Pass the Parcel Quiz.

by Scottrf Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:22 pm

First topic message reminder :

Answer a question - Ask the next one.

Lets see if it catches on.

To start: Heavyweight journeyman Jesse Fergusson has fought 11 past/future World Champions and lost to 10 of them, which did he not lose to?

by Rowley Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:46 pm

That's tough Jimmy can't think of too many guys who fought across such a wide variety of classes, would Langford be one of them by any chance?

by **88Chris05** Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:48 pm

Ted 'Kid' Lewis and Mickey Walker, Jimmy?

by Jimmy Stuart Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:49 pm

rowley wrote:That's tough Jimmy can't think of too many guys who fought across such a wide variety of classes, would Langford be one of them by any chance?

1 down Jeff, one to go

A small clue they both fought Johnson

by Jimmy Stuart Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:50 pm

88Chris05 wrote:Ted 'Kid' Lewis and Mickey Walker, Jimmy?

Great shout Chris mate, but unfortunately not the one I'm after, Langford is one just need the other.

by Scottrf Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:52 pm

Ketchel

by Rowley Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:53 pm

Ketchel and Langford fought Chris. Will go with Billy Stift, if only because I'm reading the Marvin Hart bio at the minute and he seems to have fought everyone and his dog.

by Jimmy Stuart Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:55 pm

Scott, Jeff

Afraid not chaps.

He had a granite chin if that helps.

by Rowley Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:56 pm

Is it Joe Grim Jimmy, seem to remember he fought Johnson but not Sam and certainly could take a licking

by Jimmy Stuart Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:59 pm

rowley wrote:Is it Joe Grim Jimmy, seem to remember he fought Johnson but not Sam and certainly could take a licking

Spot on Jeff well done mate the guy that Johnson said "He aint human" and the guy Fleischer said done a somersault when Johnson hit him so hard. Langford and Grim both fought Gans, Walcott, Kid, O'Brien and Johnson.

Hats off great answer.

by Rowley Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:13 pm

What distinction does Pedlar Palmer have?

by Jimmy Stuart Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:17 pm

rowley wrote:What distinction does Pedlar Palmer have?

First fighter to win via disqualification for world honours I believe Jeff.

by **88Chris05** Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:18 pm

Was he the first man to win a world title on a disqualification, Jeff?

by Rowley Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:18 pm

You're on fire today Jimmy may have to ask you some modern ones, suspect I could fox you with what is De La Hoya's nickname since he fought in colour

by **88Chris05** Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:18 pm

Aaaaarrrgggghhhh! Pipped to it by Jimmy yet again!

by Jimmy Stuart Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:23 pm

rowley wrote:You're on fire today Jimmy may have to ask you some modern ones, suspect I could fox you with what is De La Hoya's nickname since he fought in colour

Ha, you know my achilles heel Jeff, used enough brain cells for one day, so over to one of the other fellas for a question, I'm still smarting you's got Joe Grim so quickly.

Have a pop Chris

by **88Chris05** Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:26 pm

Taking pity on me, eh Jimmy? Ha ha, never mind. Let's see what I can come up with.

Which 1960s world title bout was the first to have a closed-circuit screening in Britain?

by Jimmy Stuart Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:31 pm

Ha not all Chris you're the man with the questions, I've used up my tank of boxing intellectual I have for the day, I'll leave this one for the "younger" lads !

by Imperial Ghosty Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:31 pm

Liston Patterson?

by **88Chris05** Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:32 pm

Good shout Ghosty, but not the answer. I'll leave a clue; the fight involved a British fighter.

by Imperial Ghosty Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:37 pm

Only guy I can think who challenged in the 60's was Dave Charnley, so will say him against Joe Brown

by **88Chris05** Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:42 pm

Good effort again Ghosty, but Charnley's not the one.

by Scottrf Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:45 pm

I read this was Joe Louis-Lee Savold but that was early 50s not 60s.

