Easter Boxing Quiz:

I did a few of these in the past; hope you enjoy it:

1: Tommy Hearns had two popular nicknames, what were they?

2: What was the promotional name of Leonard/DuranIII? (e.g.the first fight was called The Brawl in Montreal)

3: Smokin' Joe Frazier also enjoyed singing (badly IMO), what was the name of his group?

4: What sport, (other than boxing), did Frank Bruno mention in his post fight interview following his loss to Mike Tyson in 1989?

5: Larry Holmes too, had two career nicknames, what were they?

6: What was Matthew Saad Muhammad's original name? (think)

7: Why did Muhammad Ali go to jail?

8a: What was the name of the group Frank Warren set up, to rival the British Boxing Board of Control sanctioning of legal professional boxing fights in the U.K.?

b: What was the main reason(s) for this coming about?

9: The Substitutes: Below is a list of fights, but the fighter on the right was not the original scheduled opponent, so, who was?

'Sugar' Ray Leonard/Dick Ecklund
Duke McKenzie/Juan Herrera
Barry McGuigan/Stevie Cruz
Tim Whitherspoon/James 'Bonecrusher' Smith (the 1986 match)
Mike Tyson/James 'Buster' Douglas
Riddick Bowe/Jesse Ferguson

10: What were the names of the first Black fighters to win a world title*, in each of the classic eight weight divisions?

*This term is of course up for debate and there maybe several possible answers, in which case, I want the earliest claim.

The Answers are on the bottom of the second page

off top of my head ones i know and no cheating....

1: Tommy Hearns had two popular nicknames, what were they?

Motor City Cobra, Hitman

2: What was the promotional name of Leonard/DuranIII? (e.g.the first fight was called The Brawl in Montreal)

Uno Mas

3: Smokin' Joe Frazier also enjoyed singing (badly IMO), what was the name of his group?

The Knockouts

4: What sport, (other than boxing), did Frank Bruno mention in his post fight interview following his loss to Mike Tyson in 1989?

That's Cricket !

5: Larry Holmes too, had two career nicknames, what were they?

Easton Assassin and ????

6: What was Matthew Saad Muhammad's original name? (think)

7: Why did Muhammad Ali go to jail?
Nam draft ? did he actually go ??

8a: What was the name of the group Frank Warren set up, to rival the British Boxing Board of Control sanctioning of legal professional boxing fights in the U.K.?

Right Said Fred ?

b: What was the main reason(s) for this coming about?

9: The Substitutes: Below is a list of fights, but the fighter on the right was not the original scheduled opponent, so, who was?

'Sugar' Ray Leonard/Dick Ecklund
Duke McKenzie/Juan Herrera
Barry McGuigan/Stevie Cruz Fernando somebody or other !
Tim Whitherspoon/James 'Bonecrusher' Smith (the 1986 match) Tubbs ?
Mike Tyson/James 'Buster' Douglas Holyfield ??
Riddick Bowe/Jesse Ferguson

10: What were the names of the first Black fighters to win a world title*, in each of the classic eight weight divisions?

*This term is of course up for debate and there maybe several possible answers, in which case, I want the earliest claim.[/quote]

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off top of my head ones i know and no cheating....

1: Tommy Hearns had two popular nicknames, what were they?

Motor City Cobra, Hitman

2: What was the promotional name of Leonard/DuranIII? (e.g.the first fight was called The Brawl in Montreal)

Uno Mas

3: Smokin' Joe Frazier also enjoyed singing (badly IMO), what was the name of his group?

The Knockouts

4: What sport, (other than boxing), did Frank Bruno mention in his post fight interview following his loss to Mike Tyson in 1989?

That's Cricket !

5: Larry Holmes too, had two career nicknames, what were they?

Easton Assassin and ????

9: The Substitutes: Below is a list of fights, but the fighter on the right was not the original scheduled opponent, so, who was?

Barry McGuigan/Stevie Cruz Fernando somebody or other !
Tim Whitherspoon/James 'Bonecrusher' Smith (the 1986 match) Tubbs ?

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Good start, the first four are right; you are halfway there in the fifth, you got the Whitherspoon/Smith substitute opponent right, and you are almost there with McGuigan/Cruz.

