Festive boxing trivia quiz.

by **HumanWindmill** Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:41 am

Let's see if we can revive this old chestnut while we're still enjoying the festive season and, presumably, in light hearted mood. You know the score ; somebody asks a question and the person who provides the correct answer asks the next question, and so on.

I'll get the ball rolling with a fairly easy one :

One of the most controversial title fights in heavyweight history is linked to a true legend of boxing ( not a heavyweight, ) by a major US city and a relative who is not yet famous but will become famous immediately after the fight in question.

Who are the relatives, which is the city and which is the title fight?

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:07 am

A relative to whom Windy?

by **HumanWindmill** Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:13 am

To the true legend of boxing, Ghosty.

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:48 am

Well and truly stumped Windy, thought you said it was easy.

by azania Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:48 am

And you say its easy Shocked

by d260005p Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:51 am

Baffled isn the word! Rolling Eyes

by TopHat24/7 Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:54 am

Is this the one where a brother stepped in last minute and won the title??

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:56 am

Chicago, the long count fight, Jimmy and Dave Barry?

by TopHat24/7 Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:02 am

Yeah, what he said.

by **HumanWindmill** Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:02 am

Imperial Ghosty wrote:Chicago, the long count fight, Jimmy and Dave Barry?

Bingo!

The second Dempsey v Tunney fight, held in Chicago, was steeped in controversy because of the ' long count.' Referee Dave Barry became infamous overnight due to his handling of the events. Barry was a native of Chicago and so was his brother, Jimmy, who was already a legend and regarded as one of the greatest bantamweights of all time. He was also one of the few men to have retired undefeated.

Well done, Ghosty. Your turn.

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:10 am

Who are the only 4 men to have held all four major world titles in the same division?

by **HumanWindmill** Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:12 am

Simultaneously or not necessarily, Ghosty?

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:13 am

Doesn't have to be simultaneously.

by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:17 am

Roy Jones, Lennox Lewis, think B-Hop did it, are you sure there's 4?

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:17 am

Jones and Lewis are No's.

by azania Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:19 am

Oscar, Hop, Darius M?

by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:23 am

!? I am sure Roy Jones did! :O he even helf the coveted WBF title at the same time did he not?

by **HumanWindmill** Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:24 am

Imperial Ghosty wrote:Doesn't have to be simultaneously.

In that case I don't have a prayer, so I will enjoy watching from the sidelines while the young guns show me how it's done.

by **superflyweight** Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:25 am

Hopkins, Naz, Chavez, Oscar?

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:27 am

Hopkins is a yes, all others are a No.

Jones held the WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO, WBF but never held the WBO at light heavyweight.

by azania Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:27 am

HumanWindmill wrote:
Imperial Ghosty wrote:Doesn't have to be simultaneously.

In that case I don't have a prayer, so I will enjoy watching from the sidelines while the young guns show me how it's done.

by **HumanWindmill** Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:29 am

And az.

by azania Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:30 am

HumanWindmill wrote:And az.

Windy you're a gem. Slightly unpolished one though. Hug

by ErmanH Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:32 am

Jermain Taylor beat B-Hop so i guess he is one?

by **HumanWindmill** Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:34 am

azania wrote:
HumanWindmill wrote:And az.

Windy you're a gem. Slightly unpolished one though.

Why thank you, az, and so long as there isn't a ykocR aMracion thread within a light year of the two of us I feel precisely the same about you.

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:35 am

Taylor and Hopkins are two out of the four.

by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:35 am

Jermain Taylor would be one as he beat B-Hop yes?

by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:38 am

Bit late there wasn't I...

by azania Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:39 am

HumanWindmill wrote:
azania wrote:
HumanWindmill wrote:And az.

Windy you're a gem. Slightly unpolished one though.

Why thank you, az, and so long as there isn't a ykocR aMracion thread within a light year of the two of us I feel precisely the same about you.

You know I appreciate Wocky. Its all about perspectives old man.

by ErmanH Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:39 am

Joe Calzaghe! Can't get the final one!

by **superflyweight** Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:39 am

Virgil Hill

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:43 am

Calzaghe is the third one, just looking for the fourth and final one.

by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:56 am

Hamed held them all at 126?

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:59 am

He never held the WBA title, it was stripped from Vazquez before their fight because of Hamed holding the WBO title.

by **superflyweight** Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:06 am

AlexHuckerby wrote:Hamed held them all at 126?

That's what I thought - not simultaneously but am sure he held them all at one time or another.

Not Virgil Hill - he may have held them all but it woudl have been across two divisions.

by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:10 am

I'm doing a bit of googling for this, because I'm properly stumped.

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:13 am

I'll give you a cryptic clue- Rendall Munroe.

by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:13 am

Toshiaka Nishioka?

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:14 am

No it's a cryptic clue.

by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:17 am

Hmm... This would work so much better if I knew what a cryptic clue was...

by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:18 am

Munroe is "The Boxing Binman" so it is something to dow ith garbage which leads me to think Bowe threw his belt in the bin so it's Riddick Bowe?

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:19 am

Bowe, Hopkins, Taylor and Calzaghe are the four.

by **superflyweight** Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:25 am

Imperial Ghosty wrote:No it's a cryptic clue.

I thought it could be an anagram so started looking at anagrams for Rendall Munroe - Mundane Roller was the best I could come up with.

by Imperial Ghosty Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:29 am

Over to you Alex.

by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:29 am

The Mundane Roller just sounds like the worst Boxing nickname ever.

by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:42 am

Might be a bit easy for some but not sure:

Who was the first ever boxer to incorporate a style in which his hands were held low?

by coxy0001 Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:50 am

AlexHuckerby wrote:Might be a bit easy for some but not sure:

Who was the first ever boxer to incorporate a style in which his hands were held low?

James Figg

by coxy0001 Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:50 am

AlexHuckerby wrote:Might be a bit easy for some but not sure:

Who was the first ever boxer to incorporate a style in which his hands were held low?

Caveman

by **superflyweight** Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:53 am

AlexHuckerby wrote:Might be a bit easy for some but not sure:

Who was the first ever boxer to incorporate a style in which his hands were held low?

Former US Presidential candidate, John McCain?

by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:54 am

I don't understand the John McCain one...

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