BBC 606 In Memorium: QUIZ

Fingers on buzzers:


1. Which fighter lost his welterweight title on the scales due to having a small face and being easy prey for any featherweight?

2. What is the biggest danger to the lives of young men in the world?

a) Cancer
b) HIV/AIDS
c) Depression/suicide
d) A stomach ulcer

3. How many fighters not ranked top ten at 168lb by the Ring did Joe Calzaghe defend against during his title reign?

a) 0
b) 1
c) 16

4. Juan Manuel Marquez, 37, Erik Morales, 34, Manny Pacquiao, 33, Mike Tyson, 45, Bernard Hopkins, 47 and David Haye, 30, are all ducking which fighter?

5. The biggest threat to Manny Pacquiao's 7 year unbeaten run is which of the following?

a) Floyd Mayweather Jr
b) Sergio Martinez
c) Juan Manuel Marquez
d) A particularly tricky school run. 

6. In recent years what is the most effective safety measure introduced to protect boxers health?

a) Reduction to 12 round fights. 
b) Introduction of 24hr weigh ins.
c) Increase of medical staff at ringside
d) The use of plaster of paris handwraps?

Feel free to answer or add your own questions...

1. Don Curry
2. Stomach Ulcers
3. 16
4. Prince Naseem Hamed
5. A particularly tricky school run
6. The use of plaster of paris handwraps

1 - Don Curry
2 Ulcer, although am not sure such a killer is a suitable subject for such levity
3 None, he is a stay at home bum
4 Naz
5 Not sure thought it was the wrong kind of socks
6 Plaster of Paris.

Years supply of pork scratchings for Scott.

Just had a good laugh at this thread, I had forgot all about D4's gem suggesting that plaster of paris in hand wraps may actually be safer for boxers

What a superb, and very funny, article. The nostalgia very nearly produced a salty tear or two.

Hats off, Sugar Boy.

7. In rounds, what was the score for Pacquiao-Marquez I?

Which fighter would have destroyed any other fighter in history in the first three rounds in his PRIME, FACT!?

a) Eric Crumble
b) Bruce Seldon
c) PRIME Mike Tyson, FACT!?
d) JB Williamson

Which Heavyweight champion had a glass chin, small shoulders with no meat on them, couldn't box off the back foot and was wobbled by a 175 lb Billy Conn?

a) Max Baer
b) Joe Louis
c) Sultan Ibragimov
d) Mike Weaver

What did Thomas Hearns do to Roberto Duran in their 1984 Light-Middleweight title bout?

a) Spread him like butter
b) Flatten him like a pancake
c) Crush him like a grape
d) Roll him like a drunk

For which fighter is there no blueprint in existence on how to beat him?

a) Pretty Boy Floyd a.k.a Money Mayweather
b) Iran Barkley
c) Steve Collins
d) Rafael Lovera

Which of these is commonly attributed to both HumanWindmill and Jimmy Stuart?

a) They listen to Conway Twitty music
b) They are both very old
c) They know the location of Jimmy Hoffa
d) Their real names of Abdul and Julio

We could be here for a while...

C,b,d,a,b. Nice Chris.

Scottrf wrote:7. In rounds, what was the score for Pacquiao-Marquez I?

115-110 Marquez,115-110 Pacquiao and 113-113 draw.

Haha! Quality thread! Brings back some memories! Some good, some bad!

Although im disappointed Ceej's gunslinger and Adad didnt get a mention!

With fond memories of the pastings Sugar Ray Leonard and "Prince" Nazim received ,which current arrogant boxer would you most like to see get his first, richly deserved whipping?

Clues: there is only one possible and he's currently doing everything he can to dodge a certain Far Eastern!

Liam_Main wrote:

Scottrf wrote:7. In rounds, what was the score for Pacquiao-Marquez I?

115-110 Marquez,115-110 Pacquiao and 113-113 draw.

Incorrect.

Which legendary middleweight didn't actually exist, but was made up by the boxing writers of the day ?

a) Bernard Hopkins

b) Carlos Monzon

c) Harry Greb

d) Bob Fitzsimmons

Who actually invented boxing as we know it, today ?

a) Gus Tomato

b) John Logie Baird

c) The chap who first separated eggs

d) The Marquis of Pilsbury

Scottrf wrote:

Liam_Main wrote:

Scottrf wrote:7. In rounds, what was the score for Pacquiao-Marquez I?

115-110 Marquez,115-110 Pacquiao and 113-113 draw.

Incorrect.

10-1-1 maybe?

Had they fought what would have been the likely outcome of a Benn Woodhall fight?

a) Benn stoppage
b) Benn points
c) Woodhall KO two
d) Draw

According to Adad what is a sensible age for a child to start sparring?

a) Ten
b) Whenever he feels comfortable to do so
c) 15
d) A day after his first steps

Who is the only boxer to put plaster in his gloves during world title fights?

Scottrf wrote:

Liam_Main wrote:

Scottrf wrote:7. In rounds, what was the score for Pacquiao-Marquez I?

115-110 Marquez,115-110 Pacquiao and 113-113 draw.

Incorrect.

Wasnt it 10-1-1 to Marquez?

Indeed.

Some slightly tougher ones.

Which machine is a great aid to squatting?

How many rounds should Lacy have beat Calzaghe inside?

When did the 201st decade (A.D.) end?

It hasn't ended

? > Hopkins - do you agree?

Scottrf wrote:Indeed.

Some slightly tougher ones.

Which machine is a great aid to squatting?

How many rounds should Lacy have beat Calzaghe inside?

When did the 201st decade (A.D.) end?

I think the answer to the first one is 'the coffee machine'. Overuse has me squatting like there's no tomorrow.

The third one...is surely...31/12/2009..?

Scott, please don't bring up the Smith machine argument again. Not sure I get over the image of Truss and Strongy oiling each other up and having a pec flexing contest over the whole issue!