"Norton vs. Quarry" 1975..

Norton had great genetics. Wasn't his father a accomplished football star?

 

I think it was Kenny Norton's son, who was nammed Kenny Norton jr that played football in the NFL. Norton had a great build for sure.

 

I think Norton started off with football as well, obviously not at pro-level but I think he had it in mind as a possible career at one point.

Calling Quarry shot when he was still in the top 10 is a reach to me. But I think he left quite a lot in the ring in the Frazier rematch (who wouldn't), the hope for a title shot among other things.

He had had a second spring up until that fight with several impressive wins in 1973. He probably was a bit past his absolute physical peak during this run, but things seemed to come together mentally and confidence-wise for him, which is just as if not more important. I can see how the defeat to Frazier would deflate a lot of this, though, along with the obvious physical toll it took.

 

Please tell me your kidding. This was anything but an on night for quarry. He was fat, flabby, a huge drug addict, and took this fight on last minutes notice. Quarry looked shot in there. Joe Frazier fought and stopped a PRIME 1969 Jerry Quarry, a much different animal than the shot washed up quarry norton beat.

 

Quarry was still rated on the night of this fight. Quarry was a fighter who was rather peculiar. Sometimes he looked horrible, like in the Ali fights, or vs Chavalo. Other times he boxed, and slugged well. You could say the same for Walcott. Sometimes he was average, other times he was brilliant.

Quarry's performance vs Norton was one of his better nights. The match only went five rounds. Conditioning, was not a big factor. Let us not over look that Quarry came in the ring to fight that night. He wasn't just taking a pay day. Had Quarry beaten Norton he would be right back in the mix.

 

Quarry wasn't in the best of shape and took the fight on short notice plus being on the downside of his career. A prime Norton vs. prime Quarry would have been a different affair. However, I do see it as an interesting fight. I've always said that IMHO Jerry's power was a bit overrated. His knockout % is rather low vs. ranked contenders. There are two ways to beat Quarry, either box his ears off or bring big-time power to the table. Norton could bring a little of both into their fight and a prime Jerry would be much sharper with his counters.
Ali is a nightmare matchup for Quarry any day of the week.
I thought Quarry fought well against Chuvalo, he had a comfortable lead and had Chuvalo's face turning into a bloody pulp.

 

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Norton was not a puncher. The only one I have ever heard claim Ken Norton was a puncher was Ken Norton himself in his autobiography when he referred to himself as "being known to have a devastating overhand right" LOL LMAO

 

Which big time power punchers beat Quarry?

 

According to some on this forum Ken Norton fits that description LMAO LOL

 

FWIW, here are the Heavyweight rankings going into the Norton - Quarry fight.

From The Ring:
World Champion:
Muhammad Ali
1. George Foreman
2. Joe Frazier
3. Joe Bugner
4. Ken Norton
5. Jerry Quarry
6. Oscar Bonavena
7. Jimmy Young
8. Ron Lyle
9. Chuck Wepner
10. Bunny Johnson

From World Boxing:
World Champion:
Muhammad Ali
1. George Foreman
2. Joe Frazier
3. Ken Norton
4. Jerry Quarry
5. Joe Bugner
6. Oscar Bonavena
7. Jimmy Young
8. Ron Lyle
9. Henry Clark
10. Bob Stallings
11. Howard Smith
12. Chuck Wepner
13. Larry Middleton
14. Gregorio Peralta
15. Pedro Lovell

 

This paints a lovely picture..