Bs look like got paid to take a dive. Lyle never stayed outside & never came forward with intensity. Why is he taking & giving. Usually when somebody hits you that hard you give extra aggression I don't see it. The mob used a scare tactic 😊 Quarry gets NO CREDIT😊
This was the only boxing match I attended in my life. I remember Lyle being on his way up and Quarry being in the second tier behind Ali, Frazier and Foreman, more or less equal to Bonavena, Chavalo and Ellis. This was Quarry's last great fight.
I'm always amazed when I see Quarry battling it out with huge sluggers like Lyle and Shavers. At only about 195 lbs he was far smaller than his many extremely formidable opponents, and yet stood toe to toe. One of the greatest hearts the boxing world has ever seen!
Henry Cooper once said putting on extra weight dosent improve your ability if you have an KO punch it dosent get better if you weigh your fighting weight of 204 lbs or 240 lbs. 😊
God rest his soul, and I deeply regret the serious head trauma that ruined his later years. But Quarry simply didn’t understand fear. He would fight lightening if he had to, and wouldn’t give it a second thought. Shavers and Lyle hit hard, you say? Jerry couldn’t care less.
Jerry packed a wallop himself! His left hook to the body and head was ferocious. His right was solid too. A helluva gutsy fighter and tremendous counterpuncher. He happened to be competing in one of the best eras for heavyweights ever. He made an impressive account of himself. It sucks what he went thru in the end.
Never seen this fight before and highly impressed with Jerry ….I’ve never seen Ron Lyle take as many steps backwards in a fight before …he was trying to create punching space but Jerry kept crowding him out ….brilliant particularly after big George said how hard he hit !!…
Lyle was on his way up he really didn't have an amateur career just a few inter prison bouts . He did really well after starting his pro career aged thirty
@@joanmjames2495 That unbelievable bout with Foreman was a slugfest and it could have gone either way. Foreman’s experience tipped the scale. In the maximum security prison in Colorado, Lyle, the inmate, was pronounced dead, after being stabbed by another inmate. He received 36 blood transfusions to save his life. Jerry Quarry beating a huge puncher by accounts from Shavers and Foreman. Quarry fought the best. Just came up a little short. Too many great heavyweights at that time. Jerry wanted to fight Ali again after losing to him twice. Ali said “Don’t that boy ever learn?”
@@angeloiodice9304I love Jerry, but it's probably best that he didn't go a third time with Ali. I don't see him beating Ali. Then again not many have.
@@waynej2608 Especially at that point in Ali’s career. He ran circles around Quarry. Too fast for Quarry. But, Quarry was certainly an extremely respectable boxer.
Quarry was a cruiserweight fighting heavyweights. An excellent and supremely tough fighter that was underappreciated because he was always fighting much bigger men. Watch the Quarry v Norton fight and notice how much bigger Norton is.
Your right, it's almost unthinkable I guy his size gets in there with Lyle and Norton. Quarry was tough as they come. His skill were phenomenal! He kinda wanted to go toe to toe in fights but he was a great counterpuncher his best talent. In another era he would be champ.
I was expecting Ron Lyle to win because I just saw George Forman in an interview saying Ron hit him the hardest out of anyone he fought. So, great win for Jerry Quarry 🎉❤ ttough fight for both of um - pounding away on each other.
@@waynej2608 i have seen this fight a long time ago, a big war but shavers/lyle was the biggest slugfeist i ever seen. i imagine modern heavy weights like joshua vs that kind of killdozer
Sadly, Quarry’s last years of life was spent in a dementia state of mind brought on by years of head punches. He was also on SSI disability and his brother managed his funds.
Quarry was a championship quality fighter in an Era where only a GOAT quality fighters kept him from the belt, he’s gotta be the best white HW ever since the Marciano era
He was unbelievably good but I'm sure the Klitchko brothers, Vitali being my favourite would fancy their chances against him and that mouthy Fury would be another white fighter that would give Jerry some problems on pure size alone.
@@michealbreathnach2928 by the time of the Klitchko's, Quarry would be a Cruiserweight, actually so would Ali and Norton and Frazier. The Klitchko's are 6'9 260 or so? Not the same weight class anymore
These two men did work that night. Two hard punchers punishing each other a lot. Maybe I'm getting old but it makes me feel kind of bad for them. I heard them both get interviewed and they came off as decent guys. Like they all say RIP guys.
