Ring Magazine ...................................Quarry vs Opponent.................Ranked 1967 Floyd Patterson #3.......Unranked Billy Daniels.....................# 8 Floyd Patterson #5...........# 8 1968 Thad Spencer #2.............# 5 Jimmy Ellis #3.................# 2 Bob Mumford...................# 6 Willis Earls......................# 6 1969 Charley Reno..................# 5 Aaron Eastling................# 5 Buster Mathis #6............# 4 Joe Frazier #1................# 3 John Carroll...................# 4 Brian London..................# 4 George Chuvalo..............# 3 1970 Rufus Brassell.................# 6 Scrap Iron Johnson..........# 6 Mac Foster #1.................# 4 Stamford Harris...............# 1 Muhammad Ali................# 1 1971 Richard Gosha.................# 4 Tony Doyle......................# 4 Jack Bodell #8.................# 3 Lou Bailey.......................# 2 1972 Eduardo Corletti...............# 2 Larry Middleton #7...........# 2 Muhammad Ali #1............# 2 1973 Randy Neumann...............Unranked Ron Lyle #3.....................Unranked James J. Woody................# 4 Tony Doyle.......................# 4 Earnie Shavers #6............# 4 1974 Joe Alexander...................# 3 Joe Frazier #2..................# 3 1975 Scrap Iron Johnson............# 7 Ken Norton #4..................# 5
JERRY QUARRY was Ranked by Ring Magazine , and whom in order he was ranked going into bout vs Opponents. PRE-FIGHT (Means what Quarry was ranked like say Ali, he's taking on Muhammad Ali you know the greatest- Quarry was ranked #1 by Ring Magazine.
Wasn't his obsession with that guy who Ali didn't fight, he was top 5 ranked for a short while but kept losing when he stepped up a level?
Yeah The Irish Indian guy, Jerry undefeated in 20 bouts loses To Machen, fights his way to the WBA Championship at #2 Lost 15 round Majority decision to Jimmy Ellis Fights back to #3 loses to Frazier 1969 back at #3 loss to Chuvalo Beats 24-0 Mac Foster #1 contender, loses cut to Ali Fights back to #2 loses to Ali Again 1972 Beats #3 Ron Lyle back in contention 1973 Loses to Frazier again AT #3 Heartbreaker under Gil Clancy Not the result -THE FIGHT Steady as #5 contender loss to Norton MSG Annouced JQ as #3 contender
TOP 5 FOR A SHORT TIME? Try nine years, Quarry beat 8 ranked fighters Quarry number 1 (WBA) 1968, Ring Magazine 1970 a lot better than just number 5 (for a short time) Foster #1 Spencer #2 Lyle #3 Patterson #5 Shavers #6 Mathis #6 Middleton #7 Bodell #8 very few World Champions in any division attain that. and no heavyweight contenders who never won a title comes close. Unless you can name one? Lyle and Bonavena (4) Jimmy Ellis (5)
WILLS , Yes matter of factly come up with the names dates, and Rank, like ever heard of the Acme Packers, HEY they could beat Green Bay -------no they are Green Bay 1918
A bout in the garden was rumored with Quarry until it was confirmed that Wills had died 12 years earlier.
Mike Quarry Ratings Ring Magazine Opponent..............Quarry Ranked 1971 Andy Kendall................#10 Larry Cruz....................#9 HIll Chambers...............#7 Ronnie Wilson...............#7 Amado Vasquez............#6 Jimmy Dupree..............#6 1972 Tommy Hicks................#5 Chuck Hamilton.............#5 Bob Foster....................#3 (World Light Heavyweight Title) Frankie Evans...............#10 1973 Paul Kasper..................#12 Ray "Windmill" White....#10 Walter White.................#8 Hal "Tnt" Carroll.............#8 Tom Bogs.....................#10 1976 Tom "The Bomb" Bethea...Unranked Mike Rossman................#9
He was the guy the got dropped by George Chuvalo and was hit so hard that he jumped up right after the ref counted 10 like he was ready to fight. He also went 0-5 vs. Frazier (LKOby7 and LKOby5), Ali (LKOby3 and LKOby7), and Norton (LKOby5). No shame in losing to these man but revisionist would like you to think that he was close to being on the level with these men. They all dominated him and stopped him pretty easily. He did manage to decision a pre-prime Ron Lyle and stopped the not so durable Ernie Shavers. He was outboxed by a past prime Eddie Machen and by Jimmy Ellis. A past prime Patterson dropped him and gave him two tough fights (a draw and a MD win for Quarry). Quarry was good, far from great.
