What's neat is seeing these guys moving quite well and throwing punches in bunches. Today's heavies are lumbering and, except for the most experienced, not well schooled. Also, these guys are treating each other with respect.
Love the respect shown by Patterson and quarry to each other after the fight.both fighters had a lot class and integrity you don't see that in evidence in these times.
That's Jimmy Lennon Sr. Grew up in Los Angeles and would watch him annonce Pro Wrestling live from The Olympic on Wednesday nights and the fights Thursday nights. His son, Mr "It's Show Time" still announcing big fights!
Best ring announcer who ever lived. As much a part of the Olympic Auditorium as any of the fighters. Boxers who once fought at the Olympic decades ago will tell you that it was a thrill and an honor to have Jimmy Lennon introduce them.
I am a Jerry Quarry fan. But Jerry faded pretty bad in the latter part of the fight. By gollies That fight should've been for Patterson. At least a draw. Those 2 knockdowns are what gave Quarry the W.
Angelo Dundee once said Floyd Patterson could have been the greatest light heavyweight ever.But thats not where the money was. He won his Olympic medal as a middleweight.
@@loyaldude10 Randy Neumann is a good win too. and the draw with patterson is another great night. got him into the hall of fame. and maybe the best ever to not win a title
@@FirstLast-vl1uy he did. Patterson famously had Alzheimer's. His memory problems became tragically obvious to the public when he served on the New York State Athletic Commission and could no longer remember the names of his opponents.
Floyd had Alzheimers but I'm sure boxing may have contributed to it. Both Jerry and his brother Mike definetly had Pugalistic Dementia as they were in horrendus shape before Floyd who was ten years older that Quarry. There,s a quarry video on You Tube where Jerry couldn't even tie his own shoes.
Both Patterson and Jerry Quarry would be small cruiser weights if they were around today. There was no cruiser weight then it went from 178 light heavyweight right to heavyweight
I heard Quarry was a big part of why the cruiserweight division was created. He fought at the cruiserweight limit much later in his career but his head had already been smashed by Ali, Frazier and Norton
@@fanteshyfilms4645 true, Ali was just too big and long for Quarry, huge reach advantage (also far more skilled, take nothig away from Ali), and Ken Norton was too big for him too. him and Patterson would be cruiserweights today
Ellis beat Quarry for the WBA Heavyweight title. He would have just as easily beat him for the Cruiserweight title as he himself would have been in that division. Glad they didn't have it. What would the Heavyweightdivision have been without Marciano and Dempsey?
Not that it really matters (both men were excellent boxers in their respective primes), but it seems pretty clear to me that Quarry was about an inch taller than Patterson, yet both are listed to this day as six-footers. So either Patterson's height was rounded up, or Quarry's was rounded down. (Or perhaps a little of both.)
Patterson fought out of a crouch and constantly had his back and knees slightly bent. His stance was also wide and Quarrys was more centered . It can seem that someone is smaller because of those things when they really arent.
@@FirstLast-vl1uy Another example is Ali and Foreman. When they met at the center of the ring, both standing upright, Foreman clearly had an inch on Ali, yet both were listed at the same height.
@@SingleTax I see what your saying but its difficult to see one inch in difference especially on older tapes of fights. both fighters are almost never at a level angle with the camera so its impossible to really judge hight. Add that with the crouching bobbing and moving its very difficult. Anything is possible though. Ive seen Marciano listed as both 5'10 and 5'11' and ive seen Tyson listed at both 5'11' and 6'0' and Ive seen Tua listed as both 5'9" and 5'10" on separate occasions.
I would have said Foreman was half an inch taller perhaps. If you watch the Terrell and Williams fights Ali looks approximately the same height as them.
@@SingleTax And what does today's definition have to do with yesterdays fights? We make a silly new rule to create more title fights and somehow that "Invalidates" half our previous Champions? All it really does is prevent some really good fighters from competing,
I think that the judges were hard with Quarry,considering the two knock-downs.If Quarry didn't win,it was because he missed agressivity and looking at the wars he made later against Frazier,Norton,Lyle and many others,it's very hard to believe!
There's a point in Norton fight where he could've possibly knocked out Norton but the referee intervened which led to a quick recovery and then a bounce back by Norton where he gets the fight stopped. Quarry was very talented, he never dodged anyone
Frédéric Avalli Lol He's a professional boxer; that takes pure will and talent alone. Compared to other pros he still fought with the best of them especially considering the he had to fight close due to his lack of reach. He fought in the greatest era of the heavyweight division and was a contender; what the fuck do you mean "I wouldn't say tented". That statement completely clouded everything you said prior because that's just preposterous and extremely fallacious to say he lacked talent.
