Guess who's this.

Jeffsboxing · Post by **Jeffsboxing** » 13 Aug 2004, 04:59

GUESS WHO'S HE (LEFT)

Jeffsboxing · Post by **Jeffsboxing** » 13 Aug 2004, 05:12

Darn Bollocks... you are banned from my trivias! It didn't last 5 minutes!

Just let the others guess - with your description that should've been clear.

Bladder · Post by **Bladder** » 13 Aug 2004, 05:52

Looks like Nelly.

TheRiverCityHippy · Post by **TheRiverCityHippy** » 13 Aug 2004, 13:29

i think it`s nelson mandela.
but the heavyweight amateur champ of his country clue has dented my confidence.
i wouldnt have thought mandela boxed as a heavy, though i do know his hero was joe louis.
secondly i`m not sure if black fighters were allowed to fight for the south african amateur title back then.
oh well, thats my guess

Spreadking · Post by **Spreadking** » 13 Aug 2004, 15:52

Looks like the dad from Good Times vs Mbuelo Botile

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 14 Aug 2004, 02:01

..this was on a trivia test somewhere else over a year ago....and it fooled me then too.

the guy on the right looks like jack "chappie" blackburn. could that be possible? i have no idea where or when the picture was taken. i know a lot of other stuff though, such as the name of ezzard charles's sister in law, for instance.

Jeffsboxing · Post by **Jeffsboxing** » 15 Aug 2004, 21:54

Yes, it's Nelsno Mandela...

http://www.southafrica.info/mandela/mandela-joburg.htm

Sweet Scientist · Post by **Sweet Scientist** » 15 Aug 2004, 22:03

Jaclem wrote: i know a lot of other stuff though, such as the name of ezzard charles's sister in law, for instance.

My mother was Ezzard Charles' wifes nurse when she had a baby in 1949 or 1950...does that count as 'boxing knowledge'?

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 16 Aug 2004, 00:32

sweetstuff...sure...especially if she told you the name of ezzard's wife and that of the baby :P

Sweet Scientist · Post by **Sweet Scientist** » 21 Aug 2004, 02:06

Jaclem wrote:sweetstuff...sure...especially if she told you the name of ezzard's wife and that of the baby :P

My mother tells me that Mrs. Charles used a fake name to avoid publicity, but that everyone at the hospital knew who she really was...especially when Ezzard came to visit...she was a patient at Citizen's General Hospital, New Kensington, Pa.....I think she had relatives there...just a little obscure trivia for you....

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 21 Aug 2004, 13:07

.gladys gartrel charles was extremely shy about publicity and kept herself away from the boxing world in general, so it's not surprising that she used a nom de.....patient...i guess you'd call it. even when they got married, it was kept a secret for a while. ezzard said it was because he didn't want a fuss made over it or something of the kind....but friends assumed it was really gladys's idea.

the name of the baby....well....think of an obvious name iof you assume it was a boy....