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ade the grenade wrote:Which singer boxed successfully on the amateur Golden Gloves circuit for a short time, winning twenty-two bouts, but abandoned the sport shortly after his nose was broken in his twenty-fourth boxing match?

Terence Trent Derby.

Bundana wrote:Billy Joel

5 points

Which boxer won a world title, which was later ruled as a no contest and then lost every fight for the remainder of his career?

Thomas Molinares

orbtastic wrote:Thomas Molinares

5 points.

Whose sister died on stage with Marvin Gaye?

Tammi Terrell? I'm not sure she was related to Earnie, although it's said she took his name after some sort of marriage of convenience?

Jean Terrell was Ernie's sister.

She ain't dead...

Which ex Commonwealth (not telling you the weight!) champion is also a member of MENSA?

Piper. I was at the men paystation a few years back and a couple were having some sort of change problem. He stepped in to help and I couldn't help make a comment about his maths skills and Mensa. He chuckled.

orbtastic wrote:Piper. I was at the men paystation a few years back and a couple were having some sort of change problem. He stepped in to help and I couldn't help make a comment about his maths skills and Mensa. He chuckled.

Spot on 5 points!

Which great champion did not manage to avenge his first defeat despite engaging in a three fight series with his nemesis?

Who was DQ'd against a former World Heavyweight champion for not answering the bell for the 9th round, believing the fight was scheduled as an 8-rounder? Both boxers please.....

Why did featherweight Andrew Smith pull out of his fight against Ervine Blake?

Marty Jakubowski was due to fight Terry Williams, but Williams pulled out and was replaced by Verdell Smith. What was odd about that?

Williams and Smith is the same boxer.

Tomasino wrote:Which great champion did not manage to avenge his first defeat despite engaging in a three fight series with his nemesis?

Fidel LaBarba

orbtastic wrote:Tammi Terrell? I'm not sure she was related to Earnie, although it's said she took his name after some sort of marriage of convenience?

Proper ballsed that up I've thóught for years Tammi as Sarnies sister.

I'm curious who got DQ'd. It rings a bell.

The card in the Bahamas is famous for being Ali's last fight but it's also less well known for something else, what is it?

Tomasino wrote:Which great champion did not manage to avenge his first defeat despite engaging in a three fight series with his nemesis?

Flash Elorde against Shig Kaneko.

orbtastic wrote:I'm curious who got DQ'd. It rings a bell.

The card in the Bahamas is famous for being Ali's last fight but it's also less well known for something else, what is it?

The promoters had forgotten to supply equipment - there was no official timepiece, so a hasty search was made and someone came up with a stopwatch. Then it was discovered there was no real bell to end the rounds, but after a look around a cowbell was found and used.

orbtastic wrote:I'm curious who got DQ'd. It rings a bell.

The card in the Bahamas is famous for being Ali's last fight but it's also less well known for something else, what is it?

Clue - The DQ fight took place in 1994....

with out looking him up what is david radford's claim to fame

ade the grenade wrote:

orbtastic wrote:I'm curious who got DQ'd. It rings a bell.

The card in the Bahamas is famous for being Ali's last fight but it's also less well known for something else, what is it?

The promoters had forgotten to supply equipment - there was no official timepiece, so a hasty search was made and someone came up with a stopwatch. Then it was discovered there was no real bell to end the rounds, but after a look around a cowbell was found and used.

Yeah that's all true.

I was thinking more about the gloves but that covers it. They all had to share the same pair of gloves, although Hearns and his oppo used gloves they had taken over for sparring (which wouldn't fly anywhere else outside the Bahamas due to them being more likely to cause cuts) and subsequently picked up a cut requiring 30 stitches.