The Kurgan's 6 degrees of Peter Buckley thread last week got me thinking: What would be the ultimate challenge (from a boxing-trivia point of view, of course) in this game? Wouldn't it be to find the shortest link between boxing's smallest and biggest champion... separated by almost a century in time and more than 200 lbs in weight? So... who can come up with the shortest connection between the two?
Jimmy Wilde-Pancho Villa-Jimmy McLarnin-Young Corbett III-Billy Conn-Joe Louis-Jersey Joe Walcott-Harold Johnson-Henry Hank-Humphrey McBride-Buster Mathis-John Dino Denis-George Foreman-Evander Holyfield-Nikolay Valuev
Nice to see someone not too shy to have a go at this! I count 13 names between Wilde and Valuev... which is now the number to beat.
It is not six but: Wilde-Villa-McLarnin-Ambers-Armstrong-Robinson-Maxim-Moore-Ali-Foreman-Holyfield-Valuev
Jimmy Wilde - Pancho Villa - Jimmy McLarnin - Lou Ambers - Henry Armstrong - Sugar Ray Robinson - Joey Maxim - Floyd Patterson - Muhammad Ali - Larry Holmes - Evander Holyfield - Nikolay Valuev Edit: A bit too late, it seems...
The headline is not meant to imply, that it can be done using just 6 names... which I'm pretty sure it can't! But you have cut it down to 10, which is pretty good - but there's an even shorter way.
I can see, you posted this at the same time as TBooze... so:good for another good, slightly different, "10" effort.
Now we're talking!! You have cut the number of names in the link to 8 - and I would be very surprised, if it can be done with less. So unless someone can come up with a "7", I believe you take the credit for this one. Excellent job!
There is one that still no one has done, but is possible: Highway Robbers: Sven Ottke to Dick Turpin in six moves...