EDIT: Missed the 'in Britain' part.

by Imperial Ghosty Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:47 pm

Not got a clue, british boxers in the 60's isn't a strong area for me

by **88Chris05** Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:49 pm

Right then, one more clue and I'd expect someone to gobble this one up. The fight was for the Light-Heavyweight title.

by Imperial Ghosty Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:52 pm

Calderwood Torres

by **88Chris05** Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:55 pm

Very, very close there, Ghosty. Keep knocking and you'll be there soon!

by Imperial Ghosty Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:00 pm

Downes Torres or Calderwood Pastrano

by **88Chris05** Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:03 pm

That's the one, Ghosty. Downes versus Pastrano in 1964, the first world title fight to be shown on a closed-circuit in Britain, at the Phoenix Theatre in London.

Over to you, fella.

by Imperial Ghosty Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:07 pm

Thank christ for that, was doing my head in

I'm stumped for the moment

by Scottrf Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:09 pm

88Chris05 wrote:That's the one, Ghosty. Downes versus Pastrano in 1964, the first world title fight to be shown on a closed-circuit in Britain, at the Phoenix Theatre in London.

Just read about this fight yesterday in the Hugh McIlvanney book, bit of a coincidence. Don't remember him mentioning it though.

by **Union Cane** Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:16 am

What was unusual about the way Andrew "Six-Heads" Lewis lost his Guyanese National Light-Middleweight title fight against Denny Dalton?

by **88Chris05** Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:20 am

Union, isn't that the fight were Lewis had to suddenly quit and rush off to the bog because he had the diddley squits?

by **Union Cane** Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:25 am

Got it in one Chris, I thought that one might have lasted a bit longer.

As the man himself put it afterwards, "If I had stayed longer in the ring I would have messed my skin. I just wanted to get out and go to the toilet."

Brings a whole new meaning to 'quitting on your stool'.

by **88Chris05** Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:31 am

Union Cane wrote:Got it in one Chris, I thought that one might have lasted a bit longer.

As the man himself put it afterwards, "If I had stayed longer in the ring I would have messed my skin. I just wanted to get out and go to the toilet."

Brings a whole new meaning to 'quitting on your stool'.

Ha ha, I like that one, Union! A while back on the old 606 I did an article on unusual fight endings you see, pretty sure I included that one.

Which notable all-time first was achieved by a boxer in 1988, only to then be replicated by one of his great rivals just three days later?

by **HumanWindmill** Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:35 am

88Chris05 wrote:
Union Cane wrote:Got it in one Chris, I thought that one might have lasted a bit longer.

As the man himself put it afterwards, "If I had stayed longer in the ring I would have messed my skin. I just wanted to get out and go to the toilet."

Brings a whole new meaning to 'quitting on your stool'.

Ha ha, I like that one, Union! A while back on the old 606 I did an article on unusual fight endings you see, pretty sure I included that one.

Which notable all-time first was achieved by a boxer in 1988, only to then be replicated by one of his great rivals just three days later?

This would be Hearns taking the supermiddle title and then Leonard taking the lightheavy title from LaLonde, each becoming a five or six weight, ( can't remember which - getting old, ) champion wouldn't it, Chris ?

by **88Chris05** Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:38 am

Lovely stuff, Windy, you're bang on with that one. Hearns won the WBO Super-Middleweight title on November 4th that year, making it titles in five weight classes, before Leonard took both the WBC Super-Middleweight and Light-Heavyweight titles from LaLonde on November 7th to make it, albeit very controversially, titles in five weights, too.

Great shout, over to you.

by **HumanWindmill** Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:42 am

88Chris05 wrote:Lovely stuff, Windy, you're bang on with that one. Hearns won the WBO Super-Middleweight title on November 4th that year, making it titles in five weight classes, before Leonard took both the WBC Super-Middleweight and Light-Heavyweight titles from LaLonde on November 7th to make it, albeit very controversially, titles in five weights, too.

Great shout, over to you.

Thanks, Chris.

A particular fight at the Dallas Sportatorium on February 24th., 1955 is noteworthy for what reason ?

by **88Chris05** Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:48 am

Hhhhmm, that's a tough one. Not a clue at the moment, will keep racking my brains, though.

by Rodney Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:50 am

HumanWindmill wrote:
88Chris05 wrote:Lovely stuff, Windy, you're bang on with that one. Hearns won the WBO Super-Middleweight title on November 4th that year, making it titles in five weight classes, before Leonard took both the WBC Super-Middleweight and Light-Heavyweight titles from LaLonde on November 7th to make it, albeit very controversially, titles in five weights, too.

