Jerry Quarry vs. Lennox Lewis

quarry would prob stop lewis in the tenth,always thought lewis had stamia issues,deffo thought ray mercer bet him,quarry done pretty well against holmes,and lewis aint no larry

 

This board is seriously afflicted with nostalgia beyond any common sense. Whenever fantasy matchups are created between a fighter from a past era and a current or recent fighter, all the weaknesses of the current fighter are brought up and the fighter from the past is supposed to exploit them.

Lennox Lewis might very well be the best H2H boxer of all times. He was an unusually gifted athlete, very skilled for a big man, one of the best punchers ever, a very well rounded fighter. Quarry was an undersized brawler with great determination but no outstanding attribute in terms of skill or athleticism. Lewis would most likely beat the Ali of the 19070's, he would destroy Frazier and Quarry.

 

Lewis would ****ing annihilate Quarry. A 6'0, 195lbs boxer should have something VERY special to beat the greatest superheavyweight of all time, and Quarry does not have that. A guy like Dempsey or Marciano at least has a puncher's chance, but Jerry was one of those wear-you-down types.

 

I love Jerry Quarry but there is just no way. Jerry was a small heavyweight and a smaller heavyweight era, who would be a light heavy or a crusierweight today. And Lewis is one of the godfathers of the next generation of super sized heavyweights. The size is advantage is way too much too make up for any skills advantage Quarry may have had.

 

Lennox would KO him.

 

rember mccall,only a sparring partner for tyson,ko lewis easily, and the rockman, u cant be great if u get knocked out by no hopers. seriously he was good,but old tyson and old holyfield,could not stop the holy one but toney did.i give he the ****** fortune fight he was very impressive,

 

But you can be great like Ali if you win the title from a guy who just quits on his stool and takes a dive in the rematch?

You can make a case against the career of any fighter in history if you only point out the weak spots. Lewis beat a version of Holyfield that would have toyed with Toney, he destroyed Ruddock, Bruno, Grant, Golota, Briggs, Rahman in the rematch, Tyson. Lewis was a boxer - puncher with skill, athleticism and power. He was great, plain and simple.

 

Jerry was good against the BIG SLOW guys but Lennox brings much more than that to the table. Jerry MAY have been able to upset Foreman but I can not see him overcoming Lennox

 

couldn't have said it better myself

 

atsch wrong

 

It would be like Lewis-Botha except perhaps it lasts a little longer.

 

Quarry never fought Holmes. Almost, but not.

 

I love classic match ups that can never happen. The way they have virtual boxing is great, but wouldn't a time machine be better. Just a crazy thought.