It's been a while, since we had a real trivia quiz, so I thought we might try this. The rules: World titles/champions: Recognized by BoxRec. Knockout: KO, TKO, RTD Inside the distance: A fight that fails to go the full scheduled distance - for whatever reason! HOFer: Member of IBHOF, regardless of category. Ok, here we go: ROUND 1: Joe Louis made his pro debut in 1934 - and by the end of that year he was already ranked #9 by The Ring. Which heavyweight was ranked even higher than Louis, by the end of his rookie year? Big Boy Brown (hhascup) ROUND 2: Longest time between two wins in world title fights (from one win to the next): 1. George Foreman: 20 years, 7 months, 10 days (from Norton to Moorer). 2. ? Randall Bailey (hhascup) ROUND 3: I lost 3 world titles in the ring - in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd round. Who am I? Kuniaki Shibata (hhascup) ROUND 4: Non-HOFers who defeated the most HOFers: 1. Johnny Risko (7) 2. ? Jimmy Leto (hhascup) ROUND 5: Name the first world champion, who competed in TWO Olympic Games. Franco Udella (Humean) ROUND 6: Jimmy Wilde is the only world champion to score knockout wins in EVERY round from 1 thru 15. Which non-champion has also done this? Archie Sexton (hhascup) ROUND 7: Which two boxers shared the most world champions? (Edit clue: We're looking for two men who shared 9 world champions. All 9, by the way, are HOFers!) Charlie White & Joe Mandot (hhascup) ROUND 8: Which boxer can claim to be the SOLE conqueror of TWO world champions? Virgil Hill (Humean) ROUND 9: Name the first son af a former world champion, who challenged for a world title. Edit Clue: The father never got to see his son fight for a world title, as he died almost 15 years earlier. Dario Victor Galindez (hhascup) ROUND 10: Name the only boxer, who has fought 2 world champions AT LEAST 10 times each. Jack Dillon (Drew101) ROUND 11: Which champ lost by knockout in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th round - BEFORE winning a world title? Tiger Flowers (hhascup) ROUND 12: Which champ lost by knockout in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th round - AFTER winning a world title? Juan Polo Perez (hhascup) ROUND 13: Which boxer took part in the most world title bouts, that ended inside the distance - in the SAME round? Pipino Cuevas (hhascup) ROUND 14: 1. ? 2. Gorilla Jones 3. Panama Al Brown 4. Joe Lynch Jimmy Goodrich (hhascup) ROUND 15: Len Wickwar had more fights and more wins than anybody else - but who holds the record for most DEFEATS? Kristian Laight (Humean)
My best effort for now. R1.....Evander Holyfield? R2.....Eder Jofre? R3 R4 R5.....Mate Parlov? R6 R7 R8.....Virgil Hill R9.....Marvis Frazier? R10 R11 R12 R13 R14.....Kid Gavilan? R15.....Kristian Laight
So after two days, it took a brave newcomer to kick this off… Virgil Hill and Kristian Laight are both correct. Well done! R1: Holyfield was ranked #8 at cruiserweight by the end of '85 (his second pro year). We're looking for someone who was ranked higher than Louis at heavyweight, by the end of his first (calendar) year as a pro. R2: Jofre went almost 8½ years from his last successful defense at bantam to his first title win at featherweight. A long time - but not quite long enough for 2nd place in this category. R5: Parlov isn't a bad guess - but another two-time Olympian came before him. R9: Marvis Frazier's fight against WBC champion Holmes was not sanctioned as being for the world title. If Frazier had won, the WBC would have declared the title vacant. R14: Kid Gavilan isn't the correct answer… but you're on the right track!
Yeah… the boxer with the most knockouts ever (138 by BoxRec's latest count), would of course be a "prime suspect" for a question like this!.
Round 1, I'm pretty sure, is Leon Spinks. He turned pro in early 77 and by the end of the year had secured a top-10 rating and a shot at Muhammad Ali.
Spinks is almost the correct answer! By the end of his rookie year he was ranked #9, the same as Louis. But we're looking for someone ranked higher than Louis.
Pac has of course won lots of title fights between 98 and now. But we're looking for the longest "non-winning" (when it comes to world title fights) time between 2 world title wins. In other words, from one title win to the next.