tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120727.post8530518611316371648..comments2024-02-28T21:32:17.531-08:00Comments on Thoughts on Boxing, Boxers and Fights: Sparring With Mike QuarryRandy De La Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06059016130929988777noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120727.post-57733597199158327242013-02-28T08:01:41.923-08:002013-02-28T08:01:41.923-08:00Sparring with Mike Quarry was a little different f...Sparring with Mike Quarry was a little different for me. I loved that guy, he was tough, funny, serious when he had to be, and had the coolest JUDGE...GTO BRIGHT ORANGE, and most of our sparring was in that car heading to the main st. gym in beautiful downtown Los Angeles. i was 15 yrs old at this time, mike i believe was 18 or close to it. We would be cruising down the freeway, radio blasting with APPLE, PEACHES, PUMKIN PIE, then a quick bare knuckle shot to my head, in which mike thought was pretty funny, (it was kinda) but after about 12 shots, well, we were at the gym, meeting Jerry for sparring. Now, it was just Jerry, mike, and myself in the gym, no headgear, tore up maroon gloves, and the heat was on. I would watch Jerry beat the sht out of Mike, due to size, power, sheer meaness to Mike, who couldn't do anything about it. Jerry would laugh, Mike would spit blood, and continue until a real fight would almost break out. Ya, your gonna have to take my word for it, because Mike and Jerry are both gone RIP champs, and it's just me telling you all, so....but it's true. Jerry was a gentle guy outside the ring, but not gentle to Mike.<br />A love hate thing i guess. JERRY QUARRY'S NUETRAL CORNER sponsored my pony league baseball team in <br />downey. this was the name of Jerry's bar in bellflower. yes, a bar sponsored us. MY Sister dated mike for awhile, although he spent vmore time with me. i was in love with wilma quarry, the sister, but she only liked me, to young, by 1 year. my little brother hung out with mikes little bro, my mom baby sat while those 2 tore up the house,. Mr.Quarry, Jack, got me my first fight at the Olympic auditorium in downtown L.A against tim hieghtcamp. what an experience. I could go on but i won't. I do know what mike went through and felt because he told me. Mike did love Jerry though, and i loved Mike.by Dan Verdugo Boxing trainer for Avery Psycho Vilche Pro boxer in Red Bluff Ca.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120727.post-86577197864371974382011-03-03T19:14:18.701-08:002011-03-03T19:14:18.701-08:00I must say I am puzzled.
I sparred with Mike fairl...I must say I am puzzled.<br />I sparred with Mike fairly often in the middle and late sixties, and I never had any negative experiences with him.<br />He and I were fairly close in skill and physical ability, so, he couldn't have roughed me up if he tried, maybe that is why I didn't feel his sparring was particularly tough.<br /><br />We fought once, in Bellflower, the year his brother Jerry won the Olympics, he won a very close split<br />decision.<br /><br />Before the fight he said, "We're friends and all, but in the ring, we aren't friends any more."<br /><br /><br />It was a good fight, he was tough, rang my bell once, as I recall, but I probably landed more shots.<br /><br />Jerry, who I also sparred with, was much larger than I was.<br />He was always gentle, but he was so big and powerful that his jabs were like hammer blows.<br />He pulled his punches with the smaller fighters, though.<br /><br />Now, I freely admit.<br />I idolized him.<br />It was like being in the ring with a super star.<br />But as I say, he seemed truly gentle.<br />I find it hard to believe that he went after Mike with any reason other than trying to make Mike a better fighter.<br /><br />I did enjoy the article, thanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08911005916622454687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120727.post-60083937508081412892009-05-27T08:31:57.463-07:002009-05-27T08:31:57.463-07:00(RIP Mike Quarry)...this is sorta how I remember h...(RIP Mike Quarry)...this is sorta how I remember his fight against Bob Foster.brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604045924080733571noreply@blogger.com