Jerry Quarry vs. Rocky Marciano...

I read with interest recently that Quarry once stated he was, "absolutely sure," he would have beaten Marciano.

Thoughts on Quarry's take, gents?

 

i AM ABSOLUTELY Sure Jerry was a bum. Rocky stops him 11 out of 1o times.

 

I don;t know if he would have beat him but he would have given him a tough fight... He would have had success with the counter hook

 

I think he'd lose a hundred out of a hundred, personally.

 

he might, but he'd be competetive in every one of them

 

Competitive is fair, I could agree with that. Its a horrible style match though, and late in the fight, it might turn very uncompetitive.

I wonder if Quarry's words were at all motivated by thn resentment he very likely had for Marciano?

 

See I think it's a real good style matchup... Quarry's at his best against an aggressive guy coming right at him

 

Do you really?

I like Quarry against aggressive guys too, because he was a quick-fisted counter-puncher...someone like Foreman was always at least an outside chance to lose, but a guy who threw as much as Marciano, for as long as he did, would always give counter-punchers at Quarry's level fits, IMO.

 

I agree that eventually, Marciano's workrate is the difference, but I think he eats some vicious counters for much of the first 10 rounds or so