Jerry Quarry vs. Lou Bailey

Jerry Quarry 201 lbs beat Lou Bailey 195 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1971-12-02
• Location: Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
• Referee: Lew Eskin 97-86
• Judge: 98-90

"Jerry Quarry was mad and so was battered loser Lou Bailey Thursday night after Iowa's first professional boxing card since the sport came under state control 18 months ago. Quarry, the 2nd ranked challenger for Joe Frazier's heavyweight championship, knocked Bailey down six times in the featured event, but failed to get a knockout. Quarry sent Bailey down twice in the opening round, three times in the 2nd and once in the 3rd." -Associated Press

• The referee was Lew Eskin, who was publisher of Boxing Illustrated at the time

Post fight comments

• "Bailey was down for the ten count once and the referee helped him up. That's the worst refereeing I have ever had in my professional career of 50 fights." -Jerry Quarry

• "He landed at least three low blows and the last one really hurt. My manager was really upset about the refereeing." -Lou Bailey