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	Jerry Quarry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jerry had a good left hook, was a good body puncher, and a smart and quick counterpuncher.
		Quarry was also a bit TV actor who appeared in several TV shows and would retire to work for the American Broadcasting Company in 1975.
		Jerry Quarry was inducted to the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerry_Quarry (700 words)

	Jerry Quarry Boxing Article
		During his career much was written about the relationship Jerry had with the "Quarry Clan." Managed by his father Jack and constantly surrounded by family members, the press could never figure if the "Clan" was good for Jerry or not.
		Ali dominated Jerry and the bout was halted in round seven.
		Jerry was never in the fight which was mercifully halted in round five.
	www.saddoboxing.com /boxing-article/Jerry-Quarry.html (1105 words)

	Jerry Quarry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Quarry was hospitalized Dec. 28 with pneumonia and then suffered cardiac arrest while at Twin Cities Community Hospital.
		Quarry, who earned $2.1 million in purses as a top contender in the 1960s and '70s, later lived on Social Security checks.
		Quarry, a 6-foot, 195-pounder, earned his biggest payday of $338,000 by fighting Ali when Ali returned from his banishment from boxing in 1970.
	members.aol.com /deathpool/obits99/quarryje.html (215 words)

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		They called Jerry Quarry “Irish Jerry” and they called him “The Bellflower Bomber.” He was the Great White Hope incarnate, a pugilist whose hook reached out into the bars and living rooms of everyone who wished that some white guy would come along and pummel the fls who have dominated heavyweight boxing for decades.
		Jerry Quarry came up in a rough way, with a drunken Irish father whose knuckles were tattooed with the letters H A R D L U C K. Nearly everybody in the family fought — Quarry’s two surviving brothers are both strung-out losers in the fight game, too.
		Quarry was a Golden Gloves amateur champion in 1964, and turned pro the next year.
	www.panix.com /~scmiller/goodbye/jan99/quarry.html (398 words)

	Quarry, Jerry -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Quarried stone is classed either as dimension stone, meaning blocks or slabs cut to size, or as crushed and broken stone.
		Jerry Lee Lewis was born in 1935 in Ferriday, La. Lewis's earliest influence was country music, but with the popularity of Elvis Presley in the 1950s, he too became a rock 'n' roller.
		Jerry Falwell was born on Aug. 11, 1933, in Lynchburg, Va. In 1956 Falwell founded the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9342739?tocId=9342739 (686 words)

	BOXING NOTE
		He was admitted Monday with pneumonia but had been suffering for years from a condition known as dementia pugilisitica, which is brain damage caused by repeated blows to the head.
		Quarry bounced back to win his next 10 fights, twice defeating former champion Floyd Patterson in 1967.
		Quarry, whose younger brother, Mike, was a light heavyweight contender, fought a virtual who's who of 1970s heavyweights.
	www.canoe.ca /StatsBOX/BC-BOX-LGNS-QUARRYOBIT-R.html (345 words)

	CNN/SI - Boxing - Boxer Quarry remembered for touching others - Sunday January 10, 1999 07:48 PM
		Quarry, who suffered from severe brain damage caused by repeated blows to the head, died last Sunday after his family decided to remove life support systems.
		Quarry was remembered at a funeral in his native Bakersfield and then buried at nearby Shafter Memorial Park.
		Quarry earned $2.1 million in purses as a top contender in the 1960s and '70s, but later lost it all through drug and alcohol use and three marriages.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /more/boxing/news/1999/01/10/quarry_funeral (561 words)

	CNN/SI - Boxing - Former heavyweight boxer Jerry Quarry dead at 53 - Sunday January 03, 1999 11:04 PM
		Both bouts were in Quarry's hometown of Los Angeles, and the first ended in a draw and he won the second on a controversial split decision.
		Quarry, a 6-foot, 195-pound blond who seemed to be easy to cut, earned his biggest payday, $338,000, by fighting Ali when Ali returned from his banishment in 1970.
		Quarry turned to cocaine and alcohol on the downslopes of his career, dulling his reflexes and leaving him virtually defenseless in the ring.
	robots.cnnsi.com /more/boxing/news/1999/01/03/quarry_dies (759 words)

	Quarry
		Jerry had a good left hook and was a good body puncher and smart defensive fighter.
		Quarry then took on Muhammad Ali and was cut badly and stopped in the 3rd round.
		Quarry was not a quitter, and when people thought he was down was when he put on his best performances.
	www.geocities.com /sadmspats/quarry.htm (827 words)

