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?![]()
'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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