Yeah watching these highlights made me look up their respective heights and reach…..Lyle was six 3 with 76 inch reach and Jerry was six even with 72 inch reach….the usual narrative of this fight is that Jerry outboxed him but to me, a shorter and shorter reached fighter doesn’t really outbox his opponent…I think of outboxing as a taller longer reached fighter, like Lennox…..Jerry had to get inside and take hellacious shots to win….it will always amaze me that Jerry, who came up short every time he had a title fight….he either destroyed or relatively easily beat contenders who either beat fighters Jerry couldn’t or fighters who had seriously knock out records or gave hell to or took champs the distance…this fight the shavers fight are prime examples….
@@decristo1021 Its weird how some fighters dont stack up as well against certain fighters. As you mentioned they beat guys that murder other fighters and then loose to the same guy.
@@conor9345 it seems he knew how to neutralize an offense and not take full shot brunt force? And if you got a tough chin it’s easier blocking punches through your guard. I’d like to watch more of his fights and study how he was able to hang with heavy hitters?
I believe that Quarry would've beaten Foreman. Styles make fights. It's why Foreman's people ducked Jerry after he knocked out Shavers. Big George was supposed to fight the winner of that fight. Instead he went for the bigger payday with Ali. I guess if you're going to lose the title do it for more money. 👍
An excellent fight. Jerry Quarry was a very good fighter, who had the bad luck to be in at the time of THE best HW boxers ever Ali, Frazier, Foreman also some very good ones in Ken Norton, Ron Lyle, Ernie Shavers. Quarry was just a little bit light, a little bit slow but man could he hit and take a punch and go toe to toe. His losses to Ali and Frazier took a lot out of him and sort of put him on a downward slope. But just when you think Quarry's boxing career was over and he would become one of those old, punch drunk guys that "could have been" - he comes back with tremendous victories over Ron Lysle here and his career best 1st round TKO of Ernie Shavers. Great guy Jerry Quarry, he's a great testament to the American boxing sport.
He fought this one in 73, just a few more after this one and two big losses against Frazier and then later Norton, Jerry took a beating in both those 2 fights, they are too hard for me to watch again concerning how Jerry died. Such a warrior but i think in retrospect he should have hung up the gloves after Joe stopped him in the 2nd fight. He wastnt going anywhere in the Heavy division after that and maybe just maybe would have been around a lot longer without so much brain damage. RIP Jerry.
Jerry Quarry was a lion heart warrior. Unfortunately In wrong era for to be the best (Ali etc). But absolutelu true warrior. Same as Joe Frazier was. Not so big in his size but big heart for boxing.
I do really feel sorry for Quarry. RIP. He deserved the title he fought for so much for so long. He was valient, strong, fearless. Not of this planet..
Poor Jerry ….if only he was a bit bigger he wouldn’t of taken the punishment he did and the resultant dementia….one tough tough fighter though …..obviously Ron lyle was excellent too ….
Size had nothing to do with it. Quarry never learned head and body movement. He liked to bull ahead, throwing hooks and uppercuts. If Lyle had jabbed him more and used his jab to set up hooks and overhand rights, he would have beaten Quarry. Quarry was as tough as they came, but his style sacrificed his head to set up close shots.
Quarry could fight, box, counter punch, fight inside, could take a punch! Fought the best! Had absolute wars with Frazier and Norton, and bombed out Shavers in 1 round!
Jerry Quarry was a champion without winning a championship. Foreman ducked Shavers but Quarry didn’t and he beat Shavers and he beat Ron Lyle too. If Quarry was 30 Lbs heavier he would have killed everybody in the heavyweight division. Unfortunately being underweight is what killed him. All the fighters around him in the 70’s were all big heavy punchers and Quarry took a lot of big punches in the head. Even though he didn’t realize he was sacrificing his health and life for the sport I don’t think he would have changed a thing judging by what he once said “I’d rather live like a lion if only for a short while than live my life as a lamb”…..
Jerry Quarry fought during an era when heavyweights were supreme and he fought the best. Stopped Earnie Shavers in one round. Couldn't handle Ali,Frazier and Norton but he was a great fighter. I read somewhere that one of his problems wasn't so much his technique as much as it was his unwillingness to train.