ReppeNThA707 For me,talent means pure technique.If you are honest (as a fan of Gatti I would never dare to say that he was talented) you can say that he was strong,brave,tough but please,not talented,or which word would you use for Jones or Leonard?
Frédéric Avalli To contend in THE best era of heavyweight boxing took pure talent and you can't take that from any of those sluggers. He wasn't the best but he was damn good but so are many others. There's no real argument coming to fruition here. He's talented whether or not it fits your standards.
Both these guys were under 200 lbs so it wasn t small thing to be world class with a cruiserweight frame...my mother actually cut his hair around the time of his last ill-fated comeback and he gave an autographed picture to her, to give to me. I don t think that is a bum
Yes, they do move better than today's heavies, but you have to remember, they weight about 50 lbs. on average less than today's heavyweights. It's literally a different weight class now that it was then with a few exceptions.
Sharp counter punching from both guys. Floyd’s hand speed is tremendous and Jerry really commits on those slashing lefts downstairs and chopping rights. I m not sure Evander Holyfield could have beaten these guys or Jimmy Ellis in a twelve rounder.
Another booboo by Cosell at the end of the fight.....called it a "Split Decision"...it wasn't. One judge scored the fight "even", and the other two scored the fight 7-5 for Quarry....That's a Majority Decision.
+thevmanvj Well, to be fair to Cosell, the ring announcer, Jimmy Lennon Sr. announced it as a 'split decision'. Also, he said the other two judges scored it 6-7, which is weird, considering there were only 12 rounds!
Lol, you don'tknow much about fighting now do you??(Scoring system stats) This smaller champion was known to go down alot, but got up the most..And still went down as an all time great champion hall-of-famer.. Quarry is not in there?? Get a clue man.. Its clear as day, the whiteboy didnt win this bout in many others eyes as well..Accept it! :)
Patterson barely has any arms. I'm surprised he didn't just head-butt with those nubs for arms. He's listed at 71", but it's shorter than that by appearance. Incredibly short arms.
![George Chuvalo vs. Jerry Quarry [HW.[Dec.12th-1969]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/SUWGNkHQiGA/mqdefault.jpg)
What's neat is seeing these guys moving quite well and throwing punches in bunches. Today's heavies are lumbering and, except for the most experienced, not well schooled.
Also, these guys are treating each other with respect.
Jerry Quarry was a great underrated Boxer, God Bless you Jerry 👊
These really showed why Boxing is considered a Gentlemen's sport 🥊❤️
Love the respect shown by Patterson and quarry to each other after the fight.both fighters had a lot class and integrity you don't see that in evidence in these times.
two great gentlemen of boxing
Yeah a type of gentlemanliness or class that is almost repulsive. Like it's almost off-putting in a fight. But it is very beautiful to see❤
You can tell by the end of the first round how Patterson was a gentleman by the pat he gave Quarry.
As at the end of almost every round.
That's Jimmy Lennon Sr. Grew up in Los Angeles and would watch him annonce Pro Wrestling live from The Olympic on Wednesday nights and the fights Thursday nights.
His son, Mr "It's Show Time" still announcing big fights!
Best ring announcer who ever lived. As much a part of the Olympic Auditorium as any of the fighters. Boxers who once fought at the Olympic decades ago will tell you that it was a thrill and an honor to have Jimmy Lennon introduce them.
I wish someone would take the time to go threw all the Floyd patterson fights and digitally remaster them
The days when even heavyweight boxers could actually box. Marvellous contest from two great sportsmen.
I am a Jerry Quarry fan. But Jerry faded pretty bad in the latter part of the fight. By gollies That fight should've been for Patterson. At least a draw. Those 2 knockdowns are what gave Quarry the W.
Angelo Dundee once said Floyd Patterson could have been the greatest light heavyweight ever.But thats not where the money was. He won his Olympic medal as a middleweight.
The fans boo and throw stuff into the Ring in QUARRY's Hometown. What does that tell you about the decision?
Fantastic sportsmanship from Patterson
Well, a good, close one. Two gentlemen in the ring, too! Thank you !
Quarry had three signature wins: Lyle, Shavers and Paterson.
also Ko'd an up and coming fighter named mac Foster.
@@loyaldude10 Randy Neumann is a good win too. and the draw with patterson is another great night. got him into the hall of fame. and maybe the best ever to not win a title
Both of these outstanding fighters would pass from dementia.
