Anyone seriously considering being a boxer should see Jerry Quarry
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- World Boxing Hall of Fame: Heavyweight Boxer Jerry Quarry (Muhammad Ali opponent)
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0:25 World Boxing Hall of Fame Dinner
0:45 The only man to take on Muhammad Ali twice and Joe Frazier twice (both twice)
1:20 Jerry Quarry today
1:48 The punch-drunk fighter
2:45 There are Jerry Quarry's in every sport today
3:58 Jerry Quarry today
4:57 Phil Mushnick comments
5:37 What kind of lesson should we take away from this
5:40 It (the dementia) is preventable
5:52 We won't let dogs fight, chicken fight because we care about the animals but we'll let two men get in a ring
This video is the 1995 CBS-TV 48 Hours news report which features Jerry and James Quarry at the Boxing Hall Of Fame Ceremony.
Details on a Muhammad Ali opponent Jerry Quarry
Jerry Quarry fought in "The Golden Age Of Heavyweight Boxing", where the talent level of the sport and its level of international interest were at a peak.
Jerry Quarry (1945-1999), nicknamed "The Bellflower Bomber", was an American heavyweight boxer. During the peak of his career from 1968 to 1971, Quarry was rated by Ring magazine as the most popular fighter in the sport. His most famous bouts were against world champions Floyd Patterson, Jimmy Ellis, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, and Ken Norton.
Quarry retired from boxing in 1975 but had comeback fights in 1977, 1983, and 1992.
Towards the end of his life, the punishment sustained in his boxing career caused Quarry to become a shell of himself. He developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and required assistance to perform everyday tasks. He was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995, where he gave a slurred speech. He died in 1999, at the young age of 53.
His younger brothers Mike and Bobby Quarry also boxed. Mike was a high-ranked contender in the light heavyweight division Jerry's older brother James was the only Quarry brother not to box. James became a carer for Jerry and set up the Jerry Quarry Foundation, a non-profit that assists disabled boxers.
When he returned in 1983, he was 38 years old. Though appearing to be in good health, Quarry was in fact already beginning to show the effects of his lengthy boxing career. A Sports Illustrated reporter was researching an article about health problems among retired boxers, especially among those who started as child boxers. The reporter met Quarry, and although he appeared to be in good health, Quarry's performance on several simple cognitive tests was shockingly poor. This was the harbinger of the mental decline that would eventually destroy the last part of his life, dementia pugilistica, the atrophy of the brain from repeated blows to the head, eventually leading to an Alzheimer's-like state. A 1983 CT scan of Quarry's brain done for the article and agreed to by him, showed classic evidence of brain atrophy, including the characteristic cavum septi pellucidi found in many boxers with long careers. Despite these developing facts, Quarry had two wins in 1983, but the fights accelerated his mental decline.
He retired again and was inactive as a boxer from 1984 to 1992, but Quarry continued to decline physically and mentally. His entire boxing fortune was completely gone by 1990, and Quarry filed for Social Security at age 45. Denied a boxing license in many states because of his condition, Quarry found a loophole in Colorado that allowed him to schedule an October 30, 1992 bout with Ron Cramner, a cruiserweight 16 years Quarry's junior. At age 47 and 6 months old, Quarry provided only a 6-round punching bag for the younger fighter, losing all six rounds and the decision. Only Quarry's courage and great chin let him last the full 6 rounds. Quarry was never the same after that fight. The 1992 fight Quarry had is at / @boxinghalloffamejerry...
Within a few years of his final bout, Quarry could not feed or dress and had to be cared for by relatives, mainly his brother James, the only one of the four Quarry brothers not to box professionally. Jerry's brother, Mike, who had contended for the light-heavyweight championship, was himself beginning to show signs of dementia pugilistica in later life and died as a result on June 11, 2006. Another brother, Bobby, suffers from Parkinson's disease, believed to be the result of his own heavyweight boxing career. Jerry Quarry was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995. A television news broadcast of the event showed him barely aware of the proceedings, the dementia he suffered was now severe. Quarry was hospitalized with pneumonia on December 28, 1998, and then suffered cardiac arrest. He died at the age of 53.
Anybody considering being a boxer should see Jerry Quarry's brother • Boxing and dementia wi...
Requiem for a heavyweight: In 2023, it was revealed that Joe Bugner, was living in a care home in Australia, struggling with severe dementia. He fought Ali twice, and Frazier, in the 1970's.
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My name is Rob Charpentier, age 76, and I've been a sports fan all my youth and adult life. Ali also suffered horrific deementia. Never advise anyone to become a "boxer"{ as it is a death sentence!
WHEN THEY ACCUSE YOU of running or being a chicken while they`re safely sitting in their chair
So true
Polish Knockers : always critiquing with their hands in their pockets because they never put on the gloves.
I hope Floyd Mayweather doesn't comeback, he managed to limit the punishment over the years, I hope he lets the haters stew in it.
