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( a monthly feature from dmboxing.com )

1) On July 4, 1912 in Vernon, California, Joe Rivers lost his bid for the lightweight title vs. Ad Wolgast when the bout ended in one of the most controversial finishes in boxing history … the outcome was ?

a) double low blow

b) knockout after the bell

c) double knockout

d) knockout before the bell

2) When Larry Holmes won the WBC heavyweight championship (vs. Ken Norton) on June 9, 1978 … his manager and trainer was ?

a) Eddie Futch

b) Emanuel Steward

c) Richie Giachetti

d) Teddy Atlas

3) What former heavyweight champion was the referee for the lightweight title fight between Joe Gans vs. George Memsic on September 27, 1907 ?

a) John L. Sullivan

b) James J. Corbett

c) Bob Fitzsimmons

d) James J. Jeffries

answers will be available for viewing in about three weeks

1) James Figg was recognized as the first heavyweight champion in 1719. He had a grandson who also won the heavyweight title thirty-one years later. Who was he ?
ANSWER – Jack Slack

2) On February 28, 1961 at Madison Square Garden, New Your, what former heavyweight champion lost in a Boxer vs. Wrestler exhibition match to Buddy Rogers ?
ANSWER – Jersey Joe Walcott

3) Undisputed middleweight champions Carlos Monzon and Marvin Hagler had two things in common in their careers. One was they never made a comeback after retiring. What was the second thing ?
ANSWER – they were never knocked out

RING TRIVIA is a monthly feature presented by David Martinez Boxing for your enjoyment

a monthly feature from David Martinez Boxing

1) James Figg was recognized as the first heavyweight champion in 1719. He had a grandson who also won the heavyweight title thiry-one years later, Who was he ?

a) Jack Broughton

b) Peter Corcoran

c) Bill Darts

d) Jack Slack

2) On February 28, 1961 at Madison Square Garden, New York, what former heavyweight champion lost in a Boxer vs. Wrestler exhibition match to Buddy Rogers ?

a) Primo Carnera

b) Joe Louis

c) Jersey Joe Walcott

d) Ezzard Charles

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1) The Black Uhlan was the nickname of what former champion ?
answer is - Max Schmeling

2) As a young kid grwoing up, Roberto Duran idolized what “masked” wrestler ?
answer is – El Santo

3) In seventy-eight professional bouts, Eder Jofre only lost two and both were to one man … who was that man ?
answer is – Fighting Harada

RING TRIVIA is a monthly feature presented by dmboxing for your enjoyment


A monthly feature from dmboxing.com

1) The Black Uhlan was the nickname of what former champion ?
a) Freddie Mills
b) Llloyd Honeyghan
c) Nigel Benn
d) Max Schmeling

2) As a young kid growing up, Roberto Duran idolized what “masked” wrestler ?
a) Mil Mascaras
b) Torbellino Blanco
c) El Santo
d) The Destroyer

3) In seventy-eight professional bouts, Eder Jofre only lost two and both were to one man … who was that man ?
a) Vicente Saldivar
b) Jose Legra
c) Carlos Ortiz
d) Fighting Harada

(answers will be posted up for viewing in about three weeks)

1) Muhammad Ali “aka” Cassius Clay suffered his first knock down as a professional, in 1962, to what boxer ?
ANSWER – Sonny Banks

2) The late boxing trainer Howie Steindler trained many professional fighters in his career, who was his first ?
ANSWER – Eddie Shapiro

3) Mexican great Salvador Sanchez once fought the father of what former champion ?
ANSWER – Felix Trinidad

Three new RING TRIVIA questions are posted every month from David Martinez Boxing for your enjoyment … with answers available for viewing about three weeks later

1) In May 1989, who won the first ever newly created WBO heavyweight title ?
a) Francesco Damiani
b) Ray Mercer
c) Tyrell Biggs
d) Michael Dokes

2) What British boxer often wore “TRUE BRIT” embroidered on his trunks ?
a) Ricky Hatton
b) Nigel Benn
c) Frank Bruno
d) Chris Eubank

3) Jack Johnson (also) fought the brother of what heavyweight champion ?
a) Marvin Hart
b) Bob Fitzsimmons
c) Tommy Burns
d) Jim Jeffries

Three new RING TRIVIA questions are posted up every month … with answers available for viewing about three weeks later for your enjoyment!