Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry | RETURN OF THE CHAMPION |
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)
Editing by BOXING LEGENDS
Interviews before, enterence, fight and Ali's conference after fight
Ali vs Quarry # 1st meeting #
* Oct. 26, 1970.
Following his successful defense of the heavyweight championship against Zora Folley in March of 1967, Muhammad Ali’s career soon came to a grinding halt. The following month he refused induction into the United States army to assist the war effort in Vietnam and was immediately arrested. The New York State Athletic Commission suspended his license and stripped him of his title and all other state athletic commissions quickly fell in line with the NYSAC.
It would be three-and-a-half-years before Muhammad Ali could compete in a boxing ring again.With the help of Georgia State Senator Leroy Johnson, Ali was able to get a boxing license in Georgia. On September 2, 1970, he boxed an eight-round exhibition at Morehouse College in Atlanta. It was the first time Ali had boxed in public since a six-round exhibition in Detroit, Michigan, on June 13, 1967.A fight between Ali and Quarry was arranged for October 26 at City Auditorium in Atalanta. Contracts were signed in New York City on September 10. The bout was promoted by House of Sports, Inc., headed by Senator Johnson, and by Sports Action Inc., headed by Harold Conrad. "People think now that the Supreme Court decision is what allowed Ali to fight, but that didn't come until later," Conrad told author Thomas Hauser for his book "Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times." "All it took was politics and money and three years of trying until we worked things out in Georgia."Quarry entered the fight as The Ring magazine's No. 1-rated heavyweight contender and the WBA's No. 3-rated heavyweight contender.Ali was guaranteed $200,000 against 42½ percent of the net income, and Quarry was guaranteed $150,000 against 22½ percent.The fight was shown on closed circuit TV in 206 locations in the United States and Canada. It was also beamed live to Asia, Australia, Europe and South America.There was a sellout crowd of 5,100 at City Auditorium.
✅Make sure to Like, Favorite and Share this video and Subscribe if you haven't do so already at ...
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING BOXING LEGENDS
➡️ Also visit our FACEBOOK page
/ boxingknowledge
✅Also visit our instagram page
/ boxing.legends.tribute
#muhammadali #jerryquarry #thegreatest
🥊 Thank You For Watching🥊 kzhead.info/sun/pr2dc8hspqxuh30/bejne.html
Y
We all know that Ali had a wonderful jab, but I never saw him use it more accurately or firmer than in this fight. He also looks wonderfully fit and fast, which is a great achiemenent after such a long ring absence, and as usual he shows no signs of fear or self-doubt.
I think if he was in this condition when he fought Frazier for the first time he would have beaten Joe the same as he did with Quarry here. This is one of Ali’s greatest ever performances.
I agree
Tyson made his comeback against Peter McNeely after 4 and a half years. No disrespect to McNeely but he wasn't the caliber of Quarry. Ali chose a very dangerous opponent for his comeback
Yea quarry was no pushover
That's because Ali picked his opponents in hindsight.
@@mitchand9 how's that even possible? He fight them and then picks them?!. 🤔 Yea I can agree... He picked them apart after he entered the ring
@@heavymeddle28 he picked this opponent in preparation for his fight after the next fight.
@@mitchand9 I really don't understand your point. He picked them in hindsight? After? If you mean that he picked them before?.. Of cause. If you're in that top position you have managers that gets paid to do that. Ain't nothing wrong with that. That's what they do. That's what they've always done and probably always will. But back to the main comment... Quarry was a top contender, probably one of many and he had to fight one of them and why not quarry?
The commentator is calling him Clay(how disrespectful)
I remember how utterly mesmerized I was, at age 13, by Ali and his comeback, but I was simply not familiar enough with his previous skills to realize how plain it would be to any knowledgeable observer that he is about 50% as fast as he had been when he fought in '66 or '67. Really, there is no comparison. It's like he's fighting in slow motion. It's amazing how well he did at this level of competition after 3 1/2 years off when he simply was not in shape yet; he didn't have the gas in the tank yet and his reflexes were not at all as sharp; his ring generalship was rusty. Within a year, though, he was on the road to amazing again when he found a whole new approach that worked for him.
well said, Ali lost his prime years and was never as fast in hand speed and more so in dancing speed
@@billthestinker But even a soiled diamond still dazzles!
