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Blood streams down the left side of Jerry Quarry's
face during the third and final round of his first
fight against Ali (above). Quarry (right) begs any-
one who'll listen not to stop the fight despite the
cut, which would require 11 stitches to close. Ali
seemed to be tiring and the bout might have ended
differently had Tony Perez not stopped the contest.

ancial rewards that go with it. All he him and he couldn't hurt me! Ali doesn't like to go the full route
has to do is beat the only man to "I'm fast enough when I get myself lately. Even though he knew he would
defeat him twice - Muhammad Ali. loose and when I get myself oriented get the decision over Frazier, he was
If he can get past Ali, Foreman will to the fight. I can cut him off. Joe obviously disapp9inted following that
be forced into fighting him. Frazier did a good job on Ali [in their bout. He wanted to end it early, when
If he can get a fight with Ali, first bout] and I don't think Frazier his stamina is still there. Ali was ·
which would probably mean a bigger is any faster on his feet than I am. very tired in the later rounds against
payday than a championship bout, That's why I picked , Frazier over Ali. Frazier.
Quarry is fairly certain he can win Ali doesn't have the power to keep a Cuts being Ali's main hope against
the bout. Many experts agree with Joe Frazier away from him. He Quarry is not much of a hope. Quarry,
him. doesn't have the power to keep me off in fact, cuts very rarely.
The fight plan would be similar to of him once I get relaxed and moving "Everybody thinks I'm a cutter and
the one Quarry ho.ped to use against good. bleeder," Jerry acknowledges. "But
Ali in their second fight, before his "I gave him too much punching I'm not. I've had three major cuts
brother's loss suppo,sedly knocked the room early in the first fight. Even since I've been fighting. One was in
desire out of him. Quarry outlined though there were times I cut him off my first fight with Floyd Patterson.
how the fight should go and then I was still too far awal from him. One was in my fight with Frazier
ignored his entire plan. Whether the Frazier cuts him off but he's right and the other was with Ali. That does
ability of Muhammed Ali had any- there in front of him when he does it. not make me a bleeder.
thing to do with that is a matter of That's what I intend to do." "Even the cut I received against
opinion. The one allegation which writers Frazier was only a slight nick under
"Ali can't really hurt you," Quarry continue to hurl at Quarry is that he is the eye. And they didn't stop that
claims. "'I knew I could go to him once a "bleeder", that cuts will stop his fight because of that cut. It wasn't
I got myself loose. I could go to him fights. Ali defeated him once before even bleeding. They stopped the fight
without fear of being hurt by his by opening a gash over his right eye. because my right eye was completely
punching power. I knew he could not Since Ali's knockout record since the closed and that was from a head butt
stop me coming in and carrying the first Frazier bout is almost nil, it that landed above my eye and closed
fight to him. I knew I could get him would seem Ali would have to try to it. .
out of there because I could hurt. reopen those cuts. "The cut I suffered against Ali is
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