@@hammer44headBut Quarry said people say he is a bleeder, but you have to consider he fought Ali, Frazier, and Norton who all have a higher Knock out percentage.
Quarry had a very good chin and so Lyle could not KO him. From about the 4:45 mark on he simply outboxed Lyle landing really good combinations and hitting him with sharp body shots.
Siempre pensé que el peleador más feroz de esa época era Frazier pero Jerry Quarry simplemente no conocía el miedo. Se enfrentó a a los mejores de todos los tiempos y siempre dio fiera batalla. Hay que ponerse de pie cuando se diga el nombre de jerry Quarry
When Jerry kept his cool and stuck to his plan of counter-punching, he was almost unbeatable like here. When he started trading and slugging, like with Frazier, things went south. It seems strange for Quarry to dominate a hulking monster like Lyle but lose to Frazier, who wasn't much larger than Jerry. But Frazier was a tightly compact tank with tight skin, perhaps not as strong as Lyle, but capable of punching at least as hard, perhaps with better accuracy and timing or harder to hit with that perpetual bobbing and weaving?
A couple of very heavy punchers, both with good chins. Very few tie-ups, very little hugging with a high punch-count and almost constant punching from different angles and both worked the body well. Very good, even fight. That era was full of very good fighters and a lot of sluggers.
This shows how formidable Quarry was. He was basically the king of the second tier HW’s in a golden era of HW’s. It’s makes Ali and Frazier’s defeat of him more impressive in retrospect. He was actually one of the top HW’s and probably the best HW in the 70’s not to win a HW title. He beat Lyle and knocked out Shavers - two super tough HW’s with huge punches. Very good HW who would have won a HW title in another era.
Jerry came along 10 years to late if he had fought in the 50s he would have been champ no way Marciano could beat him rocky never fought the killers jerry fought
In my opinion this was JQ's best fight. Against one of the toughest, hardest hitting guys in the business. Jerrys iron jaw was in evidence throughout the fight. And his skills all came together. He out boxed outslicked and out punched RL. His finest to date. If they had a cruiser weight class then, JQ would have been the World Champ of that class as long as he wanted.
We tend to remember Quary’s fights with Ali and Frazier, but Quarry was underrated. He beat both Shavers and Lyle, to super tough HW’s with huge punches. In another era, there would be a good chance he would have won the HW title.
It's compelling that after the fight, no one, not even Lyle himself, questioned the decision. This seemed like an example of a fight where the victor slowly but steadily asserted control from start to finish. Like how Joe Frazier used all 12 rounds to win a clear cut decision over Oscar Bonavena in both their fights, even when being knocked down twice by Oscar early in the first one.
To me, the Frazier of 1967-1971 may have been unbeatable by anyone. The Ali-Frazier I destroyed Joe (even though he thoroughly beat Ali).....Joe was never the same fighter after that war
Lyle is the best example of how matchups make fights: he almost had granite-chinned Foreman out and took everything George had until knocked unconscious and also weathered and KO'd Shavers but he fell to relatively light-punching Quarry and Ali. Quarry, at under 200 lbs was fearless tho.
I think Quarry would have mopped the floor with most heavyweights in this era. He had speed, timing, great head movement and could fight both on the inside and outside, plus good power.
It seems weird that Foreman admitted to ducking Quarry. After all, George had four KO victories over Frazier, Norton and Chuvalo, while Quarry was KO'd four times by the same three fighters. But Foreman's assessment came from watching Quarry in training camp, when Jerry used his hand speed to counter skilfully. That was the Quarry that might have confused and frustrated Foreman as he did hulks like Lyle and Mathis. The Quarry that tried going toe to toe with Frazier and overpower Chuvalo would have been a sitting duck for George's long-armed bombs that destroyed both those men.
I remember George saying that Quarry''s style would have thrown him off.George said Quarry"s counter punching was amazing. These two sparred briefly in the early days of Foreman's career when they both were fighting out of California. I guess styles make fights.
Foreman beat a Joe Frazier who had gone 15 brutal rounds with Ali. Frazier decisively beat Ali in that first fight, but was never the same fighter after that war. The Frazier of 1967-1971 would not have lost to Foreman.
Quarry only lost to champions, (on cut's that is). Bull in the ring, strong, could not hurt him. If he had fought in any other decade other than the 70's, he would have been champion. WAAAY underrated.
