Easter Boxing Quiz:

[Spicoli]

Okey dokey,Off the top.No cheating allowed 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 ?

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 ?

[Britkid]

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

1:The Hitman and the Motor city Cobra

2:Uno Mas

Spot on

4:Bruno mentioned..Golf ?

Golf? That is just not cricket!

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

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

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

7: Draft Evasion

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

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

It is a tough question....

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'

McGuigan is right; brilliant call with bribegate 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.

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 ?

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.