RING TRIVIA "answers" June 2009

1) The first use of a motion picture camera to film a boxing match was on September 8, 1894 at the Thomas Edison Kinetoscope Laboratory, Orange, New Jersey … who did heavyweight champion James Corbett fight ?
answer is – Peter Courtney

2) Shortly after his retirement from the ring, former lightweight champion, Paddy DeMarco worked at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas … where he was a … ?
answer is – card dealer

3) In 1899, middleweight Tommy West won on a foul over Jack Bonner after eight rounds, because he was blinded with what substance found on the gloves of Bonner ?
answer is – mustard oil

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