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Jerry's. punching and looked at the referee for
Quarry, his face reddened but a moment, then ripped in two solid
unmarked, . appeared to be slowing rights to the head. Kaplan jumped
down in the fifth , and Ali stopped his between them and called a halt at the
dancing to stand flat-footed in front of nineteen second mark in the round.
Jerry, who still couldn't land any real Quarry didn't appear too badly hurt,
effective blows. Mid-way in the sixth, but he -didn't offer any protest, slowly
Ali began to put some heft behind his walking to his corner. with his head
punches and shook Quarry with a bowed.
left-right combination. With about a For Ali, who at 216 was slim and
minute left in the round, the bandage trim, it was a real class performance.
on Ali's left hand came undone and it Jerry, at 198, was too slow and too
was waving in the breeze as he confused by Ali's speed to make even
suddenly got · down to business. He a fight of it.
went into Quarry, backing him against The live gate was $349,800 paid by
the ropes with a dazzli_ng flurry of lefts 6,549 and early reports on closed
and rights to the head. Jerry let fly a circuit were glowing, but Ali had a
looping left as Ali backed off, but a guarantee of half a million, while
moment later Ali staggered Jerry with Quarry took down $200,000 for his
another lightning-like combination at end.
the bell. Foster, who earned only $80,000,
Quarry seemed more discouraged and his m,;mager Lou Viscusi said they
than hurt as he went back to his were very interested in fighting Ali. Bob Foster tries to aide Mike Quarry
who was "out" for five minutes after
corner. Ali sprang out for the seventh Why not? Foster, who has been
Bob's left hook found its mark.
and ripped two lefts and a right to the kayoed by most of the heavyweights
head, staggering Quarry. Ali stopped he has fought, including Joe Frazier,
for a lot less would not spot
Muahmmad anything in height or
reach, and onll about sixty pounds on
the scale.
Bob, 173½, fighting a calm cool
fight , let young Mike, 175, wear
himself down by moving and moving,
while he stalked after him, sticking in
long left jabs that always found their
mark as he took every one of the
rounds on our card. Mike threw some
sharp rights to the head, but Foster
just kept plugging away. Near the end
of the third he began to work on the
body with his right and it was just a
Foster's longer reach made it easy for him to score, while Mike's punches fell matter of time after that.
short. Quarry showed lack of respect for
Bob used his jab to the body to bring down Mike's guard. Foster when he ·stood and traded with
Bob mid-way in the fourth , but it was
more a case of necessity than bravado
as he no longer could stay out of Bob's
punching range. With time running out
in the fourth round, Foster sent a right
uppercut that grazed Mike's chin. As
Mike pulled his head slightly to the
right and up to avoid the blow, Foster
followed with a blistering left hook
that crumpled Mike flat on his back.
He didn't even move a muscle as
referee Harry Krause counted him out.
The time was 3:09,. as the count
continued after the bell had rung, but
Mike never heard it. All he had was his
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