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How good is your boxing I.Q.?
By: Alex Mardell

10 Boxing Questions

I got these questions from one of Jelena Mrdjenovich's fights.

1. Who did the Englishman Frank Bruno defeat to win a share of the world heavyweight title?

2. Name the Canadian light heavyweight who was knocked out by world champion Archie Moorer in 1958's Fight of the Year.

3. What ring name was adopted by the middleweight champ who was born Walker Smith?

4. What ring name was adopted by the heavyweight champ who was born Arnold Cream?

5. Who was the first southpaw (left-handed) world heavyweight champion?

6. Put these three divisions in ascending order, from lightest to heaviest: bantamweight, flyweight, and featherweight.

7. Who did Muhummad Ali defeat to win his three world heavyweight titles?

8. The fighter who defeated Grand Prairie's Willie de Wit for the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics also beat Mike Tyson twice in the amateurs. Who was he?

9. Edmonton's Scotty (bulldog) Olson won and lost as an amateur to his future world flyweight champ and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

10. This future world welterweight champion was raised in Vancouver and was known as "The Baby-faced Assassin". Who was he?

Be truthful and leave a comment on how many you scored right.

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Answers:1)Oliver McCall 2)Yvon Durelle 3)Sugar Ray Robinson 4)Jersey Joe Walcott 5)Michael Moorer 6)Flyweight, Bantamweight, Featherweight 7)Sonny Liston, George Foreman, Leon Spinks 8) Henry Tillman 9)Michael Carbajal 10)Jimmy McLarnin

Author: Alex Mardell

Date Posted: March 25th, 2009 

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