Pass the Parcel Quiz.

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We're talking 1860/70's here

Was it Warren Chris, may have my dates wrong but was that around the time Eubank was doing his insane schedule?

Nope, wasn't Warren either Jeff, in fact during those particular years I believe Hearn put on more world title fights than ol' fish eyes Fwank thanks to Eubank's 168 lb schedule.

Couldn't remember who was promoting him but was very much basing my answer on Eubank's schedule

Main Events i.e. Cathy/Lou Duva?

Good shout there, Coxy, but not quite right. The Duva family were second between 1990 and 1993, with sixty-nine title bouts in that time. They were pipped by someone else, who put on seventy-one.

Cedric Kushner

And it's over to you, Rowley. Kushner was indeed the answer. Tends to be forgotten behind the likes of King, Arum and the Duvas as his style wasn't as abrasive and 'in your face' as theirs, but he was virtually monopolizing the IBF title fights in the early nineties. Good work.

Balls, means have got to come up with a question, bear with me.

rowley wrote:Balls, means have got to come up with a question, bear with me.

See if I can get the answer before you ask, jeff.

Is it Charley Burley ?

Thats uncanny Windy my question was what fighter was known as the Hill District Holocaust, but seriously I cannot think of any question likely to tax you guys so if anyone else can they can feel free to take the duty on

If no one minds I've got one. Who is the longest lived heavyweight world champion and what age did they die at?

Max Schmeling, 93ish?

rowley wrote:Thats uncanny Windy my question was what fighter was known as the Hill District Holocaust, but seriously I cannot think of any question likely to tax you guys so if anyone else can they can feel free to take the duty on

Ha !

Just a shot in the dark, mate. Dare say that folks would have a pretty good chance of success if they answered ' Harry Greb ' to any of my questions.

Schmeling is right I reckon, although I'm pretty sure he died at the age of 99 in 2005.

correct person but wrong age

yes chris 99

I'll let Scott take this one if he wants it, not sure what to come up with as a question at the moment.

Technically the mysterious Elmer Ray doesn't have a date of death, so he might be the oldest.

Sorry to butt in guys, i dont think there is a way of unlocking the previous pass the parcel quiz, it seems 20 pages is the max for an article.
Do you want the 2 quizzes made as a sticky?

Its cool man Scott somehow found it

its still there, but as more articles are posted, it will fall down the list. It was just incase you wanted it 'stuck' at the top incase you wanted to re-read it etc and keep them together.

Who links the fight with the highest paying attendance of all time with the fight in which the winner became the oldest ever Heavyweight to win the title?

Jack Dempsey?

Not Dempsey.

Is the second fight Foreman vs Moorer, or do you mean oldest to first win the title?

You have the correct fight there.

Hmm, so we're looking for someone who links Zale v Pryor with Foreman v Moorer.

The fights over were 50 years apart, is it something similar to John Lukic being a survivor of the Munich disaster?

Largest paying attendance*

Ah.

Don't know then.

Largest paying attendance*


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Is that Chavez/Haugen

Yes.

Did Cortez ref them both ?

HumanWindmill wrote:Did Cortez ref them both ?

I'm sure we already had this question?

samevans1 wrote:I'm sure we already had this question?

You should have got it straight away then, surely?

Okay, nice easy one.

Which heavyweight champion is the last to have defended his title in a fight scheduled for twenty rounds ?

Joe Louis

Union Cane wrote:Joe Louis

Well done, Union. Over to you.

In 1975, Luis Esteba successfully defended his WBC light-flyweight title against Rafael Lovera, winning via KO in the 4th.

What was unusual about this fight?

Union, I believe that's the fight where his opponent (Rafael Lovera) was making his professional debut - but the reason he'd got his shot was because his manager had fabricated an entirely made up record which had not been explored by the WBC.

That's right Chris, it was Lovera's first (and last) professional fight.

Over to you...

A recycled one for you all, as I'm struggling to think of any fresh material right now.

Before Michael Spinks became the first Light-Heavyweight champion to step up and win the Heavyweight crown, ten other 175 lb kings had tried and failed; Jack Root, Jack O'Brien, John Henry Lewis, Georges Carpentier, Bob Foster, Tommy Loughran, Joey Maxim, Billy Conn and Archie Moore are nine of them. Which name is missing?

Gus Lesnevich, Chris.

Very quick out of the blocks there, Windy. Yes, it was Lesnevich - I see you remember that debacle we had with that same question on the old 606!

Over to you.

88Chris05 wrote:Very quick out of the blocks there, Windy. Yes, it was Lesnevich - I see you remember that debacle we had with that same question on the old 606!

Over to you.

So I do, mate.

What significant law was passed immediately following the Jeffries v Johnson fight of 1910, and would remain on the US statute books until 1940 ?

Would guess the Mann act

imperialghosty wrote:Would guess the Mann act

You'd think so, Ghosty, but it actually wasn't.

Compulsory seatbelts?

Union Cane wrote:Compulsory seatbelts?

Only in two seaters, and only for white Americans.

This one seems to have died a natural, so I'll spill the beans and declare the floor open for somebody else to set us a teaser.

Because of the race riots, and because White America didn't want Johnson's victory to be widely seen, the distribution across state lines of ALL fight films was banned. As a result, fighters lost revenue, many fights which would have been otherwise filmed were not, and some footage which did exist went missing for years. Ironically, the Johnson v Willard fight didn't resurface until the '60s, for example.

It wasn't until 1940 that the law was repealed, primarily - and again, ironically - to allow Joe Louis' defences to be seen by the masses.

Over to you.