Should Jerry Quarry be in the HOF?

[RozzySean]

Jess Wilard was known for beating a tired old Johnson and taking the worst beating in boxing history. He's in the HOF! Understand the standard has been set already. You can't unring a bell. Jerry Quarry is better than Braddock and Wilard. It's not like baseball where a player has to have 500 HR or 3,000 hits. There is no real standard. Jerry belongs in the hall.

Yeah but as has already been noted both Wilard and Braddock meant much more to boxing history than Quarry did.

Also both Willard and Braddock were undisputed heavyweight champs, Quarrey never was.

Man come on. I think we both know Quarry would have been champion in their era. We must look at the era at which they fought. Quarry era was much,much tougher that Braddock or Wilard.

No, we don't. Braddock was never KO'd and stopped only once on cuts and they were fighting without chambered gloves at the time. He fought half his career with a broken hand. Quarry was KO'd 6 times. There is no way you can say Quarry was TOUGHER than Braddock.

[mrbig1]

Yeah but as has already been noted both Wilard and Braddock meant much more to boxing history than Quarry did.

Also both Willard and Braddock were undisputed heavyweight champs, Quarrey never was.

Man come on. I think we both know Quarry would have been champion in their era. We must look at the era at which they fought. Quarry era was much,much tougher that Braddock or Wilard.

No, we don't. Braddock was never KO'd and stopped only once on cuts and they were fighting without chambered gloves at the time. He fought half his career with a broken hand. Quarry was KO'd 6 times. There is no way you can say Quarry was TOUGHER than Braddock.

You do know Braddock has loss 26 times right?

[Galaxy]

I think so!

He fought the best fighters of his era (arguably the best era ever)

You got guys like Johannson (RIP) in there, then I think its only fitting to put a tough SOB like Quarry in there too!

[Galaxy]

IMO if you put Quarry in any other era he could have & probably would have been among top guys... I think that says a lot about him!

[Kev]

IMO if you put Quarry in any other era he could have & probably would have been among top guys... I think that says a lot about him!

You could say that about putting Tim Witherspoon in the current era though, it's irelevent.

You can't put someone in the Hall of Fame based on how you think they might have done in a different era, the Hall of Fame is about ACTUAL acomplishments not fantasy

[Galaxy]

IMO if you put Quarry in any other era he could have & probably would have been among top guys... I think that says a lot about him!

You could say that about putting Tim Witherspoon in the current era though, it's irelevent.

You can't put someone in the Hall of Fame based on how you think they might have done in a different era, the Hall of Fame is about ACTUAL acomplishments not fantasy

Agree & imo how Quarry performed in what is arguably the best heavyweight era ever is an accomplishment within itself...

Johnannson is in there, Braddock is in there & I feel Quaary should be too

[Kev]

IMO if you put Quarry in any other era he could have & probably would have been among top guys... I think that says a lot about him!

You could say that about putting Tim Witherspoon in the current era though, it's irelevent.

You can't put someone in the Hall of Fame based on how you think they might have done in a different era, the Hall of Fame is about ACTUAL acomplishments not fantasy

Agree & imo how Quarry performed in what is arguably the best heavyweight era ever is an accomplishment within itself...

Johnannson is in there, Braddock is in there & I feel Quaary should be too

Both Braddock and Johannson were world champs though! And both were part of boxing history, Braddock as the Cinderella Man who inspired a nation during the depression era and Johannson who was involved in arguably the greatest fight trilogy of all time.

Quarry may have been able to beat them both (but just an assumption) but he never won a belt and wasn't involved in any great defining moment other than being a competitive opponent against the best fighters in his era.

Both Braddock and Johansson are famous outside of boxing for their acomplishments, Quarry is known in boxing circles only. If you go on acomplishments he doesn't get in, and if you go on FAME he still doesn't get in.

[Kev]

Should also mentione that Johansson died only a week ago too so RIP to a great fighter and some great memories