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Obscure Boxing Trivia question
Posted: 08 Mar 2007, 05:29
by bollox
Which world champion defended his title twice with a 30 foot long tapeworm inside his body? (clue........it happened in the 50's)
Posted: 08 Mar 2007, 06:39
by 'Rocket'Rigby
That would be the Australian Jimmy Carruthers...who was also Australia's first universally recognized word champion.
Rocket
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Molon Labe!
Posted: 08 Mar 2007, 14:34
by bollox
'Rocket'Rigby wrote:That would be the Australian Jimmy Carruthers...who was also Australia's first universally recognized word champion.
Rocket
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Molon Labe!
Christ
. I thought this one may take a while to get. Well done
Posted: 10 Mar 2007, 19:42
by bollox
Decagon wrote:That one was on the old Boxing Wise Website for a decade.
What, the worm?
Posted: 14 Mar 2007, 11:12
by zojo
Serious question:
Did he by chance injest the tape worm on purpose to help him lose weight?
After all back in the early 20th century beauty magazines sold "pills" to help women lose weight without diet and exercise. These "pills" were actually tape-worm larve.