Amen
That's why I often don't romanticize the so called "Mexican style" of my people. It's easy for an spectator to demand for a fighter to put his life on the line for the sake of entertainment but those fighters are also people and they have everything to lose. That's why a lot of Mexican fans dont like Canelo. Canelo doesn't practice the traditional mexican style of fighting and people hate it.
Jerry , who died in 1999 , was lucky to have such a loving and caring brother .
Blessed to have a brother like that. Bless him for doing what he did without judgment.
Yes a hero in his own right..Motivated only by love he has for his brother..
Yeah well imagine all the money and stuff Jerry gave his brother when he was on top. It's only fitting that his brother look after him now
ThefightingCelt unfortunately I have the same symptoms as Jerry’s, having a good support team around me makes a world of difference
bryan knechtel you have no idea what motives his brother, don’t project your experiences with family onto him
His eyes seemed to come back to life when we was throwing those punches
That showed that he had a true boxing spirit he was a true sports man he loved boxing ❤️🥊
🤧🤧🤧
Hell yeah. He needs a punching bag. If he's still around I hope he gets plenty of bag time
@@juntjoonunya9216 he died 4 years later in 1999
Facts! Form still there and all...even the speed...a heavy bag would've done him good
Jerry's brother was being a stand-up guy. Good job, brother.
He's a fuckin saint imo.
Bless him for what he does for his family.
no siblings like this in today's generation
Absolutely he was so great to be like that to his brother
He loves his brother! He didn't just stay for the glory days, he stayed when times are the darkest. Now that is a fucking homie!!! 100%
Much respect.
Yeah, but another brother, I can't remember his name now, ended-up the same way, punch drunk.Was it Mike Quarry? Anyway, two punch drunk fighters in the same family is appalling.
Now I respect Mayweather's style even more. Hit and not get hit. Never give anything away to your opponent in boxing. In others words never let your head be an easy target.
Mario Bros running
Mario Bros yeah but body shots still can ruin your kidneys and raise you blood pressure.
Unfortunately boxing, no matter how good you are, ye gonna get punched in the head. Yeah, there are exceptions that don’t get hit in the head much but as a sport it’s about caving in each other’s head in? Begs the question if it should be legal at all?
SoBasicReviews it’s called hit and don’t get hit but your clearly a noob 😂😂😂
Yeah well, Floyd hasn't got much up there to lose in the first place.
He's lucky he has such an kind brother
Blood Still for ever
Well damn he couldnt tie his shoes or remember who he was, but he could still throw a left hook. Wow
muscle memory
muscle memory
It doesn't prove that he still had any coordination to actually connect.I don't think you'd have to have any boxing background yourself to counter him at that point.a Old lady probably would have been able to block and counter him there.
John Mane I promise you even as an old man he could easily KO 99% of this entire comment section
That’s how my grandpa is. He was also a boxer
Sad whats happened to Quarry..But his brother needs to get the award for the best brother anyone could ask for...Hes very fortunate to have this man as a brother...Family is the most important thing in this journey and he has not forgotten this..Very unselfish and admirable thing to do...World is a better place with ppl like this in it
Tittsburg Feelers you’re family members are lucky to have you my friend.
Tittsburg Feelers they are both dead
Indeed it is
Go STEELERS!
@@TheTruthContestt tragic but not relevant to his sentiment
Jerry's brother James sadly died in 2002, he was a good guy
Maybe smoking killed him
Three years after Jerry died.I believe there's something there when you go,so I think that's sweet that they can see each other again so soon.
@livey oone aids
His other brother Mike, also a boxer, died at 55 in 2006. Whole generation of Quarry's wiped out....
@@LeafFan0016 there's still 1 brother left, Bobby Quarry and yep he also suffer from brain related injury
Someday you all will respect Floyd Mayweather for fighting in a defensive stance.
stfu
We don't hate his style, we hate his attitude
Yeah, running.
floyd still stutters and can barely put sentences together half the time... and on top of that he is the biggest simp in history
Cant compare heavyweight division with the welter and light divisions
if they gave a world title for the greatest brother, jerrys brother would be the undisputed champ.
@Nate Diaz Couldn't Beat a Rattata what if? You sound like CNN.
Says more about you than anything, Nate.
Certainly a great brother, but there are many, many like him, doing the same things every day. The only difference is that his brother was famous.
Nah i think Itachi would win...
@Nate Diaz Couldn't Beat a Rattata And what if you had some sense?
But we know you don't, so strike that.
Jerry Quarry is my grandpa on my moms side. I didn’t get to know him very well because I was born in 1998, but the stories my grandma and my mom tell me are something of a dream. He really lived a life and did so many things. A serious one of a kind man with a crazy talent.
Cali Jean, it's obviously sad and tragic how he ended up in the end, but like you said, he really did live a life and left behind a legacy. Random people, like me, are signing into RUclips 23 years after he passed to learn more about him, and 99.99% of people in the world can't say the same.
