What's your best boxing trivia question?

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  1. Scottrf

    Scottrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Leon Spinks?
     
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  2. Del Boy

    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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    Bingo :good
     
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    Scottrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    OK. First southpaw world champion?
     
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    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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    I'll be surprised if someone gets this quickly.

    Who was the first southpaw?
     
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    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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    Oh my god what a coincidence :lol:

    The first southpaw world champion was Al McCoy World middleweight champion 1914

    Now answer my question who was the first ever Southpaw?
     
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  6. Scottrf

    Scottrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gloved?
     
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    ScubaSteve Dwylo o Garreg Full Member

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    Does this include bareknuckle?
     
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    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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    Well the one I have in mind goes back as far as C19th if i remember correctly so yes i guess so.
     
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  9. ScubaSteve

    ScubaSteve Dwylo o Garreg Full Member

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    I've no idea.
     
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    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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    Maybe he wasnt bare knuckle I dont know for sure. Ill give the answer if nobody gets it
     
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  11. Jack Dempsey

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    I've got a great question that I know the answer to but cant find the question part, read it in a boxing book or magazine a few weeks ago and now cant remember where

    It was a good one too

    Doh!!
     
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    Bendigo was a southpaw I think....
     
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    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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    Hmm thats a good one now, i'll look in to him some more.

    The name i was looking for was Mike Schreck. A rather average Heavyweight who fought Langford and Tommy Burns. Debut in 1899. Hes widely regarded as the first southpaw but its very possible that there was more
     
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  14. ScubaSteve

    ScubaSteve Dwylo o Garreg Full Member

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    I thought back then they tried to discourage the southpaw stance, thinking that it "was the wrong way round."

    I remember reading an article about fighters from around that time being natural southpaws, but being "trained into" using an orthodox stance. I can't think of any examples at the minute though.
     
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  15. Scottrf

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    Jeffries and Corbett.
     
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