Is anyone else getting tired of the revisionist?

Show me all the posts where Quarry has been favoured over any of them. I think your opening post was simply an unnecessary outburst, especially the last part. We're talking about the same Quarry that was 50-50 with a welterweight in Thomas Hearns in a recent fantasy match-up. Racism has nothing to do with it. Nobody thinks Quarry was an all-time great fighter.

 

I didna't read that quarry hearns thread much, but if it really was 50-50 that seems to suggest him being vastly underrated on this forum, if anything.

 

"Quarry was good but not great. He was a 6' 195 lb. fighter with a 72' reach. He wasn't fast, he wasn't elusive, and he wasn't a big puncher. He had heart and he had a pretty good chin. He was also a bleeder."

This would seem to be the consensus on this board, and it is my opinion--(except of course his reach was 6 feet and not 72 feet). I would pick Carnera over him. I don't think he was as good as top earlier contenders such as Elmer Ray or Eddie Machen, or Rex Layne at his best.

How many on this board actually think either Quarry or Morrison were anything more than average contenders of their eras? Some do, I suppose, but not most.

 

"many threads talking him up like he would rule the HW division if he fought today"

Someone thinks he could beat Vitali Klitschko? or Wlad?

Who?

 

50-50 might be an exaggeration but there were serious arguments for Hearns, Hookie presenting one of them.

 

You seem to hear a lot of crazy things said that I and most others on here have never heard being said.

 

All I see are exaggerations that don't have anything to do with reality. I'd say that most people here have the Klitschko brothers atleast in their top 50 heavyweights. Also it's difficult to rate a fighter until their career is well and truly over.

 

I think Cotto is pretty skilled actually, I like his footwork, balance, punch selection and punching technique but did always thought he was a KO waiting to happen after the battles with Torres/Judah/Corley/Mosley and was a bit suprised Mosley/Judah didnt prevail. As a FMJ fan I always wanted a Cotto fight because the slowness of foot and openness would have made it easy in my view. Oh and if you check my posts I picked Pacquaio to white wash him

Overall I would put him in the same WW bracket as Cuevas and Palomino personally. You have to give him some kudos for that run he was on.

Definately agree with Armstrong/Frazier being more skilled Margarito, they are excellent shot pickers, but definately their key strength is volume and volume can break a great technician especially when you remove their range

 

Look it's a boxing forum, people are going to have opinions. Quarry is a tragic figure in many ways because he was a top 5 contender for almost ten years in the toughest HW division ever. He was charismatic and was always game. He was not a GREAT fighter but was a very, VERY good fighter who would be very competitive with 95% of HWs from any era.

In short, if you want to see why Jerry Quarry is so revered, PLEASE check out FRAZIER-QUARRY I:deal and tell me if any modern boxer could deal with either of those two.

As to Morrison, he's more of a "would, coulda" guy because he was so gifted and he showed real flashes of brilliance.

I either case, check out Frazier-Quarry I:deal and all questions will be answered.:good:bbb

 

"I don't think he could beat giant athletic HWs like Lewis or even the Klitschko's."

This is only important if you are into head to head. I am not. Things are so different today with health care, nutrition, and most of all, performance enhancing drugs, that comparing fighters, or other athletes, from different eras is almost pointless, in my judgement, on any basis but their records against men of their own eras.

 

You mean this? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o7tNlOC7Gk[/ame]

Dempsey still exhibits similar footwork and head movement, ofcourse hes pulling his punches and slapping, its called sparring. And no McAuliffe doesnt look better We also have Dempsey on the bag, he clearly has good balance and punching technique

We also have footage of Greb shadow boxing and on the bag, you can see his style from that.