one more trivia question

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 28 Jul 2004, 08:06

DavidPayne wrote:Which overseas fighter has faced the most British fighters in 'title' contests?

Winky Wright?

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 28 Jul 2004, 08:07

DavidPayne wrote:Which overseas fighter has faced the most British fighters in 'title' contests?

Rothmann?

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 28 Jul 2004, 08:11

I guess I should know the answer BEFORE posing the question, right?

I was thinking Rothman or Djelti or Wright though.

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 28 Jul 2004, 08:14

Rothman and Djelti are 5 each as far as I can see, Wright 3.

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 28 Jul 2004, 08:15

How many of Ali's fights were title fights.

Cooper x 1, Bugner x 2?, Dunne x 1, London x1...

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 28 Jul 2004, 08:52

DavidPayne wrote:How many of Ali's fights were title fights.

Cooper x 1, Bugner x 2?, Dunne x 1, London x1...

First Bugner one was non-title. What about Sarmiento?

ed r · Post by **ed r** » 28 Jul 2004, 09:39

This one's been hurting my head.

What about Baby Jake. He fought Clinton, Ampofo, Culshaw, McAuley, Cantwell (twice) and Weir (twice) in title fights.

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 28 Jul 2004, 09:43

That'll take some beating I guess.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 28 Jul 2004, 09:46

ed r wrote:This one's been hurting my head.

What about Baby Jake. He fought Clinton, Ampofo, Culshaw, McAuley, Cantwell (twice) and Weir (twice) in title fights.

Looks good. Looks very good. Another who fought six Brits in title fights was this guy:

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=005736

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 28 Jul 2004, 09:49

Funny because I was looking through Snarksi and Mingaleev's record because they've fought for some spurious belts along the way too.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 28 Jul 2004, 09:51

Nardiello also fought six Brits in title fights.

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 28 Jul 2004, 09:52

When you say 'fought' you mean it in the loosest possible way right?

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 28 Jul 2004, 09:54

Similar chain of thought Sugar Boy Malinga - 5 fights versus Brits.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 28 Jul 2004, 10:01

not agianst different fighters, but Jack Britton fought Jack "kid" Berg about 18 times for the welterweight title,

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 28 Jul 2004, 10:02

sorry it was Ted "kid" Lewis , not Berg

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 28 Jul 2004, 10:39

A pair of ringside seats to Tyson/Williams go to whoever can give me the correct answer to this one:

Who killed Freddie Mills?

ed r · Post by **ed r** » 28 Jul 2004, 10:47

I'm guessing Freddie Mills did, one way or another

J · Post by J » 28 Jul 2004, 10:49

http://www.antekprizering.com/millswhokilled.html

some bloke called tony apparently.

u paying the flights too?

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 28 Jul 2004, 10:53

ed r wrote:I'm guessing Freddie Mills did, one way or another

He might have Ed, but if he did, he shot himself in the right eye, while it was open, which seems a bizzare way to go about it.

Must've been the Krays I reckon

J · Post by J » 28 Jul 2004, 10:55

Well its rumoured he shot himself after death threats form the krays.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 28 Jul 2004, 10:59

J wrote:Well its rumoured he shot himself after death threats form the krays.

Yes that's one of the many rumours, the others were the triads, as his club was in the Chinatown area of Soho.

ed r · Post by **ed r** » 28 Jul 2004, 10:59

Good point, but I meant by messing with wrongens

J · Post by J » 28 Jul 2004, 11:01

both feasible , though its rumoured = everyone was too shit sacred to testify. Though suppose once they had gone down the truth might have come out you may have thought.

Suppose its that east end code of silence thing going on .

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 28 Jul 2004, 11:01

ed r wrote:Good point, but I meant by messing with wrongens

Yep I think that's what it probably boils down to.

He has a tiny memorial in Bournemouth, in a park in the centre of town. It was always getting vandalised by idiots a few years back, but I think they gave it a revamp recently. Hope so anyway.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 28 Jul 2004, 11:04

Another bone of contention is that the gun was in an upright position when the body was discovered, as if someone had placed it there. Still, like Ed, I firmly believe Freddie took his own life. His world was unravelling. He was no longer in demand, was suffering recurring headaches, was worried about a homosexual affair with Ronnie Kray being made public and was in a lot of debt.