I was robbed pub quiz boxing questoin

josh fg · Post by **josh fg** » 23 Jul 2005, 21:15

I was in a pub quiz today and a boxing question came up in the context of amir kahn which was: who was the last british boxer to go from olympic success to become world champion.

My thinking was thus:-
Harrison won the WBF but thats not a real title
Woodhall won his title for the first time in 1998 and in the context of Kahn a bronz medle would be olympic success
Lennox Lewis won his meddle for Canada and didn't start his last spell as world champion untill 1997

I was then told I was rong and the answer was lennox lewis. I can't help but feel I was robbed

pasty_spud · Post by **pasty_spud** » 24 Jul 2005, 03:50

lennox won the WBC title in 1993...against tony tucker i believe?

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 24 Jul 2005, 04:33

he was given the title after bowe threw it in the trash can.

lvlarc · Post by **lvlarc** » 24 Jul 2005, 08:01

You could still argue the case that Harrison was the answer as the WBF is also a "World title" :)

Hesketh Vampire · Post by **Hesketh Vampire** » 24 Jul 2005, 09:17

lvlarc_uk wrote:You could still argue the case that Harrison was the answer as the WBF is also a "World title" :)

Hey, don't be talking the p*ss out of the WBF belt. That belt has been proudly held by many of the legends of heavyweight history, men like Jimmy Thunder, Johnny Nelson, Adilson Rodriques, Joe Bugner, Joe Hipp, Rob Calloway......

lvlarc · Post by **lvlarc** » 24 Jul 2005, 10:18

Hesketh Vampire wrote:
lvlarc_uk wrote:You could still argue the case that Harrison was the answer as the WBF is also a "World title" :)
Hey, don't be talking the p*ss out of the WBF belt. That belt has been proudly held by many of the legends of heavyweight history, men like Jimmy Thunder, Johnny Nelson, Adilson Rodriques, Joe Bugner, Joe Hipp, Rob Calloway......

dandantheweatherman · Post by **dandantheweatherman** » 24 Jul 2005, 10:22

I got robbed on a boxing question in a tiebreak for 1st prize in a pub quiz once...the question was 'what is boxing's lightest weight division'. I piped up with straweight, knowing that I could be saying mini-flyweight or minimumweight too. Anyway, turned out the right answer was light flyweight. Trouble is there was only so much I could say to the quizmaster without looking like a bad loser and the biggest pedant in the world. Annoying though.....always the bloody same when you know a lot about something in a pub quiz - do you go with what you know is right or what answer you think the quizmaster is looking for.

josh fg · Post by **josh fg** » 24 Jul 2005, 12:38

lvlarc_uk wrote:You could still argue the case that Harrison was the answer as the WBF is also a "World title" :)

I actually checked that when he asked the question I said "do you mean big 3 world title" to which he said "what" thats when I should have known he wanted me to say Lennox Lewis.

I was not well disposed to him anyway after he had started off by making a racist joke

locoxelbox · Post by **locoxelbox** » 24 Jul 2005, 13:37

Robin Reid was a bronze medallist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and he won the WBC Super Middleweight title in 1996.

pasty_spud · Post by **pasty_spud** » 24 Jul 2005, 14:36

it depends on what you mean by success.......gold,silver & bronze & legit world belt (ie WBC,WBA,IBF,WBO) then yes i bet the last was robin reid

edit.......this is wrong.....woodhall was the last..i think

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 24 Jul 2005, 14:47

Thought Woodhall got it after Reid.

pasty_spud · Post by **pasty_spud** » 24 Jul 2005, 15:03

well it's not hard to find out on this site

pasty_spud · Post by **pasty_spud** » 24 Jul 2005, 15:10

robin reid vs vincenzo nardiello 10-12 1996 WBC super middle
woodhall vs keith holmes 09-11-1997 WBC middle

and the winner is..........ROBIN REID.....of these too atleast

.NO hang on .what are we talking about again...last,first,middle.....bollocks

pasty_spud · Post by **pasty_spud** » 24 Jul 2005, 15:24

i get it now................

it appears it was richie woodhall

unless the question in question means the last gold medalist.....then that was......erm...........................erm...................................erm...........................................
lennox i think.......but he won his gold for canada.......................what was the guy called before audley?????? and did he win a world title........

THATS THE QUESTION............(i'll know his name when someone say's it)