Jerry Quarry
"The Bellflower Bomber"
- Born
- 1945
- Died
- 1999
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1965–1992
A top contender who fought Ali, Frazier and Patterson.
Titles & Honours
- Never won a world title
Career Timeline
1965–1992- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Gene Hamilton · W PTS
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Floyd Patterson · MD. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Floyd Patterson
W MD · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Signature fight
vs Ron Lyle
W UD · Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Signature fight
vs Earnie Shavers
W TKO · Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs George Johnson · UD. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Ron Cranmer · L UD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
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Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965-05-07 | W | Gene Hamilton | PTS | 4 | Memorial Coliseum , Los Angeles, California , U.S. |
| 1965-06-03 | W | John Henry Jackson | KO | 4 | Olympic Auditorium , Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1965-06-17 | W | Lance Holmberg | UD | 6 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1965-06-24 | W | Dave Centi | UD | 6 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1965-07-16 | W | Willie Davis | KO | 3 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1965-07-29 | W | Ray Junior Ellis | UD | 6 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1965-08-02 | W | JP Spencer | TKO | 4 | Hacienda Hotel , Paradise, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1965-08-09 | W | John Henry Jackson | UD | 8 | Memorial Hall , Kansas City, Kansas , U.S. |
| 1965-09-23 | W | Ray Junior Ellis | TKO | 3 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1965-10-18 | W | Milton Manley | KO | 1 | Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| 1965-10-28 | W | Al Carter | TKO | 6 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1965-11-02 | W | Roy Crear | TKO | 3 | Municipal Auditorium , San Antonio, Texas , U.S. |
| 1965-11-11 | D | Tony Doyle | UD | 10 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1965-12-23 | W | Roy Crear | TKO | 3 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1966-02-03 | W | Eddie Land | UD | 8 | Convention Center , Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S. |
| 1966-02-17 | W | Prentice Snipes | TKO | 5 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1966-03-04 | D | Tony Alongi | SD | 10 | Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York , U.S. |
| 1966-04-07 | W | George Johnson | TKO | 2 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1966-05-02 | W | Al Jones | UD | 10 | Municipal Auditorium , Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| 1966-05-27 | D | Tony Alongi | PTS | 10 | Sports Arena , Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1966-07-14 | L | Eddie Machen | UD | 10 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1966-10-20 | W | Bill Nielsen | UD | 10 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1966-11-28 | W | Leslie Borden | KO | 5 | Valley Music Theater , Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1966-12-15 | W | Joey Orbillo | UD | 10 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1967-01-11 | W | Al Jones | KO | 5 | Civic Auditorium , San Francisco , California, U.S. |
| 1967-03-09 | W | Brian London | UD | 10 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1967-04-27 | W | Alex Miteff | KO | 3 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1967-06-09 | D | Floyd Patterson | MD | 10 | Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1967-09-15 | W | Billy Daniels | KO | 1 | Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1967-10-28 | W | Floyd Patterson | MD | 12 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1968-02-03 | W | Thad Spencer | TKO | 12 | Oakland Arena , Oakland , California, U.S. |
| 1968-04-27 | L | Jimmy Ellis | MD | 15 | Coliseum Arena , Oakland, California, U.S. |
| 1968-11-11 | W | Bob Mumford | TKO | 5 | Phoenix Forum, Phoenix, Arizona , U.S. |
| 1968-11-19 | W | Willis Earls | UD | 10 | Freeman Coliseum , San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| 1969-01-10 | W | Charlie Reno | TKO | 5 | Seattle Center Coliseum , Seattle, Washington , U.S. |
| 1969-01-26 | W | Aaron Eastling | KO | 5 | Memorial Auditorium , Canton, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1969-03-24 | W | Buster Mathis | UD | 12 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1969-06-23 | L | Joe Frazier | RTD | 7 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1969-08-11 | W | Johnny Carroll | KO | 1 | Aldrich Arena, Saint Paul, Minnesota , U.S. |
| 1969-09-03 | W | Brian London | KO | 2 | Oakland Arena, Oakland, California, California, U.S. |
| 1969-12-12 | L | George Chuvalo | KO | 7 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1970-03-03 | W | Rufus Brassell | KO | 2 | Miami Beach Convention Center , Miami Beach, Florida , U.S. |
| 1970-03-19 | W | George Johnson | UD | 10 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1970-06-17 | W | Mac Foster | TKO | 6 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1970-09-08 | W | Stamford Harris | TKO | 6 | Miami Beach Municipal Auditorium , Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| 1970-10-26 | L | Muhammad Ali | RTD | 3 | Municipal Auditorium , Atlanta, Georgia , U.S. |
| 1971-06-18 | W | Dick Gosha | UD | 10 | Ocean Shores , Washington, U.S. |
| 1971-07-24 | W | Tony Doyle | UD | 10 | Playboy Club Hotel , Lake Geneva, Wisconsin , U.S. |
| 1971-11-16 | W | Jack Bodell | KO | 1 | Empire Pool , London, England |
| 1971-12-02 | W | Lou Bailey | UD | 10 | Veterans Memorial Auditorium , Des Moines, Iowa , U.S. |
| 1972-04-17 | W | Eduardo Corletti | KO | 1 | The Forum , Inglewood , California, U.S. |
| 1972-05-09 | W | Larry Middleton | PTS | 10 | Empire Pool, London, England |
| 1972-06-27 | L | Muhammad Ali | TKO | 7 | Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1973-01-05 | W | Randy Neumann | RTD | 7 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1973-02-09 | W | Ron Lyle | UD | 12 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1973-08-31 | W | James J Woody | TKO | 2 | Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1973-09-10 | W | Tony Doyle | TKO | 4 | The Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1973-12-14 | W | Earnie Shavers | TKO | 1 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1974-05-08 | W | Joe Alexander | KO | 2 | Nassau Coliseum , Uniondale , New York, U.S. |
| 1974-06-17 | L | Joe Frazier | TKO | 5 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1975-02-25 | W | George Johnson | UD | 10 | Honolulu International Center , Honolulu, Hawaii , U.S. |
| 1975-03-27 | L | Ken Norton | TKO | 5 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1977-11-05 | W | Lorenzo Zanon | TKO | 9 | Caesars Palace , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1983-08-31 | W | Lupe Guerra | TKO | 1 | Albuquerque Civic Auditorium , Albuquerque, New Mexico , U.S. |
| 1983-11-22 | W | James Williams | MD | 10 | Kern County Fairgrounds, Bakersfield , California, U.S. |
| 1992-10-30 | L | Ron Cranmer | UD | 6 | Holiday Inn Trade Center, Aurora, Colorado , U.S. |
Showing 66 of 66 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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