Tommy Hearns vs Jerry Quarry

Quarry easy early ko!

 

Im a big Hearns fan.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,But you have a funny way at twistin the facts

 

Tell me about it.:-(

 

Jerry Quarry would have dominated almost any other HW era and simply had the misfortune of peaking in the late 60's early 70's. We all know who was in the division at this time...

 

Quarry within a round or two.

 

Joe Louis woulda beat him:deal

 

Agreed, but you get my point.

 

Hearns might have a chance against Mike Quarry.

 

lol

 

I assume that you've already read my first post on this thread. Now to your other points...

I agree that Hearns was faster but I'm not sure that he would be THAT much faster at CW(which is where this fight would have to take place) due to Hearns limited experience(compared to Quarry) fighting in that weight range.

You also say that Hearns was the far superior boxer but , while I believe Tommy Hearns was an ATG boxer, Quarry wasn't some push over. He fought some tough fights against some of the better boxers the division has ever seen(Ellis, Machen, Ali) where you can't say the same for Hearns competition at CW.

Next, you say that Quarry had fair power but not great power. Yes, he had fair power...against Heavyweights!!!!
Hearns is an ATG slugger at 147 and 154... still a one punch knockout artist at 160, but his KO percentage goes down significantly as he moves up in weight. He's still a hell of a puncher at CW but not nearly enough of a puncher to bother someone as battle hardened and skillful as Quarry in his prime.

With that said, I believe Quarry would walk through Hearns punches like a fisherman through fog and grind Hearns down.

Bottom line: Quarry can handle Hearns CW wannabe power but Hearns WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO HANDLE QUARRYS LEGIT HW POWER.:bbb

QUARRY HANDS DOWN.

 

Hearns has no experience against good HWs in pro bouts BUT Dempsey/Marciano had no experience against good 230lb+ fighters, that doesnt stop some of the people from picking him.

Quarry fought 2 ex-MWs who force fed themselves to HW and arguably lost all his fights with them, Hearns starved himself to make MW, if he force fed himself like Patterson/Ellis he'd be a solid 180lbs-190lbs just like them.

Dont get me wrong I wouldnt be suprised if quarry walks through Hearns as Tommy is unproven, but its funny those that pick Rock/Dempsey over A Class 230lb men dont give an A Class 175lber a shot to beat a B Class 200lber who wasnt a big banger.

If Hearns ate his way upto 190ls like Patterson/Quarry/Jones Jr, I give him a shot

 

Is Tommy Hearns an A-class LHW or CW? I don't think so... and that's my issue with the matchup. As I mentioned above, Hearns is an A+ class WW, JMW...an A class MW...but his quality wins above 160 just aren't there...Hearns' only chance is to cut Jerry but he would have to take a beating for 5-6 rounds to accomplish that. I really don't see Hearns having the power at CW to trouble someone like Quarry.:bart

 

Agreed, check out post 25 above.

 

Yeah, no question about that. Check out post 25 above for further analysis. Agree, disagree?

 

Uness Hearns is able to cut Quarry early thus forcing a stoppage, Quarry via brutal KO.