This guy was banged out cold in one round by any number of nobodies. Then out of the blue he faces a undefeated Anders Eklund, whom he blows out of there. He was supposed to fight Gardner, but Gardner pulled out. Next fight, Quarless gets a shot at Gardner. He beats the 35-3 Gardner in two. After that, well, his career went down the shitter, though he did decision a old John Tate. What motivated him to fight the way he did in those two fights? They surely weren't fluke wins.
He was very fast and had decent power when he was motivated... He was a street hard case, who fought when he felt like it and trained hard as hell when he felt the need, last fight he boxed Lennox Lewis in London and hit Lewis in round 1 with a smashing right hand, but paid for it in the second round.. got knocked about and stopped by very good referee, and was angry at the stoppage even though he was on his back until the count of 9....
Quarless had a style that was suited to upset some fighters. He came out fast, throwing a lot of punches. As said previously, he had no dedication for the sport. If he did, he could have gone onto be a better fighter. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsQ-lx9pKZ0[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emgWXHIqhyo[/ame]
I remember us all being really excited about a potential Bruno/Quarless fight in 83 ish. We were really torn as to who would win in the battle of the prospects. Although hindsight shows it to be naive, I remember Lennox getting a lot of kudos for flattening Quarless. Sure he was meant to win, but not like that!
was'nt john l near the end when he fought quarless i think he had been in spain for a while and had not fought for a while so i dont think it is as impressive a win as it looks on paper
Watch the right hand that starts the Gardner stoppage. ****ing THACK. One of the harder shots I've seen landed in a C-Level fight.