Please share something with me
Cali Jean, let me tell you something young lady. Your grandfather Jerry Quarry is I name I grew up hearing about. He was respected and loved.
Now you remember that you have this great man's blood in your veins so you should be very proud.
Really cool having a famous ancestor like Jerry Quarry. I used to watch him on television when he was in his prime and was always proud of his Irish connections.
Awesome
Jerry was blessed to have such a loyal brother.
His brother is also a real man.
yeah man, unconditional love right there.
Jerry's brother was a great guy, but hearing his voice you can notice he was a heavy smoker. He died in 2002 by lung cancer. Rip Quarry's brothers.
R.I.P. James Quarry, but James quarry is with his brother Jerry quarry again :)
That sucks. What a guy.
A percentage of ticket sales should go to a basic pension for fighters
no! it start with a good intention and then it get abused and scammed... look what happenned with pension for hockey player in the 70's (scammed away).
John Smith That two million dollars should had gone to a pension fund.
John Smith what a great idea.
Or they can save their winnings...
@@TinkerTailorSoldier1 some of them got ripped off big time never seen any real money
This is why the likes of Mayweather specialised in complete defensive work , he has never been beat and hardly a glove layed on him , now retired with Millions in the bank . People said he was boring to watch but he used his head not lost it . Real great fighter and master of Boxing
Never thought of it that way before, but it’s so true
smithdvr I was going to leave comment about this very reason you mentioned about Floyd and why the sweet science is very important while boxing putting your health at risk.
smithdvr defence is the best offence. That’s why Floyd has gone 50-0 in his boxing career or Calzaghe
smithdvr no one ever said mayweather didn’t master the sport of boxing cuz he did. Just not entertaining and his haters tend to over exaggerate how lame his fights are
He is boring to watch, and that's why it's such a crummy, double-edged sword when it comes to boxing: you're either a flashy fighter that pleases crowds by giving and taking blood and dying young, or you're a boring fighter that pisses a lot of crowds off by playing defensively and living to an old age.
2020 and people are shocked that being hit in the head seriously is not good for a person
really, next they will work out going into combat is bad psychologically on a person
Lay off the coke bro
I idolized heavyweight boxers when I was a kid and tried to be like them. After watching this, I’m grateful that I failed.
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@msc14111990 OK I agree boxing is for warriors but you don't need to tell someone to be a cashier at a store. Maybe be a doctor or a lawyer or some other great profession. You were extremely aggressive for no reason and come off as over compensating
@msc14111990 You sure are a badass, have fun with the brain damage.
msc14111990 You’re talking about self preservation, yet that has nothing to do with the SPORT, (keyword: SPORT) of boxing or other fighting SPORTS. Sacrificing yourself for somebody else in THE REAL WORLD, OUTSIDE OF THE RING, is different than going up against somebody WILLINGLY in a controlled environment. How dumb can you possibly be? Maybe it’s all those punches you take to the head that’s caused you to think so stupidly 😂😂😂
That's why I'm a pussy and only do MMA
His brother said it All When Jerry was on top he took care of me
respect
I feel really bad for him. He looks really aged to just be 50. Whenever he was throwing those punches, I saw more life and concentration in his eyes.
“Tonight’s your night buddy” Jerry’s brother is a saint. Heart broken watching him having to spell out their own namesake when jerry tried to sign the glove
that really broke me
In Boxing the glove only protects the hand, not the brain.. Sad
mostly protects the hand, but also is harder to knock someone out, so they get hit even more, accumulating more damage
Anthony Macias the mouthpiece protects the brain slightly
Well it depends. When the gloves were thinner there were a lot more of deaths in boxing.
They mostly just protect from cuts, only thing protecting the brain is the mouthguard
@@Swag0nmydick I'm not sure if you're trolling or not, but the mouth guard protects the mouth, that's it, not your brain, I know it's crazy.
600 hundred a month. He was the "great white hope". I'm a "black" man sitting here crying. Go figure
thats because youre a GOOD man
Praise God for your heart. Tragedy knows no color. Mohammad Ali suffered similar consequences and was my favorite boxer and I am a white man. I absolutely hate the color divide.
Why would you quote the word black? Serious question
@@777-h6d I think it's to point out the division between races that still exists in this world. I'm black too, but whenever I see someone, it's never their race that I see first, but rather them as a person. Obviously there are different races, but too much focus is put on it, versus all of us being unified as humans.
its the usual trick to sell more tickets. Jerry was used and dumped.
I might also point out that his younger boxer-brother Mike also died of pugilistic dementia while still in his 50's.
My step father had dementia
Never new this thanks for sharing
Will Hackett a helluva fighter in his own right.....
James also died not long after Jerry and he wasn't a boxer. There's one brother still alive, Bobby who is the youngest of the four brothers. Bobby was a boxer too he fought the 90s version of the great white hope Tommy Morrison and got KOed.
Thank you for sharing this information.....
Bob Foster (RIP) almost killed Mike Quarry.
He's lucky he has a loving brother to help him.
