loss. He beat Joey Orbillo, Alex Miteff, Billy Daniels, Floyd Patterson, and Buster Mathis, to name a few. He lost a disputed 15-round decision to Jimmy Ellis for the WBA version of the heavyweight title.
Boxing Illustrated ****zine named Quarry the most popular professional boxer in the world in 1968 and 1969; in 1970, he shared the honor with Muhammad Ali.
In the final years of his life, Quarry suffered from the effects of dementia pugilistica. Quarry's condition may have been brought, aside from his regular career, by his last two comebacks in 1983 and 1992, or perhaps to a susceptibility to the syndrome, which has afflicted both his brothers Mike and Bobby.
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