6 was Matt Franklin. That and Hearns' nicknames were the only ones I knew with out looking at Mark's answers

Ali went to jail for destroying his draft card?

Okey dokey,Off the top.No cheating allowed :cwm13: Happy Easter

1:The Hitman and the Motor city Cobra

2:Uno Mas

3:Absolutly no Idea...and glad my ears were spared

4:Bruno mentioned..Golf ?

5:The Easton Assasian and ....The Peanut ;D ?

6:Matthew Franklin...quite a trend at the time,changing names.

7: Draft Evasion

8:No clue
a. He felt he was not maximizing his potential lol.Dont know

9:No idea in the Leonard,Duke McKenzie original opponents.McGuigan was set to fight Fernando Sosa.Witherspoon was set to fight...Tyson ?Bowe was set for Ray Mercer prior to 'Bribe gate'

10:First black Champions in each division.Not based nationally ?But literal?
Heavyweight...Jack Johnson
Lt. Heavy...Battling Siki. In the states John Henry Lewis
Middleweight...Tiger Flowers
Lightweight...Joe Gans
Jr.Welter...Eddie Perkins ???
Lt.Flyweight...Baby Jake Matlala...Will Grigsby
Strwweight...Still Waiting ?

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6 was Matt Franklin. That and Hearns' nicknames were the only ones I knew with out looking at Mark's answers

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Read the question again for number six, and think.;)

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Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins

Okey dokey,Off the top.No cheating allowed :cwm13: Happy Easter

1:The Hitman and the Motor city Cobra

2:Uno Mas

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Spot on

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4:Bruno mentioned..Golf ?

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Golf? That is just not cricket!

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5:The Easton Assasian and ....The Peanut ;D ?

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Halfway there, but he had a nickname pre moving to Easton, that was fairly well known, at the time.

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6:Matthew Franklin...quite a trend at the time,changing names.

7: Draft Evasion

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Both answers are a little too obvious.... I get a bit more sneaky as my quiz's go along. :sneaky:

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8:No clue
a. He felt he was not maximizing his potential lol.Dont know

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It is a tough question....

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9:No idea in the Leonard,Duke McKenzie original opponents.McGuigan was set to fight Fernando Sosa.Witherspoon was set to fight...Tyson ?Bowe was set for Ray Mercer prior to 'Bribe gate'

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McGuigan is right; brilliant call with bribegate :coolclick: Whitherspoon was due to rematch Tubbs, but Tubbs pulled out late, claiming a 'shoulder injury', and Smith (who was already on the bill, came in as a late sub, and blew Terrible Tim away in under a minute and a half.

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10:First black Champions in each division.Not based nationally ?But literal?
Heavyweight...Jack Johnson
Lt. Heavy...Battling Siki. In the states John Henry Lewis
Middleweight...Tiger Flowers
Lightweight...Joe Gans
Jr.Welter...Eddie Perkins ???
Lt.Flyweight...Baby Jake Matlala...Will Grigsby
Strwweight...Still Waiting ?

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Literal yes, and I only need the classic eight, but that said, I think you are right with Matlala; as for Strawweight I believe the answer is Zolani Petelo....

Excellent calls at 175, the only earlier claim I have seen is Sammy Langford (1911-13) after he beat Jack O'Brien, but that claim is not really proven.

Battling Siki was recognized even in the USA after he beat Carpentier; Georges having beaten Battling Levinsky in 1920 to 'unify' European and American world claims at 175lbs...

Another right call at Middleweight, again the only claim before that, that I know of was Sammy Langford (1907-11) who claimed the 'National Sporting Club' (British) Middleweight World Championship.

Lightweight is right with Joe Gans (1902)

Heavyweight is again right but with a *. That being that Peter Jackson was considered the 'Police Gazette' (The 'Ring' of its time) World Heavyweight Champion after beating Frank Slavin in 1892, losing the belt to James Jeffries in 1896.

Eddie Perkins at 140, I believe to also be correct. ;)

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Ali went to jail for destroying his draft card?

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No, it was far more mundane.....