	Boxing News : David A. Avila : The Greatest Fighter Never to Hold the Heavyweight Title: A Jerry Quarry Memorial
		It was during Jerry's first year as a pro that I became acquainted with the rest of what became known as the "Fighting Quarry Clan." Jerry was the second-eldest of eight children (four boys, four girls) in a poor but proud, very rambunctious working-class family.
		Jerry's parents, Jack and Arwanda, became known as "Ma and Pa Quarry," and their family was dubbed "The Quarrelsome Quarrys." Jack co-managed Jerry along with friend and former neighbor Johnny Flores, while Arwanda was the long-suffering earth mother whose love and compassion held the family together through good times and bad.
		When Jerry walked into a room in which his mother was present, hers were the first eyes he sought, and she was the first person to whom he spoke.
	www.maxboxing.com /avila/avila011104.asp (2351 words)

	Prizefightnews.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jerry then followed with a series of ripping, brain jarring shots that dropped Orbillo.
		Veteran trainer Gil Clancy who handled Quarry later in his career called Jerry the hardest puncher he ever had.
		Quarry won the decision but Joey's gameness won the crowd.
	www.prizefightnews.com /jims.asp?rno=46 (370 words)

	Boxing: Jerry Quarry, an uncrowned champion
		Having had the misfortune of contending in an era of giants, Jerry Quarry lost only to the best, and deserves his due as a great boxer who would have reigned as champion in many other eras.
		It is not uncommon in the wake of the passing of a significant sports figure, regardless of the realm from which he or she came, for a degree of revisionist history to envelop the print media.
		The enduring image of Quarry in the minds of most sports fans is being badly battered by Joe Frazier in their return bout, and being hammered by Norton in what was to be his finale as a serious heavyweight contender.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/3-9-2002-12779.asp (585 words)

	Tribute To Jerry Quarry And Fourth Annual Battle Of The Bouncers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		“Irish” Jerry Quarry was one of the most exciting fighters to come along in the talent rich era of 1960s and 1970s heavyweights and while he never reached his dream of winning the heavyweight championship of the world, he had a career he could well be proud of.
		Jerry Quarry took the family motto, coined by his father Jack Quarry, of “there is no quit in a Quarry,” to the extreme and he paid the price for it.
		Quarry gave every ounce of himself, every minute of every round, and he literally gave his life's blood to the sport of boxing, a sport boxing fans around the world all love.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /news/appell0111.php (464 words)

	Jim's Boxing page at Boxing911.com!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Quarry outboxed his less experienced foe until lowering the boom in the sixth.
		Quarry used the Foster victory as a springboard to match with the comeback Muhammad Ali.
		Jerry Quarry was a terrific fighter but Bugner fared much better against Ali and Frazier than Jerry did.
	www.boxing911.com /jim.htm (11737 words)

	Joey Orbillo By Jim Amato (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The veteran was among the best in the world.On June 23, 1966 he proved to be a little too much for Joey winning a hotly contested ten round split decision.
		Orbillo put up such a fine showing against Machen that he was then matched with the streaking Jerry Quarry.
		How Joey got up from this knockdown and still fight on was a testament to his sheer guts and will.Veteran trainer Gil Clancy who handled Quarry later in his career called Jerry the hardest puncher he ever had.
	www.insideboxing.com /Featured_pieces/joey_orbillo_by_jim_amato.htm (378 words)

	THE JERRY QUARRY FOUNDATION \| Jerry's Video Scrapbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jerry upsets Thad Spencer in the 12th round of their heavyweight elimination fight.
		Jerry drops Floyd Patterson in the exciting 2nd round of Jerry's rematch with the great two-time former heavyweight champion.
		For 3 minutes, Jerry Quarry was the best fighter in the world, out slugging and out boxing the champion Joe Frazier.
	www.jerryquarry.com /scrapbook.htm (209 words)

	Jim Amato's Look Back
		Jim's story on Jerry Quarry is one of my favorite columns he's written.
		Jerry was always in the thick of the title picture and had a tremendous following.
		During his career much was written about the relationship Jerry had with the "Quarry Clan".
	www.angelfire.com /bc/lowblows/amato.html (1660 words)

	CBZ - September 1998
		Jerry Quarry was born in California on May 15, 1945.
		Quarry became a television analyst and beer pitchman, but as is the curse of the prize fighter, Jerry returned to the ring in 1977 against Italian Lorenzo Zanon.
		Jerry still enjoys boxing, and he remembers that he was a boxer, though he believes that he won all his fights, including those with Ali and Frazier.
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/box9-98.htm (11537 words)