At 70 , football was my undoing, many concussions and I slur my speech , very unbalanced and depression/ anger. With all of this I would gladly do it again. But go into contact sports with your eyes open
He was truly blessed to have a brother that loves him. Most people in his situation would have been left to rot in a nursing home. You can tell by the way he looked he took great care of him.
When Jerry was on top, he helped me out and that's what family's all about ! Such a great loyal brother. Respect !!
Like how
Playback Recordings his brother said it during the video
He was never on top
@@cyrushale3038 Quarry was a fringe contender
.when he fought the top tier fighters he got beat up bad
Dude fought literal legends
Patterson
Frazier
Ali
Norton
Shavers
Lyle
Chuvalo
Holy crap had he fought Prime George Foreman I would be worried how much worse his condition would’ve been
People forget how devastating foreman was in high prime, I don't think there was a stronger puncher
I don't think his condition could get much worse-he died about two tears after this.
He had a big enough heart to fight foremanRIP JERRY QUARRY he beat shavers, lyle, foster all massive punchers
All the fighters at that time in the 70s reckoned shavers was the master blaster and quarry ko'd shavers in a round not bad for a cruiserweight
Just like Muhammad Ali Jerry stayed in the boxing game too long.
Bob Klein and fought joe Frazier one too many times
@jai yen yen Not to mention younger boxers ''recover'' quicker from concussions. Hence they are ''fresh'' unlike old boxers who are still suffering from last fight's damage.
Jerry Quarry was the greatest heavyweight to never become champion -George Foreman
What a brother. His brother is a saint.
yeah I noticed,all the women are gone.so are all the freeloaders and Hanger's on.
Ray Sierra whos freeloading?
Not nan 1 of them stuck around...
@@RSFC23 Interesting comment. Are you unaware of the phenomenon where opportunistic people cling to those of wealth and importance, only to dissapear once the money and fame are gone? Its pretty common... hence the old term "hangers on" and freeloader.
that's how it goes with women and fake friends
Yes it's a part of reality we don't often think about.Old man used to tell me no one wants to help build the boat but they all wanna sail on it for free once it's done.
My respect to a great man ....... God bless his brother
God? 😂
I cracked when I saw him need assistance signing the glove. That was tough to see
My heart
You think this is sad but scream for knockouts and say fighters that are strategic & defensive “run”.
Boxing is a guilty pleasure. It's my favorite sport, but the tragedy of it isn't lost on me. And yeah, almost all fans want to see "a good fight" AKA a war. Just being honest and won't lie ... very guilty pleasure like I said, and been a fan my whole life.
I don't necessarily want to see a war,it's about competition with me.I want to see the best fight the best to see who's the best.
They're two extremes on opposing ends of the spectrum and they both suck lol
@@paulanthony5274 yeah but the blood is extra sauce or garnish. Or really it's like desert. All the extra unnecessary sugar/carbs after the essential parts of the meal, or fight here
no I dont
never have, never will
I've trained as a boxer almost all my life. I'm 53. I've sparred . I'm starting to slow down . I have aches and pains but thankfully nothing like this.
mr zed start stretching my guy and keep that heart goin always
@@salvatorewilk4220 Stop man. Go train Karate, or Wing Chun. It's perfect for your age man
@@updod88 Is wing chun even a legit martial art? I've never seen it used in a real fight.
Calebboi its very effective when you wanna eat some chinese with a couple of noudle sticks
back then sparring was fighting with headgear, and they sparred every day, science has progressed a lot
Great brother, exactly opposite of the ass hole brother I have
Lol same
Tell me about it.
Hard to accept my lil brother is an asshole that doesn’t care about me
Your brother ain't an asshole. Maybe you are still a little abandoned child and expecting something from the world? But let me tell you a universal secret if you want
Jerry Quarry was such a good man. he taught me a lot growing up, I used to date his niece when I was in Highschool. he could remember every fight he was in, how many rounds he went, how many punched were thrown but didn't know his own Birthdate. He taught me how to box at an early age, he was a great man.
Agreed.There was never a more courageous fighter.
This is why Floyd fights like this now.
I used to criticize Floyd. But now I see that he went in professional boxing without coming out with health problems and obtained a hole lot of wealth. In my book that's victory
The problem of boxing is not just the fight. You spar almost every day and even if you have helmet and big gloves it's not good for your brain anyway. So even if floyd is 49-0 (mcgregor doesn't count) and he didn't took a lot of punishment during his fights he must have some problem because of intense training
Floyd couldn't fight any other way-otherwise he would have lost his share of fights. His father punched harder than he. And junior knew that... he has no punching power, so he had to rely on his defensive boxing ability to win, that all.
say hello to my little friend the gloves make it worse because they allow fighters to take more sustained punishment when a bare knuckle punch would knock you out quicker
Yup. It's just a part of sports. I used to work at a factory and I remember this Mexican lady that worked there came in crying. Said that her son was in the hospital from a kick to the head. He does UFC. Told me that the left side of his face was now paralyzed. He told her that he was gonna keep on going in the sport... Sports are a risk..
