Floyd Patterson vs. Jerry Quarry (1st meeting)
Floyd Patterson 194 lbs drew with Jerry Quarry 193 lbs by MD in round 10 of 10
- Date: 1967-06-09
- Location: Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Referee: John Thomas 5-5
- Judge: George Latka 6-7
- Judge: Dick Young 6-6
"In a stunning decision which caught the crowd of some 20,000 by surprise, Jerry Quarry, 193, was voted a draw with Floyd Patterson, 194, Friday night at the Coliseum. Young Jerry opened fast winning the first round. Midway through the second round Quarry found the opening he had been waiting for and ripped home a left hook that dropped Floyd. Quarry was on Floyd like a tiger and sent Patterson tumbling to the canvas again with a right hand to the chin. From there on it was Patterson's fight and gave Jerry a severe pounding. Quarry was bleeding from the nose, mouth and a cut over the right eye from the 4th round on. Quarry looked as if he might start a rally halfway through the 7th round but Patterson offset this when he dropped an offbalance Quarry with a left hook high on the chest. Quarry came on in the 9th, shaking up Patterson with a right to the head and following up with a terrific left hook to the body, but Patterson opened the last round with a solid left hook to the chin and ripped Quarry's body with another left hook and seemingly won the fight only to have the officials see it otherwise." -Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram
Unofficial scorecards
- AP - 8-5 Patterson
- UPI - 5-3 Patterson
- LB Press-Telegram - Two writers covered the fight, Dave Lewis and Dave Taylor, who scored it 7-5 and 7-4 respectively for Patterson
- Pasadena Star-News - 5-5 Draw