Festive boxing trivia quiz.

by **HumanWindmill** Thu 29 Dec 2011, 1:41 pm

First topic message reminder :

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 Thu 29 Dec 2011, 4:55 pm

Earliest I can think of is Tommy Loughran.

by **superflyweight** Thu 29 Dec 2011, 4:57 pm

AlexHuckerby wrote:I don't understand the John McCain one...

Tsk, young uns today. McCain can't lift his arms above shoulder height. Has something to do with his time in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp.

by coxy0001 Thu 29 Dec 2011, 4:58 pm

superflyweight wrote:
AlexHuckerby wrote:I don't understand the John McCain one...

Tsk, young uns today. McCain can't lift his arms above shoulder height. Has something to do with his time in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp.

Alex's next question:

Vietnam had a war?

by AlexHuckerby Thu 29 Dec 2011, 4:59 pm

Ah, I knew he was a vietnamese prisoner but I didn't know hecouldn't lift his arms above shoulder height.

by **superflyweight** Thu 29 Dec 2011, 5:01 pm

Ketchel fought with low hands.

by Imperial Ghosty Thu 29 Dec 2011, 5:12 pm

Are Loughran or Ketchel anywhere near close Alex?

by John Bloody Wayne Thu 29 Dec 2011, 5:14 pm

imo Kell Brook pioneered technical boxing and is quality.

by TopHat24/7 Thu 29 Dec 2011, 5:19 pm

Nice try JBW but Waingro wouldn't know the word 'pioneered'.

by John Bloody Wayne Thu 29 Dec 2011, 5:32 pm

Aha, good point.

Take 2
imo Kell Brook lolled tecnical boxing and is quality

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 9:15 am

Sorry chaps, I left the office at 5 and was sidetracked by some lucky thing and never came back online.

Loughran and Ketchel aren't a million miles away but the one I've got is before before them.

by **superflyweight** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 9:23 am

AlexHuckerby wrote:Sorry chaps, I left the office at 5 and was sidetracked by some lucky thing and never came back online.

Loughran and Ketchel aren't a million miles away but the one I've got is before before them.

Does the lucky thing have a name, Alex? "XBox 360" perhaps?

Joe Gans?

by **superflyweight** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 9:58 am

C'mon Alex lad, is the answer Joe Gans?

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:02 am

Sorry, I am attempting to work at the same time, and no it isn't.

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:03 am

Give you a clue, he used a pseudonym. Basically a nickname.

by **Union Cane** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:04 am

That narrows it down...

by coxy0001 Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:05 am

AlexHuckerby wrote:Sorry, I am attempting to knock one off in the toilets at work

You young guns and your hormones

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:12 am

No #I mean he was more known for his nickname than his real name, ala Sugar Ray Leonard, wasn't his real name, but the name he is famous by.

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:13 am

Also, he was born late 1800's.

by azania Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:16 am

coxy0001 wrote:
AlexHuckerby wrote:Sorry, I am attempting to knock one off in the toilets at work

You young guns and your hormones

Yep. They should be in the common room.

by **Union Cane** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:19 am

AlexHuckerby wrote:No #I mean he was more known for his nickname than his real name, ala Sugar Ray Leonard, wasn't his real name, but the name he is famous by.

So it's a boxer that was known by the name that he was known by.

chin

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:20 am

No it's a boxer that was primarily known by the nickname he had rather than his real name. Smartass.

by coxy0001 Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:23 am

Superman?

by **Union Cane** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:24 am

But Ray Leonard's name was (and still, probably, is) Ray Leonard, I don't understand the clue.

You mean like how Rocco Marchegiano was known as Rocky Marciano?

by **superflyweight** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:26 am

Just guessing now based on boxing nicknames of that era:

Battling Nelson.

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:31 am

Ok then christ you lot are hard work,

He is more famous or more well known through his nickname than he is his real name.

by **superflyweight** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:31 am

Bruce Wayne?

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:31 am

And no.

by azania Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:49 am

Gunboat smith.

by coxy0001 Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:49 am

Spiderman?

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:50 am

I take it you aren't going to get it, would you like me to tell the answer? Or wait a while longer?

by **superflyweight** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 10:59 am

I'm going to dispute the answer anyway - given the supposed date of his birth I don't think he could have preceded Joe Gans.

by Imperial Ghosty Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:00 am

Nonpareil Dempsey or is that too early?

by **superflyweight** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:01 am

but he was known by his name, Ghosty.

by Imperial Ghosty Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:03 am

What John Kelly?

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:03 am

His debut was 1900 on the dot. Joe Gans started in 1890's however I'm sure that the guy I am talking about is generally recognised as the first fighter to fight with his hands below his waist.

by **Union Cane** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:04 am

Dynamite Sprouts?

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=69939&cat=boxer

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:05 am

Union Cane wrote:Dynamite Sprouts?

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=69939&cat=boxer

What a name!!

by **superflyweight** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:11 am

Kid McCoy.

by Rowley Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:13 am

What is the question can't be bothered to scroll back up

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:13 am

No but close on the name Superflyweight, he has one of those words in his name.

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:14 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?

by coxy0001 Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:15 am

Kid Chocolate

by Rowley Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:15 am

AlexHuckerby wrote:No but close on the name Superflyweight, he has one of those words in his name.

David "Kid" Jensen?

by **superflyweight** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:15 am

McCoy Crisps

by **Union Cane** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:15 am

Kid Lavigne

by Imperial Ghosty Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:16 am

Gershon Mendeloff?

by **Union Cane** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:19 am

Kid Herman

by **Union Cane** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:20 am

Ted Lewis

by AlexHuckerby Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:22 am

No but we're getting there...

by **Union Cane** Fri 30 Dec 2011, 11:24 am

Kid Neystones

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