His brother is a hero. ❤
Rip Jerry quarry u were an amazing boxer & god bless your brother
I admired him for his courage and skills in the ring. If there was already a cruiserweight division of 190 lbs. at his time, he could have been a champion for a long time, and would not have to receive such heavy blows from bigger and heavier opponents. I salute you, Jerry Quarry!
Your rigjt.just like there should be a super heavywright division for guys like the klitchcos who where unfairly alliwed to fight mucj smallrr men
I couldn't agree more....
Floyd mayweather is the smartest guy to ever do it hit n don’t get hit retire healthy and rich 💰
Just doesnt read and his mind is better than before
The Klitschko Brothers and Lennox Lewis deserves mention too. They're also rich and healthy.
@@mr.sinjin-smyth Klitschko has taken several hard blows till the age of 41 by heavyweights. Middleweight and welterweight boxing isn't as dangerous
I met Floyd Mayweather senior. I totally understand why Junior never wanted to get hit.
I experienced 3 concussions, including amnesia, by 10th grade while playing football. After tests, the doctor said there appeared to be no neurological damage but that the next concussion could result in brain damage. I walked away, took a lot of criticism from team mates who questioned my manhood. Still have a functioning brain 50 years later with no regrets about what might have been.
I’m 21 and been recovering from a concussion for a little over a year now.. the sport can be very brutal, it doesn’t matter what you do, if you’re in the ring, you’re going to get hit, and from there it’s up to fate as to how much you’ll be affected, much like football I cringe when I see you g kids in the ring Wildly throwing haymakers at eachother
Depends how you train and how seriously you take it, even though I think having pre pubescent kids fight is wrong on many levels
The only ones that win in boxing are the promoters.
Boxing has had a very long history of the criminal element being behind it. That's gone on since the Jack Dempsey days of the 1920s
Damn boxing was fun to watch in those days but for the men who were in the ring absorbing those punches it could be brutal. Just ask Jerry Quarry and Muhammad Ali.
They are dead.
@@pentuprager6225 You just couldn't resist could you
😂😂😂😂 beat me to it
And Ray Robinson. And Gerard Mcleland. And Mike Collins. And James Toney. And Teofilo Stevenson. And Kostya Tszyu. And Iran Barkley ........ Goes on and on
NPC Idiot451 Mma is safer then boxing
He died 3 years after this at only age 53. Developed pneumonia, heart stopped, and never woke up again. Boxing broke this man in ways we still don't understand.
I boxed amateur. I was so so with a good punch. I hate pro boxing. Run by the mob, and also because I would be dirt poor (or dead) if I had even thought of going there
Sad.
A terrible tragedy - his brother, Mike, died of the same condition too, at the age of 55. RIP, both of you.
His brother may have caught it from jerry
@@Realtrollking2988 Both of them used to box. It's not genetic.
Trollking2988 what?
@@lefez9015 Yeah, in fact of the four Quarry brothers, only James (the brother who cares for Jerry) who didn't box professionally
At 14 stone, today he would definitely be the cruiserweight champion of the world. He stood toe to toe with the best and never backed down. Ernie Shavers considered by many as one of the hardest punching heavyweights ever was a red hot favourite to ko Quarry, but it was Quarry who ko'd him in the first, RIP Champ.
There is no doubt that many boxers end up with dementia. But with Jerry quarry, I think his story is told by the more than 200 amateur fights he had before ever turning pro. He won a junior Golden gloves contest at the age of eight. Getting punched in the head for 200 fights starting at 7 or 8 years old, probably did more damage than anything he did as a pro.
And the many hours of hard sparring.
Jerry smashed Earnie Shavers, beat Ron Lyle, and Floyd Patterson!!! He wasn’t even a big guy!
Such a dilemma for boxing and football fans. I love both sports, but it's incredibly sad for the participants. When I was younger I thought you just shook it off when your bell was rung, not that the damage was cumulative and so destructive.
@jeff afe What is it then, jeff?
Jeff ale, I agree....If your score is determined by judges, that's not a sport in my eyes, it's a competition.
True. I recently began boxing and I will never fight in competitions for this reason. Even sparring lightly I can fill it making an impact. Like I will have a headache the next day or two
I plan to limit my sparring to once a week though even that may not he enough..
@@nathanbruce1992 your just not used to it yet. But I understand. I remember having those hard sparring sessions.
Football players were idiots before they ever played. Their fans are worse.
“Because there is no quit, in the game for me”
Jerry will always be a hero , but his brother is also a hero for caring for him.
this is god damn heartbreaking. I no longer think boxers are over-paid, Mayweather is a damn genius for playing defensive.
This man deserves our admiration for he lost his life for our entertainment.
He's only 8 years older than Mayweather in this video.
Tres Nueve may weather runs from the punches tho !
