George Foreman vs Jerry Quarry

Indeed Chinny Kenny was not the best.

 

George hurts him

 

Countering Tommy Morrison, but this would not be in the same timeframe

 

watch Quarry against Frazier in 1969. or mac foster 1970, lyle or shavers, or for that matter Patterson or Spencer, and tell me how slow he was?

 

Jerry was just so confident and he knew Foreman's ring style well.

 

Quarry would definitely like Foreman's style in a broader sense (puncher/slugger), as he was an accomplished counterpuncher with great lateral movement and strength of mind required to deconstruct big hitters without letting the pressure get to you.

It's the details that damn him though.

The big punchers he took out were nowhere near Foreman stylistically when you move beyond the old maxim of rock-paper-scissors (slugger-boxer-swarmer.) Earnie Shavers might have banged the hardest, but he was relatively limited and relied on the single big boom to win the fight. Foster was a promising upcomer, but bar the decent jab, showed little sophistication and failed to live up to the expectations. Ron Lyle was the most dangerous of them all with great chin, great power, and decent skills. Still, the fact that he was relatively inexperienced when he faced Jerry aside, he simply didn't pose the same challenge that George Foreman would.

Foreman is leagues above the other trio when it comes to dictating terms of the engagement and when at his best is one of the most accomplished ring generals in the heavyweight history. Short fighters i particular were his favorite prey — head-snapping, ramrod jab; powerful hooks and uppercuts; frames, stops, and leverage guards. All of that plus more. Needles to say, Jerry falls into the short guys category.

Furthermore, Saddler's style (I presume we are not using Gil Clancy's Foreman) was also great at forcing suffocating exchanges, especially when combined with clever ring cutting. Quarry's tendency to brawl at times would do him no favour against Foreman with his punching power and granite chin.

 

Foreman could box and had that jab I think he keeps Quarry off balance with it and gradually breaks him down.

 

Alot of fighters are fragile when Big George hits them. Norton was a very good heavyweight in a vicious era ( early to mid 70s).

 

Your right. Jerry was alot of things but slow wasn't one of them.

 

Foreman probably cuts Quarry if he uses his jab. Even if Jerry is somehow winning the fight his bad luck will tap him on the shoulder.

 

Frazier said Jerry had fast hands.