Easter Boxing Quiz:

[Britkid]

1: Motor City Cobra and the Hitman

2: The other people said Uno Mas

3: Smokin?

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

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?

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

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.

Fair effort my old friend.

[Majesty]

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?

[Britkid]

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

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

[Spicoli]

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

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

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.

"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

[Majesty]

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

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

Larry The heat Holmes, Larry snowman Holmes Larry summertime Holmes

[Britkid]

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

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

Larry The heat Holmes, Larry snowman Holmes Larry summertime Holmes

You could get wet.....

[Britkid]

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

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

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.

"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

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

[Spicoli]

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

[Majesty]

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

Larry The heat Holmes, Larry snowman Holmes Larry summertime Holmes

You could get wet.....

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

[Spicoli]

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....And Holmes never struck me as caring too much about what people thought,spoke his mind....this is good stuff.

[JazMerkin]

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.

[Britkid]

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.

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.....

[Britkid]

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.

[Spicoli]

#7 driving without a licence ....very smooth,great twist .

[jamiebhoy]

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