Jerry Quarry was an extremely tough man. Too tough for his own good. He was fearless and fought many champions and beat some really good fighters. He looked really good in this fight with the extremely hard hitting, Ron Lyle. He was outclassed by Muhammad Ali, but that was a good fight until the end.
After watching and Loving that Usyk KO'd Fury, I watch this old fight between Lyle and Quarry and it's a bit different these days. These old boys used to BANG like No one today! 😮 Whoa! Bang BANG and a whole lot more BANG! 😬
I got concussion just by watching this fight.
Jerry my God was tough and had an iron chin cause most men would get creamed by this wild brute of a caveman Lyle
@@harryheath9928 what are you talking about? Jerry rocked Lyle's world. Kicked his ass
Lyle took some shatting shots thought he was going to leave his boots out cold
Yeah Ok see that now
Bs look like got paid to take a dive. Lyle never stayed outside & never came forward with intensity. Why is he taking & giving. Usually when somebody hits you that hard you give extra aggression I don't see it. The mob used a scare tactic 😊 Quarry gets NO CREDIT😊
Everyone in this era were tough as nails 👊
I give all props to Jerry. He fought everyone and ducked no one. The man fought wars in the ring.
Quarry was one of the best counter punchers in the business then, but Man did he take Shots to the head big time.
@@pbrucpaul I once saw Quarry duck under a punch. The crowd started screaming, "We want a refund."
Merry was a Bad man fight all the top Black fighter and gave them hell love merry yes😂
This was the only boxing match I attended in my life. I remember Lyle being on his way up and Quarry being in the second tier behind Ali, Frazier and Foreman, more or less equal to Bonavena, Chavalo and Ellis. This was Quarry's last great fight.
He knocked Earnie Shavers out in one round later that same year.
U picked a hell of a fight to attend. Don’t need to see any more after this one ✌️
Poor jerry quarry. He finished badly and youngly with brain desease
I'm always amazed when I see Quarry battling it out with huge sluggers like Lyle and Shavers. At only about 195 lbs he was far smaller than his many extremely formidable opponents, and yet stood toe to toe. One of the greatest hearts the boxing world has ever seen!
Henry Cooper once said putting on extra weight dosent improve your ability if you have an KO punch it dosent get better if you weigh your fighting weight of 204 lbs or 240 lbs. 😊
Marciano was 184 and Patterson was 187.
God rest his soul, and I deeply regret the serious head trauma that ruined his later years. But Quarry simply didn’t understand fear. He would fight lightening if he had to, and wouldn’t give it a second thought. Shavers and Lyle hit hard, you say? Jerry couldn’t care less.
Jerry packed a wallop himself! His left hook to the body and head was ferocious. His right was solid too. A helluva gutsy fighter and tremendous counterpuncher. He happened to be competing in one of the best eras for heavyweights ever. He made an impressive account of himself. It sucks what he went thru in the end.
Jerry Quarry..
When he looked Good...he really looked Good.
.Lyle tough as nails ...Quite a brawl . Props to both men
Jerry Quarry was a great fighter, fought like a champ 🏆and tough as nails 💅👏💪
Cost him his brain tho
He was one of my father’s favorite fighters. They don’t make fighters like that anymore.
@@JonP1245Wdym by that?
@@AXL664 He ended up with severe dementia and his family had to take care of him
@@JonP1245 Did boxing cause it?
Never seen this fight before and highly impressed with Jerry ….I’ve never seen Ron Lyle take as many steps backwards in a fight before …he was trying to create punching space but Jerry kept crowding him out ….brilliant particularly after big George said how hard he hit !!…
Lyle said after the fight Quarry was too strong for him.🥊💪🏻
Is it me, but I never heard the Golden age boxers try to find excuses when they lose their fights, they took defaits as real men.
What an amazing fight. The golden age of boxing
Thanks for posting this one... from the golden age. So many tremendous fighters...
Lyle was on his way up he really didn't have an amateur career just a few inter prison bouts . He did really well after starting his pro career aged thirty
"On his way up"? He got his ass kicked. The first indication he was not a defensive pug.
@@jg6698Easy for you to say. Watch Lyle's bouts with Foreman and Shavers. But you can do better, right?