Makes you think how much of a defensive genius is floyd
Makes you think how much of a defensive genius is floyd
i used to hate on Mayweather because he always kind of avoiding the contact, now i know it was a good decision that he made, retired undefeated and rich as fuck plus no signs of brain damage, he might be stupid in formal education but wise in life.
@@robertusreynaldi6672 I dunno, you watch interviews of Mayweather now vs Mayweather back when he was younger and he does stumble over words occasionally now compared to young interviews or even ones like the Shane Mosley face to face.
He was good at avoiding taking major damage in the ring BUT he was still tagged a few times and more importantly the sparring at his gym was legendary for being incredibly rough and heavy. How many rounds did he do in total? He was pro for such a long time too.
It's nothing compared to this, or Ali, or James Toney, but IMO is slightly noticeable
Great fighter who gave his heart and more.
It’s important to remember that
all things come with a price.
RIP Jerry & his brother is a good man for taking care of him respect.
There's a reason why some top boxer only Boxing 2/3 times a year. I think it's also help that BIG GAP each fight so you can heal your brain for every single punch you get in the head in the match.
Just look at Manny Pacquaio & Floyd Mayweather right now.
Neither of those two are 200 pounds
Sawneek Boom ok and?
Sawneek Boom it’s worse in lightweight divisions because they often take more punches, it’s not about the power it’s about the volume
Your brain doesn't heal, though. Mayweather is really good at not getting hit, he might never get like this, but for most other fighters, even the ones who are very young and trained in modern camps with modern medical knowledge, are just putting it off.
All of our jobs are going to wreck us, eventually. I'm almost thirty and my back and knees are in constant pain, my feet hurt so bad I hobble around the house when I come home from work, I have carpal tunnel in both wrists and my arms and hands are cut up and burned up. I cut off a chunk of my thumb, twice. At least these guys will be remembered for their sacrifices to their health, to entertain people. The rest of us just suffer, die and are forgotten.
@@idontwantahandlewtf god damn man. I hope it gets better.
Greatest brother ever!
I boxed for 6 years and took some hella hits. I’m 35 now and I know that I have memory lapse and sometimes my hands will drop things involuntarily. So please all young aspiring boxers watch this and take warning. Your going to do what your do and I under that, but you must be made aware of the price you may have to pay. God bless and be safe.
I’m an aspiring boxer looking to compete on an amateur level very soon and I just wanted to ask you if even after going through your career of boxing, do you regret it now that you have to face the consequences? Because I feel like there is nothing in this world I want to do besides box.
No regrets. Like you it was all I wanted to do. All I want isyoung people to know is there are consequences. When we are young we think nothing bad can happen or were invincible. If it’s your passion and what you want to do go for it!!! Just try to be mindful of your body and what it tell you. I wish you the best of luck in your career and maybe one day I’ll see you on PPV!
@@DaunteeTheInferno Regret is looking back at something you didn't do and having to live with the thought of not knowing what would have happened. That being said if that's what you want to do. Do it!
In that 6 years you were doing things in a "tough" way? I mean like a lot of hard sparring, a lot of amateur fights and really heavy blows/ko taken
Thank you for your response
Wow thats some hard truth you're sharing. Salute
"By the time he was 8 he was named the greatest professional boxer in 1968" wow imagine beating 30 year olds at 8 years old
This is so tragic. I can't help wonder how many MMA fighters will end up like this.
Tony Ferguson is already showing signs of brain damage as is Mark Hunt we will see many more. That’s why I like wrestling and BJJ more
@TightSqueezes how so? 4oz gloves in mma, also elbows, knees, and kicks to the head hit harder. also don' t forget thr beginings of mma like vale tudo. where they had no gloves, no weight classes and very limited rules
Mma is nowhere near as dangerous, it's more violent but in boxing you take constant punches to the head, a lot of the time in mma they are leg kicked,double legged, lot of the fights are on the ground..
@@emachine556 it's not getting hit harder. It's just the huge focus on hitting the head repeatedly. While MMA you can do damage in all types of way not just punches to the head. Plus more rounds; and allowing fighters to get back up after a knockdown (where they will take more damage because they are allowed a second chance, where as in MMA you get knocked down, you get submitted or ground and pounded then finished).
4 oz gloves being worse is a misconception, heavier gloves actually allow you to punch and take more punches without broken bones/bleeding. Sure, head kicks can be more damaging in one go, but they are rare and the main issue is frequency of head trauma. That being said, MMA fighters definitely need to be careful. Train smart, and don’t retire too late.
I'm 66 years old and I remember watching this strong hearted man box...I knew even when I was young that he was a Stout hearted fearless man....I'm glad that was part of that era and all the things that happened taught me many lessons in life...
Roy Jones says it’s not the ring that destroys fighters it’s the gym. It’s all those unseen rounds of sparring that catch up to guys and leave turn them into vegetables.
Roy doesn't know what he speaks
@@dariusdarden9670 It's true, tho. For every punch they take in the ring, they take many more in they gym.
