Trivia: WHO AM I?

[boxbible]

I am one of the greatest fighters in my division and one of the very best that DC ever produced. I also tried going for a second world title in a higher weight class, but was summarily dismissed.

WHO AM I ???

Hint: After I retired, I became a sheriff...

Big Bob.

Yeah... the up-and-coming Bob Foster fought out of the nation's capitol.

[boxbible]

Whose real name was Arnold Cream?

The former NJ State Athletic Commissioner Jersey Joe... who was replaced by Larry Hazzard... who was replaced by Melvina Latham...

One positive thing to come out of Ms. Latham's appointment is that we won't have to tolerate her atrocious scorecards anymore...

[boxbible]

WHO ARE WE...???

a) Guillermo Papaleo
b) Joseph Barrow
c) Walker Smith
d) Gerardo Gonzalez
e) Mike Estafire
f) Richard Ihetu
g) Alfonso Teofilo Brown
h) Amadou M’Barick Fall
i) Adnan Catic
j) John Edward Kelly
k) Anthony Zalewski
l) Tidjani Sidibe

[Jaclem]

okay..i'll start it off with the easy ones...all great fighters....all from the same era....

a. willie pep
b.joe louis
c. sugar ray robinson
d. kid gavilan

and i see tony zale and dick tiger are making an appearance too.....though one is from a later era...


...hey , i told you they were the easy ones...

[raylawpc]

Who was the first (and maybe the only) fellow to hold a version of both the heavyweight and light-heavyweight championships simultaneously?

[bennie]

WHO ARE WE...???

a) Guillermo Papaleo
b) Joseph Barrow
c) Walker Smith
d) Gerardo Gonzalez
e) Mike Estafire
f) Richard Ihetu
g) Alfonso Teofilo Brown
h) Amadou M’Barick Fall
i) Adnan Catic
j) John Edward Kelly
k) Anthony Zalewski
l) Tidjani Sidibe

Jaclem already has a-d wrapped up.

e) Mustafa Hamsho?
f) Dick Tiger


k) Tony Zale

[boxbible]

okay..i'll start it off with the easy ones...all great fighters....all from the same era....

a. willie pep
b.joe louis
c. sugar ray robinson
d. kid gavilan

and i see tony zale and dick tiger are making an appearance too.....though one is from a later era...


...hey , i told you they were the easy ones...

and the others? 8)

[boxbible]

WHO ARE WE...???

a) Guillermo Papaleo
b) Joseph Barrow
c) Walker Smith
d) Gerardo Gonzalez
e) Mike Estafire
f) Richard Ihetu
g) Alfonso Teofilo Brown
h) Amadou M’Barick Fall
i) Adnan Catic
j) John Edward Kelly
k) Anthony Zalewski
l) Tidjani Sidibe

Jaclem already has a-d wrapped up.

e) Mustafa Hamsho?
f) Dick Tiger


k) Tony Zale

keep 'em comin'...

hints:
g) bantamweight champ
h) lt heavyweight champ
i) middleweight champ
j) middleweight champ
l) welterweight contender

[boxbible]

Who was the first (and maybe the only) fellow to hold a version of both the heavyweight and light-heavyweight championships simultaneously?

Bob Fitz?

[bennie]

WHO ARE WE...???

a) Guillermo Papaleo
b) Joseph Barrow
c) Walker Smith
d) Gerardo Gonzalez
e) Mike Estafire
f) Richard Ihetu
g) Alfonso Teofilo Brown
h) Amadou M’Barick Fall
i) Adnan Catic
j) John Edward Kelly
k) Anthony Zalewski
l) Tidjani Sidibe

Jaclem already has a-d wrapped up.

e) Mustafa Hamsho?
f) Dick Tiger


k) Tony Zale

keep 'em comin'...

hints:
g) bantamweight champ
h) lt heavyweight champ
i) middleweight champ
j) middleweight champ
l) welterweight contender

g) Panama Al Brown?

[bennie]

Who was the first (and maybe the only) fellow to hold a version of both the heavyweight and light-heavyweight championships simultaneously?

The basketball player, perhaps?

[raylawpc]

Who was the first (and maybe the only) fellow to hold a version of both the heavyweight and light-heavyweight championships simultaneously?

Bob Fitz?

Nope.

[My2Sense]

Who was the first (and maybe the only) fellow to hold a version of both the heavyweight and light-heavyweight championships simultaneously?

The basketball player, perhaps?

LOL.

[My2Sense]

g) Alfonso Teofilo Brown

I'm guessing that one is Panama Al Brown.

[Jaclem]

..if you want to go for really specious claims....philidelpia jack obrien had not given up his claim to the light heavyweight title. he challenged jack johnson for the light heavyweight title and lost.
johnson .. not understanding....or pretending not to...how weight divisions work....then claimed the light heavy title too..even though of course he was too heavy for that title.

it was a claim recognized by only jack johnson....but then he said he held both titles at the same time.

hey, what the hell...it wasn't much worse than the various recognitions by the alphabet boys.

[boxbible]

g) Panama Al Brown?

I'm guessing that one is Panama Al Brown.

BINGO

more hints:

h) beat a great Frenchman for the title
i) German Olympian
j) Irish Manassa Mauler
l) 59-1 when he fought for the world title

[bennie]

g) Panama Al Brown?

I'm guessing that one is Panama Al Brown.

BINGO

more hints:

h) beat a great Frenchman for the title
i) German Olympian
j) Irish Manassa Mauler
l) 59-1 when he fought for the world title

j) The nonpar-something version of Jack Dempsey.

[Collins2000]

L is Nino LaRocca

[bennie]

L is Nino LaRocca

Good one, Collins.

[p4p1]

WHO ARE WE...???

a) Guillermo Papaleo
b) Joseph Barrow
c) Walker Smith
d) Gerardo Gonzalez
e) Mike Estafire
f) Richard Ihetu
g) Alfonso Teofilo Brown
h) Amadou M’Barick Fall
i) Adnan Catic
j) John Edward Kelly
k) Anthony Zalewski
l) Tidjani Sidibe

k is zale i think... no wonder they all changed their ring names

[boxbible]

j) The nonpar-something version of Jack Dempsey.

Nonpareil Jack Dempsey

L is Nino LaRocca

brilliant

k is zale i think... no wonder they all changed their ring names

At a hotel where I worked, I checked in a Mr and Ms Zalewski and asked them if they were related to the great Tony Zale... they were quite shocked that anyone would make the connection...

More hints:

h) Amadou M’Barick Fall - was cut down in a Harlem street when only 28 or thereabouts
i) Adnan Catic - current world champ!!!

[Collins2000]

Battling Siki maybe (though I thought his name was Louis Phal or Joe Prick)
Felix Sturm

[TheOneIsHere2008]

I beat former Olympic Gold Medalists...


Who am I?


I dedicated my Gold Medal to my mom who died of cancer...


Who am I?

[boxbible]

Battling Siki maybe (though I thought his name was Louis Phal or Joe Prick)
Felix Sturm

Correcto...

Phal is same as Fall and Louis was the French translation for Barick.

Adnan Catic germanized his name much like when the Jewish and Italian kids in the US anglicized their names to sell more tickets back in the day.

[boxbible]

Before this huge megafight involving my fighter, this smartass matchmaker asked, "who's the best p4p ever?"

To which I replied, "Benny Leonard, of course".

He then asked, "Who's your favorite fighter of all-times?"

I told him, "Sugar Ray Robinson".

The matchmaker went on, "Then you're guy's in serious trouble 'cos he's facing someone with both those names."

WHO AM I ???