@@joanmjames2495 That unbelievable bout with Foreman was a slugfest and it could have gone either way. Foreman’s experience tipped the scale.
In the maximum security prison in Colorado, Lyle, the inmate, was pronounced dead, after being stabbed by another inmate.
He received 36 blood transfusions to save his life.
Jerry Quarry beating a huge puncher by accounts from Shavers and Foreman. Quarry fought the best. Just came up a little short. Too many great heavyweights at that time.
Jerry wanted to fight Ali again after losing to him twice. Ali said “Don’t that boy ever learn?”
@@angeloiodice9304I love Jerry, but it's probably best that he didn't go a third time with Ali. I don't see him beating Ali. Then again not many have.
@@waynej2608 Especially at that point in Ali’s career. He ran circles around Quarry. Too fast for Quarry. But, Quarry was certainly an extremely respectable boxer.
Quarry was a cruiserweight fighting heavyweights. An excellent and supremely tough fighter that was underappreciated because he was always fighting much bigger men. Watch the Quarry v Norton fight and notice how much bigger Norton is.
Your right, it's almost unthinkable I guy his size gets in there with Lyle and Norton. Quarry was tough as they come. His skill were phenomenal! He kinda wanted to go toe to toe in fights but he was a great counterpuncher his best talent. In another era he would be champ.
Quarry looks like Marciano in this fight his stamina here was great
I was expecting Ron Lyle to win because I just saw George Forman in an interview saying Ron hit him the hardest out of anyone he fought. So, great win for Jerry Quarry 🎉❤ ttough fight for both of um - pounding away on each other.
Quarry, Lyle, Shavers : 3 big warriors with a big heart
The Lyle-Shavers fight is one of the best.
@@DWilliam1the craziest fight i ever seen
@@stefphoenix9642It's up there with Foreman vs Lyle. Exciting fights to see!
@@waynej2608 i have seen this fight a long time ago, a big war but shavers/lyle was the biggest slugfeist i ever seen. i imagine modern heavy weights like joshua vs that kind of killdozer
Sadly, Quarry’s last years of life was spent in a dementia state of mind brought on by years of head punches. He was also on SSI disability and his brother managed his funds.
Man, these guys could FIGHT !
Quarry was a championship quality fighter in an Era where only a GOAT quality fighters kept him from the belt, he’s gotta be the best white HW ever since the Marciano era
I’d bet Quarry over Marciano
@@striperking6083idk bout that one. There's been many great white fighters since quarry
He was unbelievably good but I'm sure the Klitchko brothers, Vitali being my favourite would fancy their chances against him and that mouthy Fury would be another white fighter that would give Jerry some problems on pure size alone.
@@michealbreathnach2928 by the time of the Klitchko's, Quarry would be a Cruiserweight, actually so would Ali and Norton and Frazier. The Klitchko's are 6'9 260 or so? Not the same weight class anymore
Quarry was like a Super Saiyan version of Glen Campbell.
These two men did work that night. Two hard punchers punishing each other a lot. Maybe I'm getting old but it makes me feel kind of bad for them. I heard them both get interviewed and they came off as decent guys. Like they all say RIP guys.
Not too many guys could take Lyle's shots, remain standing and mount an offense.
Yeah watching these highlights made me look up their respective heights and reach…..Lyle was six 3 with 76 inch reach and Jerry was six even with 72 inch reach….the usual narrative of this fight is that Jerry outboxed him but to me, a shorter and shorter reached fighter doesn’t really outbox his opponent…I think of outboxing as a taller longer reached fighter, like Lennox…..Jerry had to get inside and take hellacious shots to win….it will always amaze me that Jerry, who came up short every time he had a title fight….he either destroyed or relatively easily beat contenders who either beat fighters Jerry couldn’t or fighters who had seriously knock out records or gave hell to or took champs the distance…this fight the shavers fight are prime examples….
Jerry kicked his ass
@@decristo1021 Its weird how some fighters dont stack up as well against certain fighters. As you mentioned they beat guys that murder other fighters and then loose to the same guy.
I’m surprised to see Quarry win after seeing Lyle nearly KO Foreman. I guess Quarry was a little greater than most gave him credit for
Quarry specialty was always fighting power punchers
You couldn’t hurt the man
@@conor9345 it seems he knew how to neutralize an offense and not take full shot brunt force? And if you got a tough chin it’s easier blocking punches through your guard. I’d like to watch more of his fights and study how he was able to hang with heavy hitters?
