QUESTION:Who is the only Welsh speaking Heavy weight champion?

Only found out today.;D


And I got tooth ach and cant get to sleep:(

As there is no World in the title, I am going for British Champs, the obvious pick would be Tommy Farr, so I am going for.... Davey Pearce? Although I perhaps should go the Celtic or Welsh title route!:p

Yes I mean WORLD HW champion.

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Originally Posted by porkypara

Yes I mean WORLD HW champion.

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Well then, Robert Fitzsimmons being born in Cornwall, I am guessing has Celtic blood in him, and knew Welsh?

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Originally Posted by Britkid

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Originally Posted by porkypara

Yes I mean WORLD HW champion.

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Well then, Robert Fitzsimmons being born in Cornwall, I am guessing has Celtic blood in him, and knew Welsh?

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NO

What a question! It's about as important as 'what heavyweight champ can touch his nose with his tongue'

Who gives a rats arse?

Herbie Hide??

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Originally Posted by JazMerkin

Herbie Hide??

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CORRECT!!!

Only jokiing;D

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Originally Posted by Kel

What a question! It's about as important as 'what heavyweight champ can touch his nose with his tongue'

Who gives a rats arse?

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In the age of the internet,its quite hard to find questions that cant be answered with a few buttons being pushed.


Pluse its one of the only times I can remember Britkid being stumped with a boxing question.;D

Well I had no idea that Welsh was it's own language. Seriously, I didn't know. Does that mean Joe Calzaghe speaks welsh and how different is it from English?

So with that out there, I'm giving myself multiple guesses. 3, technically 4.

First my main picks, I'll take the Klitschkos, either of them. I know Wlad knows multiple languages, more then just Russian and English and I'll take a stab at Welsh being one of them.

Then I have 2 wildcards who are from areas on the map that very well could speak welsh. At least for what I know. The first is the more likely of the two and I think it might be the right answer, Tommy Burns. Burns was Canadian which I have not a clue about. For all I know his parents could have been Welsh settlers. I did read Unforgivable Blackness and he was in it quite a bit, he was a globetrotter and only Jack Johnson made more international defenses I believe. Maybe in his travels he grew fond for the Welsh language. That's my best guess.

Then the ultimate wild card is Ingo Johansson. He's Swedish which I know is Scandanavion but I don't believe that's a language and I have no idea what they actually speak. I'll assume it's not Welsh but maybe there are pockets of Welsh speaking folk in Sweden and Ingo happened to be in that pocket.

Please tell me, rep comment preferrably.

Then I'll

Anynnawg Llewelyn?

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Originally Posted by amat

Well I had no idea that Welsh was it's own language. Seriously, I didn't know. Does that mean Joe Calzaghe speaks welsh and how different is it from English?

So with that out there, I'm giving myself multiple guesses. 3, technically 4.

First my main picks, I'll take the Klitschkos, either of them. I know Wlad knows multiple languages, more then just Russian and English and I'll take a stab at Welsh being one of them.

Then I have 2 wildcards who are from areas on the map that very well could speak welsh. At least for what I know. The first is the more likely of the two and I think it might be the right answer, Tommy Burns. Burns was Canadian which I have not a clue about. For all I know his parents could have been Welsh settlers. I did read Unforgivable Blackness and he was in it quite a bit, he was a globetrotter and only Jack Johnson made more international defenses I believe. Maybe in his travels he grew fond for the Welsh language. That's my best guess.

Then the ultimate wild card is Ingo Johansson. He's Swedish which I know is Scandanavion but I don't believe that's a language and I have no idea what they actually speak. I'll assume it's not Welsh but maybe there are pockets of Welsh speaking folk in Sweden and Ingo happened to be in that pocket.

Please tell me, rep comment preferrably.

Then I'll

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LOL

Welsh is its own language. The most common language used in Wales is English, but people do still speak Welsh.

Very few people speek it as a first language.

Here is an exaple of Welsh language usage.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...rdiff.slow.jpg

ok some questions. Is it a heavyweight champion in boxing? or another sport like kickboxing or mma?

And was this before or after Queensbury rules?

I think it's a pretty safe assumption to say that it is a post Sullivan boxing champion.

Joe Frazier

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Originally Posted by porkypara

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Originally Posted by Kel

What a question! It's about as important as 'what heavyweight champ can touch his nose with his tongue'

Who gives a rats arse?

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In the age of the internet,its quite hard to find questions that cant be answered with a few buttons being pushed.


Pluse its one of the only times I can remember Britkid being stumped with a boxing question.;D

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Haven't heard Britkid's name in awhile. Anyone hear from him lately or Wacko?

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Originally Posted by Majesty

ok some questions. Is it a heavyweight champion in boxing? or another sport like kickboxing or mma?

And was this before or after Queensbury rules?

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Yes,he was the world heavy weight boxing champion under the Queensbury rules.


Was involved in 2 very famous fights.

Jem Belcher :confused:

Tommy Burns?

Max Schmeling??

Henry Akinwande???

Mike Tyson????

Damn, good question regardless of what some might say.

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Tommy Burns?

Max Schmeling??

Henry Akinwande???

Mike Tyson????

Damn, good question regardless of what some might say.

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No

No

No

No

Lennox Lewis

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Lennox Lewis

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Nope:mad:

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Jem Belcher :confused:

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Hen Pearce?

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Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

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Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

Jem Belcher :confused:

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Hen Pearce?

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Both wrong.

Never heared of them 2.

Porky, send me a PM with the answer. I'm all guessed out, just can't be bothered. Don't worry won't announce it here.

Frank Bruno?

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Frank Bruno?

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Fuck me mate,Bruno can only just about speak English.;D

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Originally Posted by porkypara

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Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

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Jem Belcher :confused:

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Hen Pearce?

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Both wrong.

Never heared of them 2.

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Both were HW champions in the early 1800's

You disregarded every British HW champion mentioned modern day...So I went with Barenuckle

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Originally Posted by No Contest

Frank Bruno?

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Fuck me mate,Bruno can only just about speak English.;D

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Thats why I picked him I could never really understand him, so I figured he must be speaking Welsh. :p Is it pre or post 1960?

Tom Jones?

Gerry Coetzee?

Corrie Sanders?

Nicolay Valuev?

Clutching a bit now lol!

Andrew Golota, Leon Spinks, or Earnie Shavers.

Take an ibuprofen for your toothache. Miraculous things.

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Take an ibuprofen for your toothache. Miraculous things.

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I got somthing even better than that tonight.:drunks::drinker:

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Originally Posted by No Contest

Frank Bruno?

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Fuck me mate,Bruno can only just about speak English.;D

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Thats why I picked him I could never really understand him, so I figured he must be speaking Welsh. :p Is it pre or post 1960?

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Give you all a clue,It was before 1970:o

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Originally Posted by No Contest

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Originally Posted by porkypara

Fuck me mate,Bruno can only just about speak English.;D

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Thats why I picked him I could never really understand him, so I figured he must be speaking Welsh. :p Is it pre or post 1960?

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Give you all a clue,It was before 1970:o

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Ellis or Johansson?

Manny Pacquio

Max Baer?

James Braddock?

Max Schmeling?

I'm sure I remember hearing about this actually... it was somebody unlikely... like Sonny Liston or somebody?

Was it Charlie Zelenoff?

Rocky Marciano

I seem to recall some urban myth about him sparking a huge guy (Welsh?) in a UK pub when he was posted in the army. I think it was in Wales but might be wrong. If he were in Wales, he would have had to have some Welsh to order a drink.