	The Jerry Quarry Foundation - Letter Archives 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jerry through a left hook, in the middle of throughing the left hook Patterson land a punch to Jerry;s shoulder which cause Jerry to miss the punch and in doing so he lost his balance and went down.
		Jerry was extremely good as a counter puncher and he could hurt and knockout a man with either hand.
		Jerry was beating Chuvalo pretty handily and it looked like the referee Zack Clayton might have to stop the fight, Chuvalo's face was badly broken up and his eyes were beginning to close.
	www.jerryquarry.com /jqletters00.htm (22002 words)

	Slipcue.com Obituary Listings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Quarry had two bouts in Los Angeles in 1967 against Patterson, the former heavyweight champion, who was 10 years older than Quarry.
		Quarry fought a furious bout with Frazier at Madison Square Garden in June 1969, seeking Frazier's share of the heavyweight title that was recognized by New York and five other states.
		Quarry retired in 1975, made brief comebacks in 1977 and 1983 and then, in a final return in 1992 at age 47, took a beating from an unknown fighter in a six-round bout in Aurora, Colo.
	www.slipcue.com /obits/01/obits03.html (1596 words)

	Boxing: Quarry upsets streaking Lyle
		Foster, who had entered his fight with Quarry undefeated with twenty-four wins in a row, all by knockout, never was the same after his loss to Quarry.
		In addition, Quarry was not supposed to beat No. 1 contender Thad Spencer in the semifinals of the WBA tournament to determine a new champion during Ali's forced retirement.
		There was probably one important difference though between Quarry and Lyle's other previous opponents and that is, Quarry stared back unafraid of the menacing presence in front of him.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/5-9-2002-18064.asp (484 words)

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		Almost 30 years to the night since he made his professional boxing debut, Jerry Quarry is damaged goods.
		Jimmy, who speaks for his younger brother much of the time, is bitter that his brother literally boxed his brains out — and made a lot of people a lot of money — and has nothing to show for it.
		In becoming the poster boy for a movement that asks the boxing world to take responsibility for those it has harmed, Jerry Quarry exposes the essential contradiction of the sport: Its heroes are of necessity also its victims.
	www.laweekly.com /ink/printme.php?eid=1555 (666 words)

	RING 8 MEMORIES OF A CHAMPIONS HEART (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mike Tyson was the self proclaimed "Baddest Man On The Planet." Even after his decisive loss to Buster Douglas in 1990 and three year exile to prison many still believed him.
		For six rounds Quarry out boxed his plodding foe.
		Kid Gavilan, one of the most popular welterweight boxers in the 1940's and 50's died last year and Ring 8 is collecting funds for his memorable headstone in Miami, Florida.
	www.trufanboxing.com /ring_8_memories_of_a_champions_h.htm (1172 words)

	Ali on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mohammed ALI in Miami to prepare for his fight against Jerry QUARRY.
		After running as part of his training for his fight against Jerry QUARRY.
		Belinda later became ALI's second wife as Khaliah Ali.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/a/ali.asp (598 words)

	The Jerry Quarry Foundation \| Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Watch Jerry Quarry at his best against vs Earnie Shavers, Mac Foster and Thad Spencer on this liimited edition CD-ROM.
		Your payment is a tax deductable donation to The Jerry Quarry Foundation.
		The first round of the great Frazier vs Quarry I fight in 1969 was voted round of the year, and remains one of the most exciting in heavyweight history.
	www.jerryquarry.com (320 words)

	Jerry Quarry
		Related content from HighBeam Research on: Jerry Quarry
		His brain is like the inside of a grapefruit that's been dropped dozens of times; JERRY QUARRY THE MAN WHO FOUGHT ALI AND FRAZIER.(Sport) (The Mirror (London, England))
		(Jerry Quarry's attempt at boxing comeback)(Scorecard) (column) (Sports Illustrated)
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0774401.html (125 words)

	Hot Boxing News! Hot Tickets - Cassius Clay vs. Quarry
		Jerry fought Muhammad Ali in what was billed as the return of the champ.
		Quarry was got cut early in the fight and received eighteen stitches, and lost the fight.
		This was a "Hot" Ticket, as this fight became the subject of an FBI investigation!
	www.hotboxingnews.com /ticketsclay.htm (124 words)

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	Wired News: Passage: Jerry Quarry, 53 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ce fought Muhammad Ali and lost two title shots, but Jerry Quarry's legacy may be a chilling reminder of his sport's brutality.
		The former heavyweight fighter died Sunday at a Templeton, California, hospital after a long descent into dementia brought on by repeated blows to the head.
		The progressive malady, similar to Alzheimer's disease, left Quarry virtually helpless and in the care of his family in his final years.
	www.wired.com /news/print/0,1294,17114,00.html (162 words)

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