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6 was Matt Franklin. That and Hearns' nicknames were the only ones I knew with out looking at Mark's answers

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Read the question again for number six, and think.;)

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:confused: What do you mean by that? Of course it was Franklin

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6 was Matt Franklin. That and Hearns' nicknames were the only ones I knew with out looking at Mark's answers

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Read the question again for number six, and think.;)

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:confused: What do you mean by that? Of course it was Franklin

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No, I want his original name; Matt Franklin was his first name change; Matt Saad Muhammad his second name change......

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Read the question again for number six, and think.;)

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:confused: What do you mean by that? Of course it was Franklin

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No, I want his original name; Matt Franklin was his first name change; Matt Saad Muhammad his second name change......

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I should have known it wouldn't be that easy.

Brain hurting here.His birth name?right?...Maaaaaaaan:cwm13:.Its an odd one is all I remember.

That Holmes 2nd Nickname is killing me....does it go back to the amatuers?

1: Tommy Hearns had two popular nicknames, what were they? Motor City Cobra and the Hitman

2: What was the promotional name of Leonard/DuranIII? (e.g.the first fight was called The Brawl in Montreal) The other people said Uno Mas

3: Smokin' Joe Frazier also enjoyed singing (badly IMO), what was the name of his group? I don't know. Smokin? Ok looked above, The Knockouts

4: What sport, (other than boxing), did Frank Bruno mention in his post fight interview following his loss to Mike Tyson in 1989? Crickett?

5: Larry Holmes too, had two career nicknames, what were they? The Eastian Assassin, smokin?

6: What was Matthew Saad Muhammad's original name? (think)
Matthew?

7: Why did Muhammad Ali go to jail? Not coming forward for the draft when his name was called

8a: What was the name of the group Frank Warren set up, to rival the British Boxing Board of Control sanctioning of legal professional boxing fights in the U.K.? Screw the fans inc?

b: What was the main reason(s) for this coming about? It's Frank Warren

9: The Substitutes: Below is a list of fights, but the fighter on the right was not the original scheduled opponent, so, who was? :dontknow:

'Sugar' Ray Leonard/Dick Ecklund
Duke McKenzie/Juan Herrera
Barry McGuigan/Stevie Cruz
Tim Whitherspoon/James 'Bonecrusher' Smith (the 1986 match)
Mike Tyson/James 'Buster' Douglas
Riddick Bowe/Jesse Ferguson

10: What were the names of the first Black fighters to win a world title*, in each of the classic eight weight divisions? Jack Johnson, there was someone called Old Master at Lightweight, Henry Armstrong, was Hagler the first black to win the middleweight title? probably not

*This term is of course up for debate and there maybe several possible answers, in which case, I want the earliest claim.

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Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins

Brain hurting here.His birth name?right?...Maaaaaaaan:cwm13:.Its an odd one is all I remember.

That Holmes 2nd Nickname is killing me....does it go back to the amatuers?

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No he had it is a pro, and used it into the 80s. I think when the Cooney fight happened he stopped using it, because naive people perhaps could of read something into it.

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1: Motor City Cobra and the Hitman

2: The other people said Uno Mas

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3: Smokin?

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No need to knock yourself out there, all you needed to do was look further up the thread!

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4: What sport, (other than boxing), did Frank Bruno mention in his post fight interview following his loss to Mike Tyson in 1989? Crickett?

5: Larry Holmes too, had two career nicknames, what were they? The Eastian Assassin, smokin?

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Four is right and again, you are halfway there in the fifth question.

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6: What was Matthew Saad Muhammad's original name? (think)
Matthew?

7: Why did Muhammad Ali go to jail? Not coming forward for the draft when his name was called

8a: What was the name of the group Frank Warren set up, to rival the British Boxing Board of Control sanctioning of legal professional boxing fights in the U.K.? Screw the fans inc?

b: What was the main reason(s) for this coming about? It's Frank Warren

9: The Substitutes: Below is a list of fights, but the fighter on the right was not the original scheduled opponent, so, who was? :dontknow:

'Sugar' Ray Leonard/Dick Ecklund
Duke McKenzie/Juan Herrera
Barry McGuigan/Stevie Cruz
Tim Whitherspoon/James 'Bonecrusher' Smith (the 1986 match)
Mike Tyson/James 'Buster' Douglas
Riddick Bowe/Jesse Ferguson

10: What were the names of the first Black fighters to win a world title*, in each of the classic eight weight divisions? Jack Johnson, there was someone called Old Master at Lightweight, Henry Armstrong, was Hagler the first black to win the middleweight title? probably not

*This term is of course up for debate and there maybe several possible answers, in which case, I want the earliest claim.

