Jerry Quarry : 'Ten Count' Record 8-5-1 (4 KO) vs Ranked Top Ten Opponents -(Ring Magazine)..................Quarry Ranked 06/09/67...Floyd Patterson ........# 3........Draw 10...................Unranked 10/28/67...Floyd Patterson ........#5.........W 12.......................# 8 ........................(WBA Elimination Tournament)........................... 02/03/68...Thad Spencer ..........# 2.........KO 12.....................# 5 ........................(WBA Elimination Tournament)........................... 04/27/68...Jimmy Ellis .............# 3..........L 15.......................# 2 ....(WBA Elimination Tournament Heavyweight Championship)........ 03/24/69...Buster Mathis .........# 6..........W 12......................# 4 06/23/69...Joe Frazier .............# 1 ..........KO by 7.................# 3 ....(New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Title).... 06/7/7.......Mac Foster ............# 1 ...........KO 6.....................# 4 11/16/71....Jack Bodell ...........# 8............KO 1.....................# 3 05/09/72....Larry Middleton .....# 7 ...........W 10.....................# 2 06/27/72....Muhammad Ali ......# 1 ...........KO by 7.................# 2 ......(For North American Boxing Federation Heavyweight Title)........ 02/09/73....Ron Lyle ...............# 3.............W 12....................Unranked 12/14/73....Earnie Shavers ......# 6.............KO 1....................# 4 06/17/74....Joe Frazier ............# 2 ............KO by 5................# 3 03/24/75....Ken Norton ...........# 4 ............KO by 5................# 5 ......(For North American Boxing Federation Heavyweight Title)........
Quarry would be 9-7-1 with 5 knockouts vs current World heavyweights top tens during his career, However I only go by This content is protected ratings for these posts, Ali in 1970 Chuvalo 1969 were not ranked anyway. And Lorenzo Zanon was reportedly ranked # 10 by the WBC WHEN HE FOUGHT Jerry Quarry in 1977.
Not a bad record especially when you consider that some of those wins and losses were against men who also later ended up in the HOF
Wins over Floyd Patterson, Ron Lyle, Earnie Shavers, Buster Mathis and Mac Foster.... That's better wins than any heavyweight today has
The win over Buster Mathis is the one I always forget. Those wins over Shavers, Lyle and Mac Foster are outstanding. I can remember Quarry starching Earnie Shavers. The odious Don King had nailed his name to the Shavers mast then deserted him like he would always do with the loser.
I needa stop diddling around and get his "Hard Luck...." book. Always was a fan of him as a fighter. Very "Irish" just a gutsy fighter.
Especially when All other contenders or Champs in any division much less, have not beaten 9 legit top tens! alot do not even fite that many This content is protected
Where did you get this fine information? On Norton we must remember he had three fights with Ali and should have won two of them.
