Re: Jerry Quarry

On 3 Dec 2003 06:29:54 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (5016) wrote:

>Lando Calresian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> You are right on about Jerry.  Most people these days just don't know 
>> much about boxing and boxers who haven't fought in the past nine months.
>
>I think that the problem with boxing is the opposite. Most people
>these days know barely anyone fighting today, but have heard of Ali,
>Leonard and Hagler for instance. I would bet that more people today
>have heard of Quarry than today's equivalent, the current #5
>heavyweight in the world.

You would lose that bet. However, more people back then knew Jerry
Quarry, but not as a fighter per se so much as for the person Muhammad
Ali started his comeback against.


Loki