Quiz time

[Old bones Ian]

1, Name the first UK black promoter to promote a national title fight?

2, Which future heavyweight title challenger referred a heavyweight title fight at age 20.

3, what year was the last scheduled 20 round fight?

4, What world heavyweight title fight had the smallest crowd?

5, What was Boxing News prediction for the Hamed Vs Barrera fight?

[Delta Jay]

1, Name the first UK black promoter to promote a national title fight?

2, Which future heavyweight title challenger referred a heavyweight title fight at age 20.

3, what year was the last scheduled 20 round fight?

4, What world heavyweight title fight had the smallest crowd?

5, What was Boxing News prediction for the Hamed Vs Barrera fight?

1. No idea

2. Danny Williams

3. 1935

4. No idea

5. Hamed very early KO

[Fray Bentos]

1. Ricky Porter, Ambrose Mendy or Joe Frater - I would go for Joe Frater and his card headlining with Carl Thompson vs Steve Lewsam for the vacant British cruiserweight title.

3. Abe Simon vs Joe Louis - 1941.

[Old bones Ian]

1. Ricky Porter, Ambrose Mendy or Joe Frater - I would go for Joe Frater and his card headlining with Carl Thompson vs Steve Lewsam for the vacant British cruiserweight title.

3. Abe Simon vs Joe Louis - 1941.

Correct No1 Joe Frater

[Old bones Ian]

1, Name the first UK black promoter to promote a national title fight?

2, Which future heavyweight title challenger referred a heavyweight title fight at age 20.

3, what year was the last scheduled 20 round fight?

4, What world heavyweight title fight had the smallest crowd?

5, What was Boxing News prediction for the Hamed Vs Barrera fight?

1. No idea

2. Danny Williams

3. 1935

4. No idea

5. Hamed very early KO

1 to 4 incorrect

5 guess the round

[orbtastic]

Clay-Liston, smallest crowd.

[orbtastic]

Pretty sure Joe Louis had a scheduled 20 rounder (didn't go that far) in the early 40s.

[Fray Bentos]

Pretty sure Joe Louis had a scheduled 20 rounder (didn't go that far) in the early 40s.

He did - it was against Abe Simon but that was the last scheduled 20 round title fight.

Archie McBride in the sixties is throbbing away in my mind...

[Noxy]

BN Hamed vs Barrera prediction- round 3

[margaret thatcher]

Who was the predictor?

[Old bones Ian]

None of those are right, the 20 rounder wasn't a title fight.

[Old bones Ian]

Who was the predictor?

Claude Abrams

[Fray Bentos]

1, Name the first UK black promoter to promote a national title fight?

2, Which future heavyweight title challenger referred a heavyweight title fight at age 20.

3, what year was the last scheduled 20 round fight?

4, What world heavyweight title fight had the smallest crowd?

5, What was Boxing News prediction for the Hamed Vs Barrera fight?

2. Georges Carpentier

4. John L. Sullivan vs Jake Kilrain

[Controversial]

4, What world heavyweight title fight had the smallest crowd?

Ali vs Liston II

[olij999]

For number 3, how about this one from 1971 - https://boxrec.com/en/event/118455 ?

[Old bones Ian]

1, Name the first UK black promoter to promote a national title fight?

2, Which future heavyweight title challenger referred a heavyweight title fight at age 20.

3, what year was the last scheduled 20 round fight?

4, What world heavyweight title fight had the smallest crowd?

5, What was Boxing News prediction for the Hamed Vs Barrera fight?

2. Georges Carpentier

4. John L. Sullivan vs Jake Kilrain

No 2 correct , George Carpentier

No 4 incorrect

[Old bones Ian]

For number 3, how about this one from 1971 - https://boxrec.com/en/event/118455 ?

No 3 correct , well done

[Controversial]

4. John L. Sullivan vs Jake Kilrain

L

No 4 incorrect

Ali vs Liston II ?

[Old bones Ian]

L

No 4 incorrect

Ali vs Liston II ?

Correct

[Gnome]

20 rounds, bloody hell. Different breed, those lads!

[SteveO]

4, What world heavyweight title fight had the smallest crowd?

July 12th 1997: Only 1,982 attended the Lennox Lewis v Henry Akinwande WBC title fight.

[Coco]

4, What world heavyweight title fight had the smallest crowd?

July 12th 1997: Only 1,982 attended the Lennox Lewis v Henry Akinwande WBC title fight.

How many people attended Akinwande v Welch?

[Onamastus]

Holyfield versus Akinwande also had dire ticket sales, even with Roberto Duran on the card. Akinwande was box office coronavirus.

[SteveO]

July 12th 1997: Only 1,982 attended the Lennox Lewis v Henry Akinwande WBC title fight.

How many people attended Akinwande v Welch?

8,777

[Onamastus]

July 12th 1997: Only 1,982 attended the Lennox Lewis v Henry Akinwande WBC title fight.

How many people attended Akinwande v Welch?

Akinwande was the undercard, it was a Felix Trinidad event.