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Post by HumanWindmill Thu Dec 29, 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?

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Post by Imperial Ghosty Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:55 pm

Earliest I can think of is Tommy Loughran.

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Post by superflyweight Thu Dec 29, 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.

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Post by coxy0001 Thu Dec 29, 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?

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Post by AlexHuckerby Thu Dec 29, 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.

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

Ketchel fought with low hands.

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

Are Loughran or Ketchel anywhere near close Alex?

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

imo Kell Brook pioneered technical boxing and is quality.

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

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

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

Aha, good point.

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imo Kell Brook lolled tecnical boxing and is quality

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 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.

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Post by superflyweight Fri Dec 30, 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?

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

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

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:02 am

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

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:03 am

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

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

That narrows it down...
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Post by coxy0001 Fri Dec 30, 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

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 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.

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:13 am

Also, he was born late 1800's.

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Post by azania Fri Dec 30, 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.

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Post by Union Cane Fri Dec 30, 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.

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:20 am

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

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Post by coxy0001 Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:23 am

Superman?

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Post by Union Cane Fri Dec 30, 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?

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

Just guessing now based on boxing nicknames of that era:

Battling Nelson.

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 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.

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

Bruce Wayne?

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:31 am

And no.

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Post by azania Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:49 am

Gunboat smith.

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Post by coxy0001 Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:49 am

Spiderman?

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 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?

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Post by superflyweight Fri Dec 30, 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.

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

Nonpareil Dempsey or is that too early?

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

but he was known by his name, Ghosty.

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

What John Kelly?

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 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.

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

Dynamite Sprouts?

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=69939&cat=boxer
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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:05 am

Union Cane wrote:Dynamite Sprouts?

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

Laugh What a name!!

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

Kid McCoy.

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Post by Rowley Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:13 am

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

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:13 am

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

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 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?


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Post by coxy0001 Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:15 am

Kid Chocolate

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Post by Rowley Fri Dec 30, 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?

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

McCoy Crisps

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

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

Gershon Mendeloff?

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

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

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Post by AlexHuckerby Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:22 am

No but we're getting there...

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

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