Quarry knocked out Earnie Shavers in one round. Enough said.
I believe that Quarry would've beaten Foreman. Styles make fights. It's why Foreman's people ducked Jerry after he knocked out Shavers. Big George was supposed to fight the winner of that fight. Instead he went for the bigger payday with Ali. I guess if you're going to lose the title do it for more money. 👍
An excellent fight. Jerry Quarry was a very good fighter, who had the bad luck to be in at the time of THE best HW boxers ever Ali, Frazier, Foreman also some very good ones in Ken Norton, Ron Lyle, Ernie Shavers. Quarry was just a little bit light, a little bit slow but man could he hit and take a punch and go toe to toe.
His losses to Ali and Frazier took a lot out of him and sort of put him on a downward slope. But just when you think Quarry's boxing career was over and he would become one of those old, punch drunk guys that "could have been" - he comes back with tremendous victories over Ron Lysle here and his career best 1st round TKO of Ernie Shavers.
Great guy Jerry Quarry, he's a great testament to the American boxing sport.
He fought this one in 73, just a few more after this one and two big losses against Frazier and then later Norton, Jerry took a beating in both those 2 fights, they are too hard for me to watch again concerning how Jerry died. Such a warrior but i think in retrospect he should have hung up the gloves after Joe stopped him in the 2nd fight. He wastnt going anywhere in the Heavy division after that and maybe just maybe would have been around a lot longer without so much brain damage. RIP Jerry.
Much respect to both - two very tough men
That's the most I've watched Quarry fight. I was impressed that he always kept bouncing on his toes the whole fight.
Quarry was one hard bastard.
Both these guys fought this way their whole career, banging and banging no D.
Quarry beat both Lyle and Shavers 2 brutal punchers
Shavers got caught with a right in the first round... doubt Jerry could have survived Shavers otherwise ...
@@jayedwards1205 Shavers was a buum with great punch.
@@Shovelhook Never heard of a buum before.....
@@Shovelhook quarry was a bum with a great chin
@@devilface97 clearly a great chin beats a great punch.
Wow! Incroyable fight in Mr Quarry career
Jerry was able to beat 3 of the greatest punchers of his era
Shavers,Lyle and Mac Foster
Two great warriors.
Quarry's best strength was his worst enemy, the ability to take a punch.
Sadly...he took way too many shots.Even in his victorys.Ive never seen any fighter so severely damaged as Jerry.
Looking at Quarry and his record tells that was the brawler/gladiator era when fights were free.
Jerry Quarry was a lion heart warrior. Unfortunately In wrong era for to be the best (Ali etc). But absolutelu true warrior. Same as Joe Frazier was. Not so big in his size but big heart for boxing.
This is what you cal a slugfest.
Better turn that tap off or you will flood the place. Great fight
When Jerry knocked him against the ropes should that have been a knock down ? It seems that the ropes prevented him from falling down?
thats right. Ref failed.
I do really feel sorry for Quarry. RIP.
He deserved the title he fought for so much for so long. He was valient, strong, fearless. Not of this planet..
Fight in a phone booth!
Poor Jerry ….if only he was a bit bigger he wouldn’t of taken the punishment he did and the resultant dementia….one tough tough fighter though …..obviously Ron lyle was excellent too ….
He was a head case who boxed too long. I am a huge fan of the Quarry brothers.
Size had nothing to do with it. Quarry never learned head and body movement. He liked to bull ahead, throwing hooks and uppercuts. If Lyle had jabbed him more and used his jab to set up hooks and overhand rights, he would have beaten Quarry. Quarry was as tough as they came, but his style sacrificed his head to set up close shots.
RESPECT Jerry..RIP.
Wow! Quarry was some fighter. I've recently become a fan of Lyle too. I was too young to remember them when they fought each other and other greats.
Now that is boxing. Whew
Quarry was too tough for Lyle. Too much the man.
Love Jerry he ko of Jack Bodell in 68 seconds in London he's Brother Mike was a great fighter RIP Jerry Mick now living in Spain 🥊🥊
Quarry could fight, box, counter punch, fight inside, could take a punch! Fought the best! Had absolute wars with Frazier and Norton, and bombed out Shavers in 1 round!
