Trivia: 1st pro fight between Olympic champs?

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  1. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Klitschko-Povetkin is of course the last/latest pro fight, that has taken place between 2 Olympic gold medal winners...

    but when was the first time, 2 Olympic champions met in a pro fight?
     
  2. TheSouthpaw

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    Was it Ali Vs Frazier?
     
  3. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No - it was before Ali-Frazier.
     
  4. kingfisher3

    kingfisher3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    genaro v le barbra(sp) maybe?
     
  5. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Frankie genaro vs fidel labarba
     
  6. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    lababrba won a gold medal ?
     
  7. doug.ie

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    patterson v rademacher too obvious ??
     
  8. Bukkake

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    No, not Patterson vs Rademacher...

    and not Genaro vs Labarba either!
     
  9. kingfisher3

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    william smith v clarence walker 1925?
     
  10. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yep, that's the one... well done :good
     
  11. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    its one of those trivia questions I feel like I should have known :)....good stuff.
     
  12. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hmm... I don't know about that, Doug. I don't think this was an easy question.

    I bet quite a few will be surprised to find, that Genaro vs LaBarba is not the correct answer!
     
  13. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    i didnt mean to suggest it was easy...not at all

    I mean...it sounds like a trivia question that would be well known...it surprised me, thats all
     
  14. Bukkake

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    No, I didn't think, you were implying it was too easy. I was just trying to say, that you shouldn't feel bad about not getting it right, because it wasn't really as easy, as one might think.

    As you say, this looks like a trivia question that would be well known - and yet I doubt, if too many (even here on Classic) would know the answer off the top of their heads. I figured Genaro vs LaBarba would probably be the most obvious guess - which is why I posted this question, as the correct answer isn't all that obvious (I think?).