Samuel Peter vs Jerry Quarry

Jerry was a tough SOB...

 

Agreed,

And a similar case could be made for Earnie Shavers who up to that point had fought mostly mediocre opposition. Jimmy Ellis might be the only exception on his record, but then again Ellis was basically done by that point.. Quarry's first round stoppage of the Acorn was impressive on some level.. But I don't use this fight as a gauge to judge how he'd do against other men and certainly not against a fighter who's stamina and durability far exceded Earnie's. Quarry got that win because he surprised Shavers by jumping all over him early, and before Earnie knew what was going on, it was all over.. Had Shavers somehow managed to get out of the first round, and landed a few of those signature overhand rights, I'm not sure the outcome would have been the same.

 

Too tough for his own good in this one is my thought.

Jerry would have been an amazing cruiserweight had the division existed at the time.

 

Jerry Quarry had the right set of skills to outsmart and outbox Sam Peter, but he didn't have the staying power or the physical tools to finish the job in my opinion. I wouldn't be surprised if by the sixth round, Jerry had built up a lead of perhaps four rounds to one.. But even if Sam only lands maybe 9-10 shots per round, you have to figure that every single one of those shots is going to be a hard one. Those punches are going to take their toll over the course of the fight and have a cummulative effect. Peter was a strong guy and a very aggressive pressure fighter as well, despite the fact that his defense and technical accumen sucked. Wlad, for all his skill, size, physical advantages and world class left jab, couldn't keep Peter from coming in their first fight.. Jerry is going to have to work his ass off from bell to bell, and its going to be very taxing for him.. As the fight progresses we'd likely start to see trickles of blood from his eyes, nose, and mouth, and might even see a knockdown or two, as he was prone to getting decked.. By about the 9th round, Quarry is still leading on the cards, but looks about as bad as Meldrick Taylor did against Chavez after 12 rounds, regardless of being ahead on points.... I like Jerry and have backed him in a lot of head to head fights.. But this is one animal that he's best kept away from..

 

Exactly. He could never handle the force of nature that was Sam Peter.

 

After this fight they might say if Samuel Peter had a better skillset and more talent he might've been able to beat Jerry Quarry.

 

Not I sir..

I have already acknowledged that Quarry is the more talented and skilled, but that these things are not why I picked him to lose.

 

it's the reason why they had a rematch...and the wbc (i think it was an elminator for) where saying "oh no, we respect the decision of the first one. we just want to have a rematch for such a great exhibition of boxing" due to the wbc breaking thier own rules and not allowing a rematch in and eliminator apart form a draw.




left hook kept landing on the inside, right overhand on the outside peter just couldnt get to him.


at the time peter was considered a monster. i believed it.
the first time i saw him on googe videos, was sparking out taurus sykes. then learning that he koed jeremy williams and yanki diaz. which espn repeated later.

first fight i saw live was this

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anywho. quarry is exactly who i would choose to get him out of there. sharp counterpuncher with a good workethic and decent boxing ability. quarry couldnt catch up with movers. sams workrate undoes him and his lack of a plan b. quarry might be smaller but he is very strong and effective on the inside and the outside.

it's got to be quarry. surely.

 

I would certainly feel justified in favouring Quarry.

 

"They" also said that Jerry didn't have the tools to ko Mac Foster.

 

By the way,...I'm not exactly a foaming at the mouth Quarry fanatic...as in all that BS about Foreman being afraid to fight JQ...Jerry would have been stopped before 5 or 6.

 

"They" also had no clue that Mac Foster had no ability to compete at the world level... Sam Peter did.. Even if it was brief and not so very impressive...

 

Not that much difference between a Mac Foster and a Sam Peter magoo.