Jerry Quarry did spar w George Foreman

Yeah, given George's mindset and what happened in Kinshasa, I struggle to see the upside to the Young fight.

It's almost as if a boxer's team sometimes do what's best for them money wise or perception of ease of fight without factoring in reputational damage if a bad loss happens/whether their fighter is experience or style ready to put in a good performance. Imagine that aye?

 

Cheers JT1.

Reading some wild takes in a few of the threads recently.

 

They are abound.

 

Yeah, apparently the ropes were for a larger sized ring - pre fight, Dundee tightened the turn buckles as much as possible without breaking them.

During the actual fight (perhaps between rounds), Foreman’s team tried to adjust the ropes (tighten them I believe) but Dundee screamed them down and away. I think announcer Bob Sheridan describes this going down in real time during his call.

I don’t believe Ali or Foreman agreed to that ring size but it’s what they got. Basically a balls up.

Roughly speaking, I think Ali wanted about 20 feet while George wanted 18 feet - or near enough to.

The actual ring was damn small - I think Clayton estimated it to be 16 feet. Ali simply knew how to adapt and make do with what was available.

 

So let me ask you back.. Why does Foreman praise Quarry so much? If you can explain the logic there we can continue

 

So now you are going to take your ball and go home?

 

Answering a question with a question tells me you are either intellectually dishonest at best or too mentally deficient to answer my question at worst.

 

I answered your question in the same context you asked yours. So apparently you are dishonest or mentally deficient also.
I have been a boxing fan since 1966 when I watch Emile Griffith fight Dick Tiger. I've been a boxing fan longer than you have been alive.
I was actually alive when Quarry, Frazier, Norton, Ali fought. I use to box a little out of the Garland, TX Optimist gym, so I have some practical experience, whereas you appear to be nothing but noisy little key board warrior, who by making lots of posts somehow makes you knowledgeable.

Now all this doesn't always make me correct, but in this case I am correct.

So now go ahead and make a bunch of posts and show everyone how smart you are.

 

I don't care how long you've been watching boxing or if you're older than me. I asked a simple question and you wouldn't answer. The reason you refused is because it destroys the foundation of your argument.

Your claim:

Apparently team Foreman avoided Quarry due to being embarrassed in a sparring match and knowing it was a bad clash of styles. I never even said that it's impossible for any of that to be true. What I'm saying is if Quarry is being asked about his sparring session with Foreman and Quarry was praising Foreman, it wouldn't make much sense if he was easily boxing circles around Foreman. If you really did train in gyms you'd know boxers usually do not praise opponents that they were easily humiliating.

My point:

If you're going to claim Foreman ducked Quarry, referencing a sparring match where Quarry allegedly made Foreman look bad doesn't make much sense if Quarry is praising Foreman when asked about the sparring session. It is simply illogical. You will need better evidence than that because the clip where Quarry confirms he sparred with him completely contradicts your claim (that Quarry easily outboxed him).

 

At least I have the balls to actually answer simple direct questions.

 

There you go, smartest little boy on the thread. Now you are looking for evidence? Since this all happened in the late 60s / early 70s there going be no "you tube", smart phone recording, the word of mouth/ behind the scene and what was published is what people went with . "that Quarry easily outboxed him" was never written by anyone of the thread.

Foreman's people avoided Quarry due to the style matchup. My goodness you are a little brat.

 

Oh yeah, you really have a set on you. This is a thread not an interrogation to other that differ from you.

You remind me of a poster many years ago named "Radar" who would go one a rant every time someone had a different opinion than his.
Eventually he became referenced to as Gaydar.

 

The real feat here is Quarry actually remembers what happened after getting clocked by Foreman.

 

So you have zero evidence...other than a clip of Quarry confirming he sparred Foreman...and praising Foreman in the same breath. Brilliant.

This was never an interrogation. Sorry that I intimidate you so much from miles away just by asking simple direct questions. Usually in a debate you ask questions and then the other person is supposed to respond with an actual answer, not respond with random off-topic questions of their own.

I do not care if you have a different opinion. What I care about is if someone can back up what they claim with any evidence. You can't, and that's a problem. You are free to believe whatever you want, but if you're going to make a claim don't get mad when people scrutinize it.

 

You don't intimidate me, nor likely anyone else. Don't pat yourself on the back too much, as you only come across as a petulant child.