good talk

I saw "The Imitation Game" at Tropicana Cinemas, $2, the biographical of Alan Turing, that sure was a sad ending. Jerry "Irish Jerry" Quarry (May 15, 1945 to Jan.3, 1999) was a big-name Heavyweight Boxer during a Golden Era of Heavyweights.  From a boxing-family in Bakersfield, Ca., Jerry first put-on the gloves at "5."  His parents were Oakies, his father had HARD LUCK tattooed on his knuckles, I used to see this in Akron on old Hillbillies, also LOVE HATE. At "19," Jerry won the National Golden Gloves in 1965 and was on the cover of S.I. in 1966.  Jerry fought all the Best who would fight him (53-9, 32 KO's) amongst them Muhammad Ali, twice, Joe Frazier, twice, George Chuvalo, Earnie Shavers, Ron Lyle, he was known for an Iron Chin but would cut fairly-easily.  In 1969 he fought Joe Frazier and was stopped on cuts in the 7th Rd. but was praised for not going-down, this was the "The Ring's" Fight of the Year. Jerry was generally successful and said his Life was ...Better than changing-tires at the Greyhound... Mike's Frat at UNLV was hired to be ushers at the Hilton for Jerry's 2nd Fight with Muhammad Ali (6-27-72) with Quarry entering 2nd-Ranked HW.  He was stopped in the 7th Rd on cuts, Mike commented ...Jerry Quarry, human punching-bag... Jerry had some good moments, when he fought the great Earnie Shavers, one of the hardest-punching HW's of all-time (Dec. 14, 1973), he stopped Earnie in the 1st Rd. By 1983, Jerry was found to have an irregular CAT SCAN revealing the effects of "Dementia Pugilistica" but despite a number of retirements kept on fighting until 1992 when he was "47."  In Jerry's last few years he had to be fed and dressed by relatives, dying at "53" on Jan. 3, 1999.  Randy Gordon was the Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission from 1988 to 1995 and knew Jerry quite well when he was up and coming ...Jerry Quarry could consistently do "The New York Times Crossword Puzzle" in 15 minutes, and I don't know anybody who can do it in 15 minutes...