Trivia

dve3333 · Post by **dve3333** » 25 Apr 2006, 10:41

bennie wrote:Name the man who eliminated John H. Stracey from the 1968 Olympics?

He lost in the third round to gold winner Ronnie Harris

Ulysses · Post by **Ulysses** » 25 Apr 2006, 10:42

bennie wrote:Name the man who eliminated John H. Stracey from the 1968 Olympics?

Gold medalist Ronnie Harris

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 25 Apr 2006, 10:42

A tricky one: Who were the first boxer to beat Arthur Abraham

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 25 Apr 2006, 10:43

dve3333 wrote:
bennie wrote:Name the man who eliminated John H. Stracey from the 1968 Olympics?
He lost in the third round to gold winner Ronnie Harris

Yes. He lost to Harris, later to carve up Minter and be studiously avoided by Hagler.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 25 Apr 2006, 10:57

Freiheit wrote:A tricky one: Who were the first boxer to beat Arthur Abraham

A little help: He had 300 amateur fights, and he also beat fighters like:
- Felix Sturm
- Dirk Dzemski
- Anthony Small
- Malik Dziarra
- David Reid

He lost to:
- Mads Larsen
- Danilo Haussler
- Carl Froch
- Chris Bessey
- Francis Vestag

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 25 Apr 2006, 11:09

Freiheit wrote:
Freiheit wrote:A tricky one: Who were the first boxer to beat Arthur Abraham
A little help: He had 300 amateur fights, and he also beat fighters like:
- Felix Sturm
- Dirk Dzemski
- Anthony Small
- Malik Dziarra
- David Reid

He lost to:
- Mads Larsen
- Danilo Haussler
- Carl Froch
- Chris Bessey
- Francis Vestag

some interesting stuff there, he must have been very young when he beat David reid who was pro in 1997??

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 25 Apr 2006, 11:15

Who is the only world champion to have fought in every one of boxing's main weight classes (not including junior classes) from featherweight to heavyweight as a professional boxer?

Ulysses · Post by **Ulysses** » 25 Apr 2006, 11:19

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Who is the only world champion to have fought in every one of boxing's main weight classes (not including junior classes) from featherweight to heavyweight as a professional boxer?

The Orchid Man – Georges Carpentier

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 25 Apr 2006, 11:21

bugger, too easy.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 25 Apr 2006, 13:06

knockout wrote:
Freiheit wrote:
Freiheit wrote:A tricky one: Who were the first boxer to beat Arthur Abraham
A little help: He had 300 amateur fights, and he also beat fighters like:
- Felix Sturm
- Dirk Dzemski
- Anthony Small
- Malik Dziarra
- David Reid

He lost to:
- Mads Larsen
- Danilo Haussler
- Carl Froch
- Chris Bessey
- Francis Vestag
some interesting stuff there, he must have been very young when he beat David reid who was pro in 1997??

It was a little tricky. It was the swedish amateur Roger Petterson. His complete amateur record can be seen here (vinnst = win, forlüst = lost)
http://www.rogerpettersson.com/record.asp?lang=swe

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 25 Apr 2006, 14:55

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

bugger, too easy.

James, you asked this question on another running thread.