@@dariusdarden9670 I think he does, he's clearly showing symptoms himself.
@@dariusdarden9670 Well, he has any experience to draw on?
Ali and many others were the same way.
What a great brother who took care of Jerry.
I left boxing at age 28 (I'm 36 now) for suspected neurological reasons (dysphemia) and after a year long stint with alcohol went back to school and got a good job in IT. My condition hasn't gotten any worse, but no better either. I was told because I was relatively young it might improve, and I have learned some tricks to hide it, so I'm hoping for the best. I still workout like I was fighting, but no sparring. I have such mixed feelings about this sport. All the best to Jerry.
I currently practice boxing but I don’t spar or enter the ring. I love this sport, breaks my heart that it breaks you mentally.
Does it affect your intelligence in anyway?
@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 no I feel I think the same way, its only speaking for more than a few sentences where I notice it. I've learned to cover it up somewhat over the years but its still there. Yes I know what you mean, I feel the same way.
His life,his choice,the path he chose,he walked with dignity and courage.
What a man! And calling him a great white hope is disrespectful.
charlie van I agree with you wholeheartedly. Quarry was a great boxer who gave the public his best effort in all of his fights. He would have easily been champion if he didn’t have the misfortune of fighting in the same era as Muhammed Ali & Joe Frazier. Quarry was, indeed, a great fighter, not a “great white fighter” or a “great white hope.” He was, quite simply a great fighter. (FYI: I am an African American who had the blessing of watching Quarry fight during his prime).
Yes, very disrespectful.
no it wasnt
Yes and giving him a paltry $614.00 a month witj mo medical id flat out gobernment theft of the numetous hundreds of thousands of dollars he must have paid in taxes over tje yrs yo give to generationsl welfsre bums.what would you call it if i took your $$$$ at gunpoint and gave it to others.its called armed robbery thats whst itd called.free country right..vote trump 20/20. And then start naming pols out of a ticket jar with only wirking clasd people for limited terms
Charles C yeah your wise that’s not normal
im glad he had such a good loving caring brother
Sadly, he also past away from brain trauma, and I believe there was another brother or cousin who had a similar fate.
@@koneking2569 no, that was Mike. This is James who cared for him. And something is off. They must have an inherited Condition making them more susceptible to it.
@@koneking2569the brother in the video also died shortly after Jerry but ironically it wasn’t CTE related, was lung cancer
No matter how much money you can make u can't buy a new brain .that's why I don't let my sons play football anymore
Yes. That's the price you pay for excelling at the noble sport of boxing. It's very sad to see someone get dementia, but it's the way life is. Fighting is something we all have in us. If someone raises their hand at you, do you raise your arms and take a step back with your right leg like I do? Even though you never even trained boxing? It's part of our blood, and to have the privilege of watching the very best in the world do it is something very special. Cars causes fatal accidents, alcohol is bad for your health, fighters may get dementia and acrobats break their necks. But I still wouldn't want to live in a world where none of them existed, because what makes humanity great is our ability to push ourselves to the very edge and conquer it. Without risk, there is no reason for us to even be here.
Gurrehable yes there is: pussy.
I loved Jerry as a boxer and as a man. I met him (when I was a teenager) when Jerry came to the UK to fight Jack Bodell. He was just awesome. It’s a terrible shame to see him like this in his later life. RIP Jerry, to me you was a champion! 🥊🙏🏼
So sad. Tremendous heart. He fought in the very best heavyweight era. In any other time, he would have easily been champ.
Not in the 90's he wouldn't
He wouldn't be a champion today.
@@cangrejopendejo4909 With all the advantages they have today -- training, supplements, steroids, analysis techniques, etc, you might be surprised.
@@NelsonMontana1234 No.
@@cangrejopendejo4909 Whatever you say. I'm sure you're right.
This is what Floyd is avoiding. Hate him all you want but he's a genius when it comes to boxing.
That's why he will never be a legend even 500_0
@@realtalk8591 How many punches to the head have you taken? Everybody is gangster until they get hit on the mouth.
farukkk halisss he’s a legend you little bitch 😂
Hell still get it
I dont lime FMW style but gotta recognise that he Is or might be the greatest defensive boxer ever
An incredible warrior, refused to quit.
We love you Jerry, God Bless You.
Jerry Quarry was an in-your-face fighter who would take two or three hard shots to the head in order to land one. His story's a lot of things. Not least, a cautionary tale...and not just for boxers, but football players and pro wrestlers (yes, for real), too.
Hes still my hero.I started boxing because of Jerry Quarry...*R.I.P*
Jerry Quarry also sparred too heavy. They said his sparring sessions were 15 round slug fest.
i saw him carrying Ali ...who dared to do that to Ali except Jerry.
@@wisammoeali Joe Frazier,1st man to officially beat Ali.
@George Frank It came from his brother's mouth.
