The story of boxing legend Jerry Quarry has it all: rags to riches, thrilling fights against boxing's giants (Ali-twice, Frazier-twice, Patterson, Norton), the racially charged atmosphere of boxing in the Ali era as a white fighter, the thrills and excesses of fame, A-list celebrities, love, hate, joy, pain. And tragedy. Like the man he fought in two racially heated fights in 1970 and '72 - Muhammad Ali - boxing great Jerry Quarry suffered gravely from the concussive effects of boxing. He died at age 53, his mind and body ravaged by Dementia Pugilistica. In HARD LUCK, "Irish" Jerry Quarry comes to life as a child of an abusive father in the San Joaquin Valley; a physically gifted teen thrown to the professional wolves; a defiant, undersized heavyweight slaying giants on his way to multiple title bouts and the honor of World's Most Popular Fighter in '68, '69, '70, and '71; the late 1960s'
