For some, Palookaville is a place where former Comic Strip hero Joe Palooka reigned supreme; for others it?s a place for down-and-outers. For me, it?s far worse and often takes a long and agonizing journey to get there.
On May 8, 1974, ?Irish Jerry? Quarry showed the first signs of something being wrong as he appeared bloated and his reflexes seemed off when he fought lightly regarded Joe Alexander (8-3). Alexander shockingly decked Jerry with a well- leveraged left hook shortly before the bell ending round one, Quarry literally bounced off the floor. An emboldened Alexander then raised his hands between rounds confident that he would soon close matters. But the Bomber from Bellflower turned things around with a solid right that decked Joe who barely made it up. Then Quarry, ever the savage closer, finished Alexander off with a right, left, right combo that had the crowd up and roaring.
For some, Palookaville is a place where former Comic Strip hero Joe Palooka reigned supreme; for others it?s a place for down-and-outers. For me, it?s far worse and often takes a long and agonizing journey to get there.
On May 8, 1974, ?Irish Jerry? Quarry showed the first signs of something being wrong as he appeared bloated and his reflexes seemed off when he fought lightly regarded Joe Alexander (8-3). Alexander shockingly decked Jerry with a well- leveraged left hook shortly before the bell ending round one, Quarry literally bounced off the floor. An emboldened Alexander then raised his hands between rounds confident that he would soon close matters. But the Bomber from Bellflower turned things around with a solid right that decked Joe who barely made it up. Then Quarry, ever the savage closer, finished Alexander off with a right, left, right combo that had the crowd up and roaring.