@@wisammoeali your crazy
A British - Australian boxer Joe Bugner also went the distance with Ali twice in the 60s and 70s. Also one of the few boxers to knock Ali down. Bugner fought all the greats of that era including Frazier. Bugner is always overlooked. Unfortunately he is now in his 70s and suffering from extreme dementia. I had the good fortune to meet him once in Queensland and he was a very funny and gracious man. Best of luck Aussie Joe Bugner.
Records of Joe Bugner flooring Muhammad Ali seem to be scarce.
I love boxing and martial arts and believe mma is actually a better way, the less padding is actually saving a lot of the fighters. Football and boxing are more susceptible to brain damage because the padding allows the brain to jostle around more, football didn’t have as many issues in the beginning because of less padding. It’s ironic but the evidence is supporting it. It’s never one blow it’s the culmination of many over years, knockouts are better than 12 rounds of stiff jabs
'Football didn't have much problem before padding'
The most stupid thing I've heard. People died every year before helmets and pads were introduced. 15 every year. I hate these edgy guys think they have th solution to every complicated problem but the solutions they out forward are stupid.
Lmao, you have a laughably flawed understanding of what causes CTE. You actually think "less padding" is the reason for head trauma being reduced? That's completely idiotic, and if that was the case then wearing headgesr while sparring would be a mistake, but only a fool would suggest that. The reduced padding in MMA gloves actually *increases* head/brain trauma and increases the likelihood of a knockout. What makes boxing worse than MMA for CTE/head & brain trauma is in boxing the sole purpose of the game is to hit your opponent in the head. Yeah, body strikes are included, but attacking the body is mainly for keeping your opponent honest and needing to defend both up high and in the middle, which can leave them exposed for the KO punch to the head.
And in football all the pads and helmet makes players think they're more protected from that kind of trauma than they actually are, so guys use their bodies as a weapon by throwing themselves at the person they're trying to hit rather than making a fundamentally clean tackle like you see in rugby.
Less big fights and even less hard sparring. Most the damage comes from sparring and not fights but a long career can cause brain damage regardless.
Fortunately nowadays people are more aware and are sparring smart.
Sparring is stupid in my opinion, you should spar to get used to fighting and cut out the fear that you instinctively have of fighting, but other than that every advantage of sparring can be replicated with something else
Jerry's brother is the epitome of I am my brother's keeper.
The effects of boxing and smoking in a single clip
One was way cooler
Smoking does a lot but it doesent make u braindead...
weed?
@@LAKXx hes talking about his brother his voice lol
It seems his brother James died in 2002, so sad.
Wow, I boxed for a few years myself and I too struggle with some words here and there. Sad
Scary shit right?
I trained but just for self-defense, brain damage is scary nothing to play with
Mark Garduno if you had advice, or mistake you made could you say what would help a fellow boxer. Like work on defence more ? Do you have headaches?
I dont think thats just from 2 years of boxing, unless you took a lot of damage
@@Aviciiz: Anytime you take constant blows to the head even if it's for a small period in time you already have a small percentage of permanent brain damage.
He and Ali both degraded the same way, sadly. Dementia is cruel, regardless of how it manifests, and it spares no gender or race.
Bobby Chacon had that problem. He could form a response in his head, but it always came out slurred. Muhammed Ali was estimated to have been in the head 200,000 times.
Jerry Quarry was a tough, tough guy.
Jerry had a caring and compassionate brother. RIP
My Grand mother worked in a Plant, it had a pension plan, my grandfather worked in a Foundry it had a Pension plan. I was a Manager at Lowes and have worked for even small companies and they had a pension plan. It is an Absolute disgrace that boxing, wrestling and these other entertainment venues whos revenue runs into the Billions do not even have a basic pension plan for their employees benefit and do not make sure Social Security is paid in so that these folks have something they can draw upon in the event of they end up broke after their career ends. and you can say oh they made millions and should have managed better and for some that is true. But I can also tell you someone like the great white hope here who made $2 million could have been the best manager and all it would take is 1 recession and the investments are gone. or in his case just 1 health crisis and it is all gone. I git sick nearly 6 years ago thru no fault of my own I was a good saver, very stingy with my $ same TV for 22 years only bought myself 1 new car in the 30 years I have been legal age to drive and I still have that car. worked my Butt off full time management 50 and 60 plus hour work weeks and did side work only 2 vacations in my working life 1 that cost $400 and 1 that cost $900 and when I got sick it only took 4 months to go thru every dime I had saved and another 2 months for me to sale everything I had that someone would pay for. thank God I paid into Social Security all these years or I would have had to live on the street and therefore be dead and thank God I have had family to help me. SPENT all my private retirement $$ trying to survive. Don't ever let them take Social Security private, do away with it or cut it or raise the retirement age any further fight them folks. $1,200 a month is not much but it beats starvation.
They never tell you about the "golden days", the doctor gets all your gold and you get the shaft.
What a wonderful brother.
R.I.P. Jerry.
50? he looks 70 and acts 90!
Cte my friend
He only lived to be 53 .He died in 1999.
Really sad.