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Fair effort my old friend.:cool:

Changed my answer to the Knockouts looking further up.




Ok the rest of them, Larry Holmes was born in Georgia so does it have something to do with there?

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Ok the rest of them, Larry Holmes was born in Georgia so does it have something to do with there?

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It has nothing to do with a place name; but it did have something to do with weather.....

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Brain hurting here.His birth name?right?...Maaaaaaaan:cwm13:.Its an odd one is all I remember.

That Holmes 2nd Nickname is killing me....does it go back to the amatuers?

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No he had it is a pro, and used it into the 80s. I think when the Cooney fight happened he stopped using it, because naive people perhaps could of read something into it.

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"The brutalizer of hard hooking & gangly Irish fellows from N.Y" ? Jk...No googling etc,not cool.....but do I loose points for checking an old tape real quick;D

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Ok the rest of them, Larry Holmes was born in Georgia so does it have something to do with there?

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It has nothing to do with a place name; but it did have something to do with weather.....

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Larry The heat Holmes, Larry snowman Holmes Larry summertime Holmes

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Ok the rest of them, Larry Holmes was born in Georgia so does it have something to do with there?

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It has nothing to do with a place name; but it did have something to do with weather.....

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Larry The heat Holmes, Larry snowman Holmes Larry summertime Holmes

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You could get wet.....

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Brain hurting here.His birth name?right?...Maaaaaaaan:cwm13:.Its an odd one is all I remember.

That Holmes 2nd Nickname is killing me....does it go back to the amatuers?

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No he had it is a pro, and used it into the 80s. I think when the Cooney fight happened he stopped using it, because naive people perhaps could of read something into it.

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"The brutalizer of hard hooking & gangly Irish fellows from N.Y" ? Jk...No googling etc,not cool.....but do I loose points for checking an old tape real quick;D

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No, looking something up, is making the effort to get the answer.....

I have nothing here.As far back as I have available but nothing.Holmes fighting Bobick Olympic trials,as a substitute:o.And he dropped him in the 1st,Bobick mugging him.Cossell and Ali calling.Cruel irony eh.

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It has nothing to do with a place name; but it did have something to do with weather.....

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Larry The heat Holmes, Larry snowman Holmes Larry summertime Holmes

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You could get wet.....

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Larry Rain Holmes, Larry Make it Rain Holmes, Larry Rainman Holmes ?

Lets see....Had it prior to Easton,weather related,rains in Jersey and dropped it after Cooney fight.A very racially divisive fight and Cooney labeled white hope...:scratchchin:.And Holmes never struck me as caring too much about what people thought,spoke his mind....this is good stuff.

Larry 'Black Rain' Holmes is my guess from only reading this page of the thread.

Also, Ali never actually went to jail did he? The appeals process kept him out.

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Larry 'Black Rain' Holmes is my guess from only reading this page of the thread.

Also, Ali never actually went to jail did he? The appeals process kept him out.

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You are almost there with Larry Holmes; the answer was 'The Big Black Cloud' Larry Holmes.

As for Ali you are right in that he did not go to jail for anything Vietnam connected, but he did go to jail, for a short period.....

1: Tommy Hearns had two popular nicknames, what were they?

The Motor City Cobra and The Hitman

2: What was the promotional name of Leonard/DuranIII? (e.g.the first fight was called The Brawl in Montreal)

Uno Mas (One More)

3: Smokin' Joe Frazier also enjoyed singing (badly IMO), what was the name of his group?

Joe Frazier and his Knockouts

4: What sport, (other than boxing), did Frank Bruno mention in his post fight interview following his loss to Mike Tyson in 1989?

Cricket (That's Cricket!)

5: Larry Holmes too, had two career nicknames, what were they?

Easton Assassin and The Big Black Cloud

6: What was Matthew Saad Muhammad's original name? (think)

Muhammad did indeed change his name from Matt Franklin to Matt Saad Muhammad, but his original name was Maxwell Antonio Loach, he was given the name Matt Franklin by the Nuns of the Catholic Social Services, after he was found on the streets (aged 5).

