religious/historic figures as boxers

Very good analogy based on historical fact.

 

The long posponed bout between Ronald "Renalso Magnus" Reagan, and Mike "I've got a purple blotch on my head" Gorbachav turns into a decisive victory for Reagan, for the Unified World Title and retirement for Gorby.

 

Typo again. That's RENALDO Magnus. I'm batting a thousand today with typos.

 

Richard 'Not A Crook' Nixon, shady light heavyweight who's biggest victory over George McGovern was later his undoing, as it appeared he had secretly recorded McGovern's training camp and tactics, and had paid off the judges.

Retired in humiliating shame, after a major investigation into the fight in 1974

 

John Fitzgerald Kennedy wins a razor thin, disputed decision over Richard Milhouse Nixon. Kennedy, despite being the media darling, and his flashy style and pretty boy, glamorous image, could only manage to eke out a debateable split decision over a capable, plodding Nixon, who finishes well, and in good sportsmanship, dosen't overly contest the decision.

 

Powerful and popular Ronald Reagan of California destroys puny, ineffective defending champion Jimmy "Peanut Brain" Carter in one of the most one sided matches in history. 4 years later, Reagan defends his title successfully against the challenge of the "Minnesota Mushmouth" Walter Mondale in another easy ko win. After unifying the title by crushing the aforementioned Mike Gorbachav, Reagan retires undefeated, leaving a guy named Bush to pick up the vacated title.

 

Only then will I eat my humble pie... hot

 

Reagan would also bring showbiz into boxing; comming out to The Wizard of Oz's If I only had a brain.

 

Oh please... everybody knows Hitler took a dive :bart

 

Wasn't one U.S. champion sabotaged by a few of his own seconds? Rumor has it a former sparring partner wanted his own glory so bad and just couldn't wait and became champion without throwing a punch at the reigning champion. This remained only a rumor. Anyway the sparring partner's championship reign was a troubled and unpopular one.

 

So you claim.

 

This is a very good one, almost like a riddle, except I'm not smart enough to figure it out. Another clue please?

 

In the movie The Rock, the very last line spoken -- was it by Sean Connery or by Nicholas Cage? -- was asking the same question indirectly. Who was the Texan who became champion without actually defeating the reigning champion?

 

Yes I do. And by the time the Allied got to him he was pretty much shot anyway. A prime Adolf "The Hitman" Hitler would have troubled anyone.

 

his star shined the brightest from unarguably a very deep division during the era. was in an elite group of fighters 'the big 4' alongside roosevelt, stalin and churchill. was top of the heap in a division littered with strong contenders such as mussolini (though critics of 'duce' argue he was too much style over substance), franco (whos longetivity was legend), de gaul (who was then a young star on the rise), rounded out by asian tigers tojo and chiang. armed with a great arsenal of punches combined with a relentless, fast, hard hitting attacking style (pretty tame stuff by todays standards, they were real revolutionary in the 40's) Adi's reign of dominance in the late 30's- early 40's was total.