I dont think Patterson did
@@FirstLast-vl1uy he did. Patterson famously had Alzheimer's. His memory problems became tragically obvious to the public when he served on the New York State Athletic Commission and could no longer remember the names of his opponents.
Floyd had Alzheimers but I'm sure boxing may have contributed to it. Both Jerry and his brother Mike definetly had Pugalistic Dementia as they were in horrendus shape before Floyd who was ten years older that Quarry. There,s a quarry video on You Tube where Jerry couldn't even tie his own shoes.
@@richardweiler3966 When did Patterson die?
. Patterson also had prostate cancer while also battling alzheimers.
Bellflower Bomber for the win and Howard on the mic, what's not to like.
Good Ole Wild World of Sports!🥊
Quarry-- 1965 Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion!🥊
Both Patterson and Jerry Quarry would be small cruiser weights if they were around today. There was no cruiser weight then it went from 178 light heavyweight right to heavyweight
Yeah, and so would Dempsey and Marciano, Braddock and Tunney Glad we didn't have the stupid Cruiserweight Division
LH limit was 175.
If there was a cruiserweight division of say, 195 pounds, Quarry would have been a World Champ instead of an also-ran... and dead at 54.
I heard Quarry was a big part of why the cruiserweight division was created. He fought at the cruiserweight limit much later in his career but his head had already been smashed by Ali, Frazier and Norton
@@fanteshyfilms4645 true, Ali was just too big and long for Quarry, huge reach advantage (also far more skilled, take nothig away from Ali), and Ken Norton was too big for him too. him and Patterson would be cruiserweights today
@@fanteshyfilms4645 the whiskey smashed Quarry too
He was a bad alcoholic
Ellis beat Quarry for the WBA Heavyweight title. He would have just as easily beat him for the Cruiserweight title as he himself would have been in that division. Glad they didn't have it. What would the Heavyweightdivision have been without Marciano and Dempsey?
If Quarry was like this when he fought Norton .
Not that it really matters (both men were excellent boxers in their respective primes), but it seems pretty clear to me that Quarry was about an inch taller than Patterson, yet both are listed to this day as six-footers. So either Patterson's height was rounded up, or Quarry's was rounded down. (Or perhaps a little of both.)
Patterson fought out of a crouch and constantly had his back and knees slightly bent. His stance was also wide and Quarrys was more centered . It can seem that someone is smaller because of those things when they really arent.
@@FirstLast-vl1uy Another example is Ali and Foreman. When they met at the center of the ring, both standing upright, Foreman clearly had an inch on Ali, yet both were listed at the same height.
@@SingleTax I see what your saying but its difficult to see one inch in difference especially on older tapes of fights. both fighters are almost never at a level angle with the camera so its impossible to really judge hight. Add that with the crouching bobbing and moving its very difficult.
Anything is possible though. Ive seen Marciano listed as both 5'10 and 5'11' and ive seen Tyson listed at both 5'11' and 6'0' and Ive seen Tua listed as both 5'9" and 5'10" on separate occasions.
I would have said Foreman was half an inch taller perhaps. If you watch the Terrell and Williams fights Ali looks approximately the same height as them.
It was after one of their two fights that Patterson said Quarry only used about 35% of his ability.
Hmmm. Curious to read that.
I give this fight to Patterson, despite the 2 knockdowns.
Quarry is way to passive to the point it's like boxing is a hobby for him. He's not letting his punches go, like he as to think about every punch.
Patterson was 195, Quarry 193 for this fight. Is it me, or does Quarry look about 10-15 pounds heavier?
patterson was denser, not as rangy as quarry
The bottom line is that neither fighter was a "heavyweight" by today's definition of the term. They were both cruiserweights.
@@kelvinkloud Patterson was all muscle
Quarry was a lot of fat
@@SingleTax And what does today's definition have to do with yesterdays fights? We make a silly new rule to create more title fights and somehow that "Invalidates" half our previous Champions? All it really does is prevent some really good fighters from competing,
I think that the judges were hard with Quarry,considering the two knock-downs.If Quarry didn't win,it was because he missed agressivity and looking at the wars he made later against Frazier,Norton,Lyle and many others,it's very hard to believe!
There's a point in Norton fight where he could've possibly knocked out Norton but the referee intervened which led to a quick recovery and then a bounce back by Norton where he gets the fight stopped.
Quarry was very talented, he never dodged anyone
ReppeNThA707 I have a lot of respect for him as I have for warriors like Gatti but I would not say talented.
Frédéric Avalli Lol
He's a professional boxer; that takes pure will and talent alone. Compared to other pros he still fought with the best of them especially considering the he had to fight close due to his lack of reach.