Two sluggers going at it old school.
Jerry Quarry was a champion without winning a championship. Foreman ducked Shavers but Quarry didn’t and he beat Shavers and he beat Ron Lyle too.
If Quarry was 30 Lbs heavier he would have killed everybody in the heavyweight division. Unfortunately being underweight is what killed him. All the fighters around him in the 70’s were all big heavy punchers and Quarry took a lot of big punches in the head. Even though he didn’t realize he was sacrificing his health and life for the sport I don’t think he would have changed a thing judging by what he once said “I’d rather live like a lion if only for a short while than live my life as a lamb”…..
Jerry Quarry fought during an era when heavyweights were supreme and he fought the best. Stopped Earnie Shavers in one round. Couldn't handle Ali,Frazier and Norton but he was a great fighter. I read somewhere that one of his problems wasn't so much his technique as much as it was his unwillingness to train.
His face betrayed him also, he suffered cuts pretty easily, Ali and Frazier butchered his face up in all 4 fights if i remember right.
@@hammer44headBut Quarry said people say he is a bleeder, but you have to consider he fought Ali, Frazier, and Norton who all have a higher Knock out percentage.
Quarry had a very good chin and so Lyle could not KO him. From about the 4:45 mark on he simply outboxed Lyle landing really good combinations and hitting him with sharp body shots.
Christ! They don’t make them like this anymore!
Rare fight video. I never knew that Jerry Quarry fought Ron Lyle. He sure was a tough nut to crack.
A quarry never quits.
I watched this . . . now I have CTE.
Golden Age of heavyweight boxing. Quarry could have been a champion in another era.
Siempre pensé que el peleador más feroz de esa época era Frazier pero Jerry Quarry simplemente no conocía el miedo. Se enfrentó a a los mejores de todos los tiempos y siempre dio fiera batalla. Hay que ponerse de pie cuando se diga el nombre de jerry Quarry
he visto toda pelea de Quarry que hay en youtube, Quarry parecia no temerle a ninguno..., ni a Ali..
Any other era Quarry would have been a world heavyweight champion, way to many tough guys in the 70’s
When Jerry kept his cool and stuck to his plan of counter-punching, he was almost unbeatable like here. When he started trading and slugging, like with Frazier, things went south. It seems strange for Quarry to dominate a hulking monster like Lyle but lose to Frazier, who wasn't much larger than Jerry. But Frazier was a tightly compact tank with tight skin, perhaps not as strong as Lyle, but capable of punching at least as hard, perhaps with better accuracy and timing or harder to hit with that perpetual bobbing and weaving?
All that with 8 oz horsehair gloves too! Jerry, to his detriment had too good of a chin. 2 greats that in another era could have both been champions
A couple of very heavy punchers, both with good chins. Very few tie-ups, very little hugging with a high punch-count and almost constant punching from different angles and both worked the body well. Very good, even fight. That era was full of very good fighters and a lot of sluggers.
This shows how formidable Quarry was. He was basically the king of the second tier HW’s in a golden era of HW’s. It’s makes Ali and Frazier’s defeat of him more impressive in retrospect. He was actually one of the top HW’s and probably the best HW in the 70’s not to win a HW title. He beat Lyle and knocked out Shavers - two super tough HW’s with huge punches. Very good HW who would have won a HW title in another era.
One of the best & busiest heavyweight fights ever fought.
Every good heavyweight from the 70s hit quarry in the head he was to tough for his own good. It caught up to him
Win or lose. Irish, Jerry Quarry, was a warrior.
These two lads today would easily be world champions in today's world.
Jerry came along 10 years to late if he had fought in the 50s he would have been champ no way Marciano could beat him rocky never fought the killers jerry fought
In my opinion this was JQ's best fight. Against one of the toughest, hardest hitting guys in the business. Jerrys iron jaw was in evidence throughout the fight. And his skills all came together. He out boxed outslicked and out punched RL. His finest to date. If they had a cruiser weight class then, JQ would have been the World Champ of that class as long as he wanted.
The Heavyweight Division in the 1970s was loaded with great fighters!
Jerry was very tough in a brutal, but competitive heavyweight era of the 60's and 70's
We tend to remember Quary’s fights with Ali and Frazier, but Quarry was underrated. He beat both Shavers and Lyle, to super tough HW’s with huge punches. In another era, there would be a good chance he would have won the HW title.