7: Why did Muhammad Ali go to jail?

Driving without a valid licence!

8a: What was the name of the group Frank Warren set up, to rival the British Boxing Board of Control sanctioning of legal professional boxing fights in the U.K.?

National Boxing Council (NBC)

b: What was the main reason(s) for this coming about?

Because the BBB of C refused to join the WBA and sanction WBA title fights in Britain. Thus Warren threatened to join the WBA (under the NBC), as the British representative of the WBA, thus giving him some legal status to sanction fights in Britain.

In the end the BBB of C backed down and agreed to join the WBA and Warren agreed to join the BBB of C as a promoter.

Warren threatened again to leave the BBB of C when they refused to sanction Terry Marsh's IBF title bid, but again the matter was resolved.

9: The Substitutes: Below is a list of fights, but the fighter on the right was not the original scheduled opponent, so, who was?

'Sugar' Ray Leonard/Dick Ecklund

Believe it or not Tommy Hearns

Duke McKenzie/Juan Herrera

McKenzie was due to fight WBA Flyweight champ Sot Chitalda

Barry McGuigan/Stevie Cruz

Fernando Sosa; Sosa pulled out with a detached retina

Tim Whitherspoon/James 'Bonecrusher' Smith (the 1986 match)

Tony Tubbs pulled out with a Shoulder Injury

Mike Tyson/James 'Buster' Douglas

Jose Ribalta was meant to get a rematch with Iron Mike, but looked so bad beating Jeff Sims in his previous fight; King decided to put Douglas in, who beat another Journeyman on the undercard by the name of Oliver McCall.

Riddick Bowe/Jesse Ferguson

Ray Mercer (Ray of course loss to Ferguson, but late on in the fight tried to bribe the Boogieman to lose)

10: What were the names of the first Black fighters to win a world title*, in each of the classic eight weight divisions?

Heavyweight: Jack Johnson (1908); but Peter Jackson does have a claim from 1892

Light Heavyweight: Battling Siki (1922); but Sammy Langford has a claim from 1911

Middleweight: Tiger Flowers (1926) but again Langford has a claim from1907

Welterweight: Henry Armstrong (1938); but there were claims by Joe Walcott (1897); Dixie Kid (1904); Jack Blackburn (1908)

Lightweight: Joe Gans (1902)

Featherweight: George Dixon (1893) although Dixon first had a claim in 1890

Bantamweight: 'Panama' Al Brown (1929) although George Dixon had a claim from 1889

Flyweight: I believe that to be Peter Mathebula (1980) a WBA champ.

#7 driving without a licence :o....very smooth,great twist ;).

Espec liked the twist on No 7, cudos for the quiz, helped pass the time at work;)

1: Tommy Hearns had two popular nicknames, what were they?
Hitman and Motor City Cobra

2: What was the promotional name of Leonard/DuranIII? (e.g.the first fight was called The Brawl in Montreal)
The Meeting

3: Smokin' Joe Frazier also enjoyed singing (badly IMO), what was the name of his group?
The Blue Flames

4: What sport, (other than boxing), did Frank Bruno mention in his post fight interview following his loss to Mike Tyson in 1989?
Water polo

5: Larry Holmes too, had two career nicknames, what were they?
Easton Assassin and Comeback Kid

6: What was Matthew Saad Muhammad's original name? (think)
Matthew Franklin

7: Why did Muhammad Ali go to jail?
Refusal to be drafted



9: The Substitutes: Below is a list of fights, but the fighter on the right was not the original scheduled opponent, so, who was?

'Sugar' Ray Leonard/Dick Ecklund
Duke McKenzie/Juan Herrera
Barry McGuigan/Stevie Cruz
Tim Whitherspoon/James 'Bonecrusher' Smith (the 1986 match)
Mike Tyson/James 'Buster' Douglas
Riddick Bowe/Jesse Ferguson

10: What were the names of the first Black fighters to win a world title*, in each of the classic eight weight divisions?

Jack Johnson, Satchel Paige, SR Robinson, and Hurrican Jackson.