He fought in the greatest era of the heavyweight division and was a contender; what the fuck do you mean "I wouldn't say tented". That statement completely clouded everything you said prior because that's just preposterous and extremely fallacious to say he lacked talent.
ReppeNThA707 For me,talent means pure technique.If you are honest (as a fan of Gatti I would never dare to say that he was talented) you can say that he was strong,brave,tough but please,not talented,or which word would you use for Jones or Leonard?
Frédéric Avalli To contend in THE best era of heavyweight boxing took pure talent and you can't take that from any of those sluggers.
He wasn't the best but he was damn good but so are many others. There's no real argument coming to fruition here. He's talented whether or not it fits your standards.
Thanks for the video, SPORTLEGENDX111
What a great Fight
Both these guys were under 200 lbs so it wasn t small thing to be world class with a cruiserweight frame...my mother actually cut his hair around the time of his last ill-fated comeback and he gave an autographed picture to her, to give to me. I don t think that is a bum
Very close fight, if not for the second knockdown Patterson would've had the edge, I scored it a draw but very close either way.
Did you hear the Boos and that is Quarry's hometown.
Yes, they do move better than today's heavies, but you have to remember, they weight about 50 lbs. on average less than today's heavyweights. It's literally a different weight class now that it was then with a few exceptions.
8:42 doesn't it ring a bell ? Very reminiscent of Tyson's style - Cus d'Amato's teachings.
gotta love the sixties - you can just feel that racial tension in the air.
K, your point?
Another retarded comment
Sharp counter punching from both guys. Floyd’s hand speed is tremendous and Jerry really commits on those slashing lefts downstairs and chopping rights. I m not sure Evander Holyfield could have beaten these guys or Jimmy Ellis in a twelve rounder.
The fight was even, but Quarry got two knockdowns so you gotta give him the W.
+Ron Jeremy's Big Wang that's your opinion. As simple minded as it gets.
+Ron Jeremy's Big Wang I know enough to know you're a jack ass.
+Ron Jeremy's Big Wang your statement shows you're a loser. ...lol
+Ron Jeremy's Big Wang the only thing you exposed is you're a loser. Go get a job and stop living off welfare.
+Ron Jeremy's Big Wang even if it's working at jack in the box just get yourself off welfare.
8:28 - 14:29
Another booboo by Cosell at the end of the fight.....called it a "Split Decision"...it wasn't. One judge scored the fight "even", and the other two scored the fight 7-5 for Quarry....That's a Majority Decision.
+thevmanvj Well, to be fair to Cosell, the ring announcer, Jimmy Lennon Sr. announced it as a 'split decision'. Also, he said the other two judges scored it 6-7, which is weird, considering there were only 12 rounds!
+Dana Preis 6-7 because the rule was that if the round was even nobody got a point.
+grigsolve i guess you mean both get a point if it's even. if neither got a point it would add up to less than 12
@@dspreis I think in CA at the time you get an extra pt for a knockdown,
Cosell was very overrated. He was passionate, but talked too much sometimes....
I liked Patterson. He seems winded here. Can’t be from throwing too many punches. I suspect his bouncing around the ring is what did it.
8:27
(!Quarry) He got soft in the head over the years and fought cause he didn't know anything else.
I think in 10 point must scoring, Quarry would have won by a wider margin due to the knockdowns in rounds 2 & 4.
??? Highly doubtful..More like the judges needing to pay attention better? lol Many Feel Patterson had the win?
On Cali scoring I had it 7-6 quarry
Lol..Quarry didnt win this fight! What a joke!
2 knockdowns say otherwise
Lol, you don'tknow much about fighting now do you??(Scoring system stats) This smaller champion was known to go down alot, but got up the most..And still went down as an all time great champion hall-of-famer.. Quarry is not in there?? Get a clue man.. Its clear as day, the whiteboy didnt win this bout in many others eyes as well..Accept it! :)
Floyd is head-butting a lot in this match.
Good fight
Regardless*
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Patterson barely has any arms. I'm surprised he didn't just head-butt with those nubs for arms. He's listed at 71", but it's shorter than that by appearance. Incredibly short arms.
We had someone like that on my ship. The standing joke was that he was "small arms qualified at birth."
I think Marciano had a 67 inch reach
pocket heavies
Floyd won this fight
He got robbed . Quarry was a bum.
Quarry was not a bum. He was a very good fighter. And yes Floyd won clearly the both times.
Robbery
Dull fight
Patterson grab hold grab..boring