Ali vs Jerry Quarry 2

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  1. timmers612

    timmers612 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Can't see it at all, they did literally nothing the same from the feet up. Jack had a limiting sideways back foot to stabilize his stance but it made him move unevenly when he would go quickly forward and allowed none of Ali's dancing. Ali didn't train in blocking while Jack did exclusively and their punches were all thrown differently.
     
  2. timmers612

    timmers612 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I had no problem at the time with the bout being made but lets face it, that wasn't whatever Jerry had left at that stage, he was totally messed up from the moment he stepped in the ring from watching his brother get badly ko'd.
     
  3. foreman&dempsey

    foreman&dempsey Boxing Addict banned

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    ali loked **** in every fight against norton
     
  4. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Look closer. He did not fight the entire bout this way nor did Ali have a full comprehension of the Johnson style. You will see Ali, flatfooted, with right hand crossed across his chest snapping off jabs at long range. If you did not read the story, you would not notice it.
     
  5. janwalshs

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    The main thing that struck me about this fight was when Jerry, in the 1st round, lifted Ali off his feet and carried him to the ropes as if he was going to toss him out of the ring like a pro wrestler. Maybe this was where Ali got the idea to toy with wrestling.

    Ironically, that was probably Jerry's best moment of the fight. The rest of it, he was clearly dominated.
     
  6. timmers612

    timmers612 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Watching it live at the time we knew Jerry did that from a messed up state, it would have been better had the fight not had to take place after Mike was ko'd so badly. Jerry wasn't Jerry for one moment of the fight.
     
  7. ronnyrains

    ronnyrains Active Member Full Member

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    hi Night Train I believe the top 5 WBA

    Champion : Joe Frazier
    1- Muhammad Ali
    2- Jerry Quarry
    3- Floyd Patterson
    4- George Foreman
    5- Jimmy Ellis
     
  8. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    Thanks Ronny, I just watched this fight the other night! The pre fight introductions were a trip. Ali refused to acknowledge Ellis, taunted Foreman an Blue Lewis who he was set to fight in 3 weeks. Quarry was fired up and ready to go!
     
  9. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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  10. mcvey

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    He didnt he watched film of Johnson v Jeffries and said maybe I'll use that and it was the FIRST Quarry fight anyway Ali's return from exile with Bundini shouting out," Jack Johnsons ghost is here",and "Ghost in the house".

    Perry was full of it.
     
  11. Unforgiven

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    Quarry-Patterson 3 would have made sense.

    Can't fault Ali for fighting the top-ranked available contenders. Frazier wasn't agreeing to a rematch, so Ali faced the best of the rest.
     
  12. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    There is a possibility that Foster would cut Jerry with that laser jab of his. It would depend on how soon Quarry could get his offense going. If the fight isn`t stopped due to cuts I think Quarry gets him in the mid rounds. He wasn't as aggressive as Frazier but Jerry could crack with both hands and he had the better chin here.
     
  13. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Nothing in Fosters heavyweight record suggests he has a decent chance of beating Quarry.
     
  14. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    Interestingly, I put Foster in the same tier as Archie Moore yet Foster was never able to successfully compete at heavyweight.
     
  15. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Except the fact that Quarry tended to cut and Foster`s jab could possibly do it. So that would be something. Quarry was obviously the better heavyweight but he had that weakness.
     
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