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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