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Y OU KNOW THE TV commer- the demolition of ·_Alexander with
cial where Joe Frazier gets a left-right combo with about , 1 ½
slapped across the face, ·goesdown, 'minutes left in round two. Then,
gets back up, and s~ys "Thanks. about a minute later, three left
I needed that!"? hooks ,and a right cross dumped
That's exactly what Jerry Quarry Alexander on his back. Alexander
was th;nking about ih his dressing got up at five but was clearly dazed.
room, after he survived a first-round Quarry quickly followed with a
knockdown by Joe Alexander and straight. right, a left hook, and an-
then kayoed Alexander at the end .other right that stunned Alexander.
of the second round of their fight Joe's legs turned to rubber as
at the Nassau (Long lslan~) Jerry drov~. him into the ropes.
Col,seu,m. With 10 seconds remaining a left .
To the surprise of the predom- hook landed squarely. Jerry follow- ·
inantly pro-Quarry crowd, Jerry hit ed it immediately with a pair of
the deck in the first round when rights, another left hook, and a ·
an Alexander left hook-a beauti- devestatin.g right cross which put
ful punch-caught Jerry flush on Alexander out and kept tiim woozy
the jaw as he was pulling away for about .a minute after the count
from it. ended.
Although the blow "shocked" Quarry was very philosophical
Quarry rather than hurt him, it about th~ whole thing afterwards.
must've caused a few members of "If you· stick your chin up in the
the Top Rank Inc., organization a air and say ·come and hit it'-
few grey hairs since they'd already someone's gonna come along and
signed a Quarry-Frazier match -for hit it. He hit me· ·as clean .as you
Madison Square Garden with heavy can· hit a guy. I didn't need it,.\but .
. guarantees. it woke me up. I sat. there saying
More embarrassed' than .inj'ured, 'Isn't this ridiculous?' The punch
Jerry survived the round and ·re- cawght m_~ leanin' backwards. And
turned to his corner with a sheep- when I'm leanin' backwards and my
ish grin on his face. Although Quar- heels are together, where~am I go-
ry hoped the fight would last awhile ing to go but down? _I' yvasri't hurt
so he could get some much needed • when I got up. It was just a shock.
work, he . told · trainer Gil Clancy He caught me doing the wrong
he'd better end it as soon as pos- thing at the wrong time." ·
sible·-just in case. . "He was awkward to fight. Com-:
Gil agreed. "Keep your hands ing in sideways, jumping in and
up," he instructed jerry, "and keep out. But by the s.econd round I
your ass off the canvas!" figured out what to do· with him.
He did. And as the round pro- I had been keeping too much dis-
gressed Jerry went about his busi- tance between he and I. I had to
ness of making sure further acci- get closer to him."
dents didn't happen. With the pre- · Quarry admitted he had made a
cision of a surgeon, Quarry· began mistake and got caught. "What a

"Keep-your hands up
and keep your ass
off the canvas!"
That's what Gil
Clancy is instruct-
ing Jerry Quarry to
do (left) after
round one, in which
Jerry got dumped.
Jerry followed the
instructions. He
ducks under a left
hook (right) and
prepares a
right uppercut.

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