So we're all going to be pretty bored over the next few weeks/months with no events. So, I thought we could get a thread to teach us something or stimulate our brains at least. I guess you can post questions, answers, interesting facts or whatever else boxing trivia related.
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑18 Mar 2020, 12:04
one i randomly wondered about the other day when mistakenly thinking that Kov fought Eledier and Canelo back to back:
which, if any, world champs made consecutive title defenses against opponents with the same last name as each other(not the same guy back to back)
it's a question, i don't know answers
Both Chris Byrd and Corrie Sanders fought the Klitschko brothers back-to-back. Not sure if there is anyone out there with more than two though.
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑18 Mar 2020, 12:04
one i randomly wondered about the other day when mistakenly thinking that Kov fought Eledier and Canelo back to back:
which, if any, world champs made consecutive title defenses against opponents with the same last name as each other(not the same guy back to back)
it's a question, i don't know answers
Both Chris Byrd and Corrie Sanders fought the Klitschko brothers back-to-back. Not sure if there is anyone out there with more than two though.
Not a world title defense but I found another 2-er
Koji Imai fought the Eguchi brothers back to back (suspect this might happen a lot tbh)...
As for something else... Many of the Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) Heavyweight title fights took place outside of Asia... Including the first... Which was in the UK
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margaret thatcher wrote: ↑18 Mar 2020, 12:04
one i randomly wondered about the other day when mistakenly thinking that Kov fought Eledier and Canelo back to back:
which, if any, world champs made consecutive title defenses against opponents with the same last name as each other(not the same guy back to back)
it's a question, i don't know answers
Jorge Arce had consecutive title defences against guys with the surname Castro, but he did have a non-title fight in between.
Yes they did ,pat is my brother the Croydon one not the northern one.
I remember the fight,it was during the time when all the champs lost the title in their first defence if i remember correctly ?
Yeah close fight a point in it I think ,pat never liked classic upright boxers like John or Jim McDonell they always have him trouble ,pat thought he won the fight I think I had John just nicking it
What do Vernon Forrest, David Reid, Zahir Raheem, Vaughn Bean, Davarryl Williamson, Sechew Powell, Jimmy Zeikle, Adrien Broner, Timothy Bradley and Frank Gentile Jr all have in common?
Great job!!! I’m saying only HARDCORE FANS had a clue about that little tidbit.
Here’s one...... WHO was the real “mastermind/creator” of one Lennox Lewis? His first OG original coach, the man who originally coached him?
Arnie Boehm
Somebody is from Ontario, Canada!! Smart, smart dude. Congrats Duran70..... RIP Arnie, basically the Canadian version of Emanuel Steward. Those two coaches will NEVER be replaced.
PUGLET wrote: ↑21 Mar 2020, 12:16
What do Vernon Forrest, David Reid, Zahir Raheem, Vaughn Bean, Davarryl Williamson, Sechew Powell, Jimmy Zeikle, Adrien Broner, Timothy Bradley and Frank Gentile Jr all have in common?
Who is listed as 5'9", from Oklahoma, and has lost to J. Quarry, Machen, Frazier, Liston, Foreman, Bugner, Bobick, Lyle, and had a draw with Scott LeDoux?
Those two coaches will NEVER be replaced.