Guess the champ by weight class & professional career duration

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  1. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    Nah, I'll let others do this. It was fun watching round 14. Although I doubt it will happen, if people can't get it or stop trying then I will give it a shot.
     
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  2. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The ‘missile’ second-round hint was indeed the one that pointed me to the Torpedo. So far all of guesses (the few correct and the many incorrect) have come without benefit of boxrec, so I’ll keep firing shots in the dark, haha.
     
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  3. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    My first round of guesses will be based on the hint meaning guys who won a world title, lost it and came back to become champ again.

    Middle: Gene Fullmer

    Junior middle: Terry Norris

    Light heavyweight: Marvin Johnson
     
  4. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    More or less that, yeah. It's "guys with multiple (3+) world title reigns all within a single division and none other".

    Different MW.

    Yes! All four of his championship reigns (three WBC and one IBF) from 1990-1997 took place at 154lbs. :thumbsup:

    Right again! Pops visited the LHW well thrice over a nine year span: one WBC and two WBA reigns.
     
  5. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sweet. If no one else gets it after I get done with a bunch of work stuff today I’ll think on that middleweight answer.

    NOTE: I, again, did not go to boxrec but I did peek at the Wikipedia list of champs in each division looking to make sure guys I was thinking off repeated. Did not look up their career lengths.

    Good to see one of my all-time faves — Pops Johnson — get some love here.
     
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  6. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think this comes down to … William Joppy?

    Bernard Hopkins is the only other middleweight champ I can think of who might it the bill but he fought far longer than 18 years.
     
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  7. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Joppy is correct! @Saintpat with the final point of GTCBWCAPCD!
     
  8. Drew101

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    Tremendous thread.
     
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  9. Saintpat

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    I finished strong in the championship rounds but I don’t think I pulled out the decision, haha.
     
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  10. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    RETROSPECTIVE

    Round 1
    Heavyweight, twenty years, three months, five days
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    Welter/Middleweight, twelve years, five months, twenty-nine days
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    Light/Welter/Light Middleweight, sixteen years, five months, twelve days
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    Hint: All from the Western hemisphere, and grew up in home states all bordering the same ocean.
    Additional hint: All three grew up in states on the Atlantic seaboard on the N. American tectonic plate.
    Winner: @Bukkake

    Round 2
    Flyweight, 11 years, 11 months, 12 days
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    Middleweight, 13 years, 1 month, 11 days
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    Bantam/Feather, 19 years, 6 months, 9 days
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    Hint: All have something in common with each other as well as someone boxing media referred to as "best to never win a title" (Jimmy Bivins)...
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    Winner: @Fogger

    Round 3
    4 weight champ, 22 years, 5 months, 7 days
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    3 weight champ, 23 years, 3 months, 17 days
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    Single division champ, 13 years, 1 month, 17 days
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    Hint: 2 held belts at welter. 2 had 93%+ amateur victory rates. All lost in trials attempting to make Olympic squads. Something unites them...
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    Winner: @Bukkake (@George Crowcroft got the commonality hint)

    Round 4
    Featherweight, 15 years, 1 month, 8 days
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    Heavyweight, 15 years, 9 months, 23 days
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    Bantam/Super Bantamweight, 17 years, 11 months, 24 days
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    Featherweight, 16 years, 2 months, 11 days
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    Heavyweight, 18 years, 10 months, 19 days
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    Hint: All five have a ******* (rhymes with the last name of an inductee under the "Old Timer" category of the IBHOF) that also *** * ***** *****.
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    Winner: @Fogger

    Round 5
    Featherweight/Super Featherweight, 12 years, 1 month, 7 days
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    Welterweight/Middleweight, 11 years, 6 months, 15 days
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    Heavyweight, 17 years, 1 month, 11 days
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    Hint: Metamorphosis.
    Winner: @Bukkake (@Fogger guessed the hint -
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    Round 6
    Heavyweight, 12 years, 9 months, 23 days
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    Middleweight, 13 years, 10 months, 19 days
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    Light heavyweight, 18 years, 5 months, 27 days
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    Hint: All pulled a "reverse Mickey"... (
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    Winner: @Fogger

    Round 7
    Lightweight, 20 years, 1 month, 5 days
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    Heavyweight, 10 years, 4 months, 16 days
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    Welterweight, 16 years, 8 months, 4 days
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    Hint: The Borrowers. (
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    Co-Winners: @Fogger and @Bukkake

    Round 8
    Heavyweight, 16 years, 2 months, 13 days
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    Lightweight, 17 years, 7 months, 6 days
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    Bantamweight, 11 years, 3 months, 24 days
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    Hint: "The last of their kind..." (
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    Winner: @Drew101

    Round 9
    Mini Flyweight, 7 years, 2 months, 28 days
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    Super Bantam/Feather/Super Feather, 14 years, 8 months, 3 days
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    Bantam/Super Bantam/Feather, 21 years, 8 months, 12 days
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    Junior Feather, 14 years, 5 months, 7 days
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    Hint: Jingleheimers. (
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    Winner: @Drew101

    Round 10
    Light Heavyweight, 13 years, 1 month, 0 days
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    Lightweight, Welterweight, Light Middleweight, Middleweight, 33 years, 4 months, 21 days
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    Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, Heavyweight, 28 years, 11 months, 19 days
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    Heavyweight, 20 years, 3 months, 24 days
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    Hint: "Nice...kitty..." (backing away nervously) -
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    Co-Winners: @Jel and @Fogger

    Round 11
    Welterweight, 5 years, 9 months, 7 days
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    Junior Lightweight, 11 years, 1 month, 26 days
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    Super Featherweight, 9 years, 3 months, 16 days
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    Strawweight, 11 years, 11 months, 12 days
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    Hint: To quote the beloved Hot Wheels commercials of my childhood, "Leadin' The Way! :ibutt" (
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    Winner: @Fogger

    Round 12
    Bantamweight, Featherweight, Super Bantamweight, 16 years, 9 months, 25 days
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    Middleweight, 13 years, 8 months, 11 days
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    Light welterweight, 14 years, 1 month, 14 days
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    Hint: One more for the road... (
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    Winner: @Fogger
    Bonus:
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    , although he unretired this month. @Fogger also got this one.

    Round 13
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    Light Heavyweight, 18 years, 6 months, 3 days
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    Lightweight, 10 years, 6 months, 8 days
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    Hint: Wham, bam, thank you champ. (
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    Winner: @Saintpat (the HW fighter was an IB goof, forgetting that Louis and not Schmeling was a defending champ in their rematch. Shouldn't have been included. I'm still giving Pat that extra point, though)

    Round 14
    Featherweight, 29 years, 27 days
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    Light Middleweight, 30 years, 11 months, 22 days
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    Featherweight, Lightweight, Welterweight*, 13 years, 6 months, 17 years
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    Hint: A dying breed. (
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    Co-Winners: @Saintpat and @Drew101

    Round 15
    Middleweight, 18 years, 14 days
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    Light Middleweight, 12 years, 3 months, 17 days
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    Light Heavyweight, 14 years, 1 day
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    Hint: Trips to the Well... (all championship reigns - 3+ - in same division)
    Winner: @Saintpat
     
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  11. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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  12. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Iron Mike was the only duplicate/recycled answer. (rounds 1 & 10)
     
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  13. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wish I had jumped into the fray earlier. Great job of research and entertaining topic @IntentionalButt
     
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