What about Cleveland Williams who came from a 2 year layoff from being shot by a .357 magnum at point blank range. No one seems to mention that, to make note he lost 3/4 small intestines, a kidney & 60 lbs body weight. He came back after all those physical set backs to fight for World Heavyweight Title against Muhammad Ali on Nov. 4 1966. Then in addition they call his bout with Ali. Ali greatest bout. I cannot believe people still believe the lies and rubbish of Ali performance.
@@clevelandwilliams5922 Williams? Came 'back' only to get his ass kicked royally by Ali. Yes, that was Ali's premier performance: whuppin' Williams like a 'red-headed step-child.'
@@c.a.g.3130 You have no idea, Williams winnings for that fight were Garnished just as he was going to step into the ring. He came back because he had the skills & abilities to beat the up start in Ali. So in my view Holmes destruction of Ali is completely justified based on your comments
You have to say the comeback of Cleveland Williams who was shot with .357 magnum at point blank range was far a better comeback than Ali 3.5 year in wilderness. He lost 3/4 small intestines and 60 lbs body weight and a kidney and bullet lodging itself in his hip bone. Then 2 years later got himself back into condition and fought Muhammad Ali for world title.
And got soundly thrashed. Williams didn't fight Ali on his first fight back. Ali actually came back and went on to take the title again, from an invincible monster named George Foreman.
@@c.a.g.3130 They didn't say he did. They basically stated got himself back into condition 2 years after.
Cleveland wasn’t winning significant fights after his layoff, it impressive that he was able to rehab and get to a point where he could even box again but this ain’t even a good comparison.
Superhuman reflexes. Would love to see a fight between Ali and Marciano, or Joe Lewis.
I saw this fight. I was fifteen, and my father took me to a closed-circuit broadcast of it (no pay-per-view in those days) at the San Diego Sports Arena. It was over too quickly, and I still had to go home and do my homework.
That’s how cinemas made money in broadcasting those major sporting events, whether it was boxing, motor racing or whatever. It was Television networks that took it over for argument of convenience & now it’s on a KZhead, argument yet again convenience. All about lower costs to zero & maximise profits.
This was 3 years after the champ changed his name and the announcer keeps referring to him as Clay. His name is on the back of his robe and his corner men’s shirts. Maybe he can’t read.
This was more than six years since he changed his name. Yeah, very disrespectful.
Quarry was anything but a chump. Hell... I think he boxed for money since he was 8. Danger danger danger... As the crocodile hunter would have put it😊
Yes I am here from Joe Rogan... I look things up as I hear him talk about it
Jerry was good but he was in the era of really good heavyweights…and he cut…..Jerry had a rough time of it after boxing…Alzheimer’s…very sad.
October 1970 and still Clay for the reporter, but in the face a hypocrit.
Quarry was little undersized for Ali..Ali just cut him up with the snapping jab…not allowing Quarry to corner him…Quarry was a bad match for going against Ali basically keeps coming fwd…into Ali’s jab….He was a tough guy Jerry but not for the likes of Ali…not then anyway…Quarry came in a bad era …too many good fighters then..respect to him though for his tenacious ..attitude of not backing away and trying…so hard..RIP both fine Heavyweights ..glad I was in my prime too to enjoy these fights😉
Its know way Ali was gonna lose his first fight coming back from a lay off!
There was a real serious risk in this fight. Quarry was #1 heavyweight contender and Ali was only a shell of what he used to be. Had Quarry not been cut and taken Ali into late rounds, Ali would have been at serious risk to lose. Took guts for Ali to take this fight first time back.
@@c.a.g.3130 Yea but that 2nd Ali Quarry fight close the book between these two!
@@spank2424 Yea, beat him like he was his daddy.
Thank god for the cut eye because it would of only hot worse for quarry.
This channel is it throw back to 1974 local TV with commercials every 3 minutes interrupting the program, I can't watch this
Thank you for watching
Announcer still calling him Clay… no class.
الله.يرحمو
العرييةت