Great shout, over to you.

Thanks, Chris.

A particular fight at the Dallas Sportatorium on February 24th., 1955 is noteworthy for what reason ?

I might be off Windy, but was Elvis playing beforehand ?

by Rowley Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:58 am

I hope so Rodney, the King and then boxing, that is about my dream night out

by **HumanWindmill** Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:01 am

Rodney wrote:
HumanWindmill wrote:
88Chris05 wrote:Lovely stuff, Windy, you're bang on with that one. Hearns won the WBO Super-Middleweight title on November 4th that year, making it titles in five weight classes, before Leonard took both the WBC Super-Middleweight and Light-Heavyweight titles from LaLonde on November 7th to make it, albeit very controversially, titles in five weights, too.

Great shout, over to you.

Thanks, Chris.

A particular fight at the Dallas Sportatorium on February 24th., 1955 is noteworthy for what reason ?

I might be off Windy, but was Elvis playing beforehand ?

He might have been, Rodders, but I'm afraid the question concerns a couple of ' Hound Dogs ' who have nothing to do with Elvis, as far as I know.

by Rodney Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:02 am

rowley wrote:I hope so Rodney, the King and then boxing, that is about my dream night out

Then going home to find Megan Fox cooking a shepherds pie for your tea only wearing her briefs ! Sounds like a decent day mate.

Unfortunately I don't think my answer is correct Jeff.

Cheers

Rodders

by **Union Cane** Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:03 am

I thought Elvis played guitar?

I've looked up the Sportatarium and it seems to have been primarily a wrestling venue, which made me think it might have been where Ali fought that wrestler, but then that wasn't in 1955 was it...

by Rodney Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:04 am

HumanWindmill wrote:
Rodney wrote:
HumanWindmill wrote:
88Chris05 wrote:Lovely stuff, Windy, you're bang on with that one. Hearns won the WBO Super-Middleweight title on November 4th that year, making it titles in five weight classes, before Leonard took both the WBC Super-Middleweight and Light-Heavyweight titles from LaLonde on November 7th to make it, albeit very controversially, titles in five weights, too.

Great shout, over to you.

Thanks, Chris.

A particular fight at the Dallas Sportatorium on February 24th., 1955 is noteworthy for what reason ?

I might be off Windy, but was Elvis playing beforehand ?

He might have been, Rodders, but I'm afraid the question concerns a couple of ' Hound Dogs ' who have nothing to do with Elvis, as far as I know.

Ha, cheers Windy didn't think it was correct, It was just my suspicious mind.

Rodders

by **HumanWindmill** Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:09 am

Union Cane wrote:I thought Elvis played guitar?

I believe he started out on guitar, Union, but then his parents bought him a second hand ' beforehand ' which he played on the mellower ballads. He tried to introduce it into the Vegas shows, but guitarist James Burton complained that the beforehand, like the bagpipe, had something of that double reed nasal tone and didn't go well with ' Are You Lonesome Tonight ? ' or ' Always On My Mind. '

I believe that Jimmy Page is the only high profile rocker who still plays the beforehand at his gigs.

by **HumanWindmill** Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:11 am

Rodney wrote:[Ha, cheers Windy didn't think it was correct, It was just my suspicious mind.

Rodders

We all get

' Caught in a trap,
And can't walk out '

occasionally, Rodders.

by Rodney Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:15 am

HumanWindmill wrote:
Rodney wrote:[Ha, cheers Windy didn't think it was correct, It was just my suspicious mind.

Rodders

We all get

' Caught in a trap,
And can't walk out '

occasionally, Rodders.

Without a doubt mate, doesn't take much these days to get me all shook up.

by **Union Cane** Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:16 am

A little less conversation please chaps...

by **HumanWindmill** Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:18 am

Rodney wrote:Without a doubt mate, doesn't take much these days to get me all shook up.

That's a pretty good cue for a clue.

The heavyweight contest in question did, indeed, cause a shake up.

by **HumanWindmill** Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:18 am

Union Cane wrote:A little less conversation please chaps...

Muss I denn ?

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