Festive boxing trivia quiz.
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Festive boxing trivia quiz.
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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?
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?
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Earliest I can think of is Tommy Loughran.
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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.
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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?
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Ah, I knew he was a vietnamese prisoner but I didn't know hecouldn't lift his arms above shoulder height.
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Ketchel fought with low hands.
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Are Loughran or Ketchel anywhere near close Alex?
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imo Kell Brook pioneered technical boxing and is quality.
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Nice try JBW but Waingro wouldn't know the word 'pioneered'.
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Aha, good point.
Take 2
imo Kell Brook lolled tecnical boxing and is quality
Take 2
imo Kell Brook lolled tecnical boxing and is quality
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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.
Loughran and Ketchel aren't a million miles away but the one I've got is before before them.
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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?
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C'mon Alex lad, is the answer Joe Gans?
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Sorry, I am attempting to work at the same time, and no it isn't.
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Give you a clue, he used a pseudonym. Basically a nickname.
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That narrows it down...
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AlexHuckerby wrote:Sorry, I am attempting to knock one off in the toilets at work
You young guns and your hormones
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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.
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Also, he was born late 1800's.
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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.
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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.
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No it's a boxer that was primarily known by the nickname he had rather than his real name. Smartass.
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Superman?
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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?
You mean like how Rocco Marchegiano was known as Rocky Marciano?
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Just guessing now based on boxing nicknames of that era:
Battling Nelson.
Battling Nelson.
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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.
He is more famous or more well known through his nickname than he is his real name.
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Bruce Wayne?
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Spiderman?
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I take it you aren't going to get it, would you like me to tell the answer? Or wait a while longer?
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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.
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Nonpareil Dempsey or is that too early?
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but he was known by his name, Ghosty.
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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.
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Dynamite Sprouts?
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=69939&cat=boxer
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=69939&cat=boxer
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Union Cane wrote:Dynamite Sprouts?
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=69939&cat=boxer
What a name!!
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What is the question can't be bothered to scroll back up
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No but close on the name Superflyweight, he has one of those words in his name.
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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?
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Kid Chocolate
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AlexHuckerby wrote:No but close on the name Superflyweight, he has one of those words in his name.
David "Kid" Jensen?
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No but we're getting there...
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