What fights were scheduled for Jerry Quarry but never happened for one reason or another
and how would he have done against the opponent if the fight did happen when and where it was suppose to happen ?
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 23 Aug 2018, 18:33
by Caractacus
One that I remember reading about was in his comeback in 1990 Jerry Quarry was scheduled to fight Paul Bradshaw,
but a heated argument with the fight promoter,so the promoter( John Ellis)reportedly punched Jerry Quarry in the face
and Quarry needed 9 stitches and the fight was called off.
(im guessing the promoter probably had a ring on his finger or two).
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 23 Aug 2018, 18:43
by sweetviolenturge
John Ellis should have been taken out to the parking lot & curb-stomped for what he did to Quarry during that comeback.
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 23 Aug 2018, 18:53
by sweetviolenturge
Ellis was just a mediocre heavyweight with a manufactured 14-4 career record that was attempting to resurrect Quarry just enough to match him with his brother, another mediocre heavyweight with a built up record who's lone claims to fame were getting KO''d by George Foreman on HBO & then getting crushed by a young Shannon Briggs before losing to the winless Jim Brewer & then getting iced in a round by Ladislao Mijangos. Both men were garbage fighters & garbage people.
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 23 Aug 2018, 18:57
by sweetviolenturge
Caractacus wrote: ↑23 Aug 2018, 18:52
Or maybe Jerry Quarry should have just countered with a right.
Wrong John Ellis. The heavyweight John Ellis was a west coast white heavyweight.
I only saw him fight once vs an 0-7-1 Roger Braxton who outboxed him for 10 rounds before being ripped off by the judges who gave it to Ellis.
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 23 Aug 2018, 19:01
by Caractacus
Sonny Liston seemed almost 'obscessed" with wanting to fight Jerry Quarry.
I read somewhere a bout was scheduled for September 1968 in Los Angeles
and that after the fight with Chuck Wepner in June 1970,Liston went immediatly back to Las Vegas to train
in hopes of being matched with Jerry Quarry mostly.
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 24 Aug 2018, 19:05
by sweetsci
I don't think it was actually signed, but a third Ali-Quarry fight was planned for Spring 1974. Jerry was coming off of a red hot 1973 and Ali was planning to use it as a tune-up for Foreman in September. As it happened, Ali elected to rest up before taking on Big George, while Quarry had a scare against Joe Alexander in May before taking a pasting from Joe Frazier in June.
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 25 Aug 2018, 09:42
by Tony1244
Caractacus wrote: ↑23 Aug 2018, 18:33
One that I remember reading about was in his comeback in 1990 Jerry Quarry was scheduled to fight Paul Bradshaw,
but a heated argument with the fight promoter,so the promoter( John Ellis)reportedly punched Jerry Quarry in the face
and Quarry needed 9 stitches and the fight was called off.
(im guessing the promoter probably had a ring on his finger or two).
I remember boxing writer Michael Katz mocked Quarry by saying, "He got knocked out by his promoter." Not mentioning his promoter was also a fighter.
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 25 Aug 2018, 18:12
by ronnyrains
Quarry never got knocked out, he decked them, yes he got cut by a sucker punch, his trainer really got banged up Guy Ditmars, Jerry was a lil miffed for they gave his sparring partner the day off, It escalated from thee James Ellis and his brothers were the culprits.
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 02 Sep 2018, 20:49
by Nile4000
I think he had a couple sscheduled with Oscar, and those were pick em fights. Yeah.
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 01 Sep 2026, 12:46
by Caractacus
Caractacus wrote: ↑23 Aug 2018, 19:01
Sonny Liston seemed almost 'obscessed" with wanting to fight Jerry Quarry.
I read somewhere a bout Quarry vrs Liston was scheduled for September 1968 in Los Angeles
and that after the fight with Chuck Wepner in June 1970,Liston went immediatly back to Las Vegas to train
in hopes of being matched with Jerry Quarry mostly.
yeah, I remember reading that too.
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 01 Sep 2026, 13:01
by Caractacus
Jerry Quarry was to fight Oscar Bonavena on HBO's first (live) Coast to coast broadcast.
June 1973 at MSG.
but Bonavena had become injured, so it was then scheduled to be Quarry vrs Earnie Shavers,
but then Quarry got the flu, then it became Earnie Shavers vrs Jimmy Ellis which was shown live.
Caractacus wrote: ↑23 Aug 2018, 19:01
Sonny Liston seemed almost 'obscessed" with wanting to fight Jerry Quarry.
I read somewhere a bout Quarry vrs Liston was scheduled for September 1968 in Los Angeles
and that after the fight with Chuck Wepner in June 1970,Liston went immediatly back to Las Vegas to train
in hopes of being matched with Jerry Quarry mostly.
yeah, I remember reading that too.
LOL. Youve come full circle from responding to yourself using alts to now just blatantly agreeing with yourself
Too bad Liston ducked Quarry numerous times, you wouldnt remember that though because you werent born yet.
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 21 Sep 2026, 16:23
by Cojimar 1946
Quarry's not very good. Why would Liston duck him?
He also didn't hold a belt so Liston wouldn't have been focused on fighting him
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 21 Sep 2026, 19:27
by Ambling Alp II
Quarry was very good. Silly to think he wasn't.
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 22 Sep 2026, 00:55
by Cojimar 1946
Ambling Alp II wrote: ↑21 Sep 2026, 19:27
Quarry was very good. Silly to think he wasn't.
Ambling Alp II wrote: ↑21 Sep 2026, 19:27
Quarry was very good. Silly to think he wasn't.
Roy Jones would destroy Quarry
Come on.
First of all, there is no way in the world that Jones would have taken the fight.
Jones can't hurt him. Jones would try to run, but he would not be able to avoid Quarry for too long.
Quarry beat several very good fighters. He was not in the same league as Ali, Frazier or Norton, but he was very good.
Ambling Alp II wrote: ↑21 Sep 2026, 19:27
Quarry was very good. Silly to think he wasn't.
Roy Jones would destroy Quarry
Come on.
First of all, there is no way in the world that Jones would have taken the fight.
Jones can't hurt him. Jones would try to run, but he would not be able to avoid Quarry for too long.
Quarry beat several very good fighters. He was not in the same league as Ali, Frazier or Norton, but he was very good.
Jones would happily take the fight and likely beats Quarry any way he pleases.
Come on.
First of all, there is no way in the world that Jones would have taken the fight.
Jones can't hurt him. Jones would try to run, but he would not be able to avoid Quarry for too long.
Quarry beat several very good fighters. He was not in the same league as Ali, Frazier or Norton, but he was very good.
Jones would happily take the fight and likely beats Quarry any way he pleases.
What is Quarry's path to victory here?
I would also favor Toney over Quarry
Lesser punchers than Quarry knocked out Jones. Smaller men than Quarry punished Jones to the body. Quarry could do both of those things. I'm not saying he's a lock to beat Jones, but Jones certainly wouldn't have been a lock to beat him either.
Either one of those mythical fights would've been interesting to see and challenging for all involved i think.
Come on.
First of all, there is no way in the world that Jones would have taken the fight.
Jones can't hurt him. Jones would try to run, but he would not be able to avoid Quarry for too long.
Quarry beat several very good fighters. He was not in the same league as Ali, Frazier or Norton, but he was very good.
Jones would happily take the fight and likely beats Quarry any way he pleases.
What is Quarry's path to victory here?
I would also favor Toney over Quarry
So he would knock Quarry clean out, if he wanted to?
Re: Jerry Quarry-Cancelled fights
Posted: 24 Sep 2026, 05:01
by overhand_right
You're still biting on Cojimar's troll takes? Wow.
