ESB Trivia Challenge

I saw something like this before so I know all the answers, so I'll back off on this one for a while. I am in Atlantic City for the fights tonight, as I have to hand out a Championship Belt in the main event, but like you stated, some of these questions are a little tricky.

 

1. Jeffries
2.5?
3.None
4.Tom Sharkey
5.None
6.Jim Mcormick
7.Frank Gotch?
8.Pass :huh
9.Jim Flynn
10.Cassius X ?
I don't suppose I got many right, but I didn't cheat.

 

8. Hint: He is the only Welterweight Champion to ever be rated in the Top 10 as a Heavyweight. I also knew him very well.

9. Who was the first person to knock out the World Champion Jack Dempsey?
Hint: This Dempsey wasn't the World Champion at that time he was KO'ed by Flynn, BUT another Jack Dempsey was.

 

1. Who was the first fighter to retire as undefeated heavyweight champion of the world (Gloved rules)?

James Jeffries

2. How many light heavyweights have ever won a World Heavyweight championship fight?

Presuming you mean anyone who was previously a Light-Heavyweight. Or do you mean someone who weighed as a LHW?

3. How many coloured fighters did John L Sullivan defend the world title against?

None

4. Which fighter landed the last ever bareknuckle punch in a world championship fight.

Tom Sharkey (On James Jeffries after his glove came off)

5. Which reigning world champion did Sugar Ray Robinson defeat to become the world welterweight champion?

No-one the title was vacant.

6. Who was the last fighter that John L Sullivan knocked out in a boxing match.

Not sure.

7. Which high profile former champion wrote a series of articles challenging James J Jeffries to a unification bout when Jeffries was champion?

Jim Corbett

8. Which former world champion fought a world Welterweight, Middleweight, Light heavyweight and world heavyweight champion in a two year period?

Not sure

9. Who was the first person to knock out the World Champion Jack Dempsey?

Bob Fitzsimmons

10. What was the name that Cassius Clay adopted straight after winning the world Title from Sonny Liston?

Cassius X

 

8) C'mon people, this one's easy, and it's not as if we haven't discussed him extensively here!

 

4) It was Jeffries who landed with a bare fist on Sharkey (only know this cos I've read a Sharkey and Jeffries biography in the past two weeks) :bbb

 

8 ) I can only guess Carpentier (he fought Lewis, Papke, Siki and Dempsey) .... was it in a two year period though? :?


**Edit ...... Just thought of Mickey Walker too

 

Bingo! Mickey did it in a later time frame than many would consider. Newly dethroned HW Schmeling in September 1932, about to be crowned MW Brouillard (who would take it from Ben Jeby in his next fight) in July 1933, reigning LHW kingpin Rosenbloom in November 1933, and WW Young Corbett III in August 1934 (usurped in one round at 147 the previous May in by McLarnin). All four opponents were in their primes. The Toy Bulldog ducked nobody. (Part of the swerve here may be that Walker went 0-4 in these bouts, although he did win a ten round rematch with Slapsie in May 1934, immediately before the Corbett loss.)

 

i thought of mickey walker as well

 

Carpentier fought Papke in 1912, Walker is the one he wants.

 

Like I said, I knew him very well, and he was the only Welterweight Champion to be rated in the top 10 in the Heavyweight division.

I have to leave pretty soon as we have a meeting before tonight's boxing show at Bally's in Atlantic City.

 

As always, thanks for chiming in!

 

8-Mickey Walker