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From time to time, heavyweight contender Jerry Quarry will be writing a
column exc.lusively ·for tbis magazine. In this, his first, Jerry gives his
version of how the Ali-Foreman fight will turn out. We're sure you'll
welcome this new addition

At the beginning of the fight, be-
lieves Quarry, Foreman will use his
good left jab, much as he did in
the Norton fight (above) and in the
early going against Frazier (left).

"Ali has proven he can take a good
shot,'" notes Quarry, "but I don't
think he can ta'ke a continued hard
assault from For~man." Jerry sees
Foreman ro,undhouse rights (above
and left) startirig'to connect by
the end o.f the second round. If Ali
lays on the ropes-he'll get hurt.

get hurt and hurt early, and prohahly knocked out. If he lays against . the ropes with, Forem,J.,n he'll get
Ali has already proven he can take a good shot. Bur I hurt. Foreman's too big. Foreman will be ripping shots
don't think he can take a continued assault of hard to the boc;fy from underneath and from t-he outside .. .
punc~es from . Foreman. And that's ex,ictly what he's those wild, swinging punches. He'll throw them both to
going to start taking hy the end of the second round. the body .and head in hopes of catching Ali. I don't
Although some people feel Ali's allows himself to get think. however, that he'll ,catch him in the second round. ··
trapped on the ropes as sort cf a challenge to his oppo- But as Ali will try to continue his movement ,those
nent. the truth is he does it hecause he has to. Even in punches will start telling on the arms. the shoulders, in
the first fight" against f'razie;, when he was criticized for the belly, and they'll start telling as early as the .late
all9wing Frazier to bang to the 'hody. he did it because pa,:t of the second round.
he had to. He was fighting ·to .,·ur\'i,·e against' Frazier. When the third ·round begins you're going to see a very
I've been in with Frazier before and Frazier puts the kind lleet-footed Ali doing everything he can to try and stay
of pressure on you that you're looking to rest any time away from Foi:emm1. At this time Foreman will be try-
you get the opportunity. That's what he was really doing, ing to knock him out. In this round Foreman will nail
not the so-called "games" he said he was playii1g. That Ali and Ali will be hurt very badly. He'll probably just
was a farce. survive the round. When he comes out for the fourth
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