It's compelling that after the fight, no one, not even Lyle himself, questioned the decision. This seemed like an example of a fight where the victor slowly but steadily asserted control from start to finish. Like how Joe Frazier used all 12 rounds to win a clear cut decision over Oscar Bonavena in both their fights, even when being knocked down twice by Oscar early in the first one.
Quarry really beat the 💩 out of Lyle.
There was no way that a fight between these two was going to be anything other than a slugfest.
Ron Lyle never saw a punch he couldn't eat.
How good were Ali and Frazier who each beat him twice
To me, the Frazier of 1967-1971 may have been unbeatable by anyone. The Ali-Frazier I destroyed Joe (even though he thoroughly beat Ali).....Joe was never the same fighter after that war
最近は重量級でも軽量級と変わらぬスピードとテクニックの応酬で､こういうゴツゴツした試合が減りましたな。
二人とも今の様な4団体17階級だったら世界チャンピオンになれたと思います。
Lyle is the best example of how matchups make fights: he almost had granite-chinned Foreman out and took everything George had until knocked unconscious and also weathered and KO'd Shavers but he fell to relatively light-punching Quarry and Ali. Quarry, at under 200 lbs was fearless tho.
I was a huge fan of both guys.
They said there was no quit in a Quarry and they were right.
I think Quarry would have mopped the floor with most heavyweights in this era. He had speed, timing, great head movement and could fight both on the inside and outside, plus good power.
J.Q. Fought His Heart Out! If It Wasn't For The Ropes, Lyle Would've Gone Down! 🥊
Jerry to surpass one of the hardest punchers of this era, is saying a lot for Jerry.
Quarry paid the price for having this kinda heart
It seems weird that Foreman admitted to ducking Quarry. After all, George had four KO victories over Frazier, Norton and Chuvalo, while Quarry was KO'd four times by the same three fighters. But Foreman's assessment came from watching Quarry in training camp, when Jerry used his hand speed to counter skilfully. That was the Quarry that might have confused and frustrated Foreman as he did hulks like Lyle and Mathis. The Quarry that tried going toe to toe with Frazier and overpower Chuvalo would have been a sitting duck for George's long-armed bombs that destroyed both those men.
I remember George saying that Quarry''s style would have thrown him off.George said Quarry"s counter punching was amazing. These two sparred briefly in the early days of Foreman's career when they both were fighting out of California. I guess styles make fights.
Foreman beat a Joe Frazier who had gone 15 brutal rounds with Ali. Frazier decisively beat Ali in that first fight, but was never the same fighter after that war. The Frazier of 1967-1971 would not have lost to Foreman.
There were some seriously tough dudes fighting each other in the 70's. Nobody ducked anybody.
God! Jerry and Ron BOTH have so much courage! Better than watching Mayweather Floyd Jr who NEVER showed courage, he is so BORING. ! 🪴🪴🪴🪴
Today's boxers don't get down like that no more. The 1990s was in my opinion the last great era of boxing.
Masterful Quarry body and head shots in lcombos
Jerry Quarry was so talented and wins over Patterson, Lyle ans Shavers should put him in the HOF. It was the Golden Era for HW boxers........
Defense was purely optional. I don't see how those guys took those punches.
OMG, i got brain damage just by watching this lol
Quarry only lost to champions, (on cut's that is). Bull in the ring, strong, could not hurt him. If he had fought in any other decade other than the 70's, he would have been champion. WAAAY underrated.
Jerry Quarry was an extremely tough man. Too tough for his own good. He was fearless and fought many champions and beat some really good fighters. He looked really good in this fight with the extremely hard hitting, Ron Lyle. He was outclassed by Muhammad Ali, but that was a good fight until the end.
Them fellas sure was sockin' real good, my friends. I'm glad my mother wasn't in the middle of all that mess.
R.I.P. to both warriors.
first comment,
great fight
After watching and Loving that Usyk KO'd Fury, I watch this old fight between Lyle and Quarry and it's a bit different these days. These old boys used to BANG like No one today! 😮 Whoa! Bang BANG and a whole lot more BANG! 😬
I’ve seen a lot of Quarry fights. Did he ever beat anyone?
why do i think there are low blows