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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

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

Gold medalist Ronnie Harris

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

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 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

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??

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?

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

bugger, too easy.

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

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

bugger, too easy.

James, you asked this question on another running thread.