I have always been intrigued with boxing trivia. This actually began back when I was a kid in 1961. I would pick the minds of the older generation and ask questions about their era to educate myself. It’s now my pleasure to bring boxing trivia format to my website www.dmboxing.com for everyone to enjoy. On a quarterly basis I post five (5) multiple choice questions – in March, June, September, and December – with the correct answers to follow by end of each posting month for viewing.
David Martinez / Boxing Historian
1 – What professional boxer passed away in 2012 and willed his brain to the Boston University study of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a disease of brain caused by blows to the head ?
a) Hector Camacho
b) Johnny Lira
c) Johnny Tapia
d) Edwin Valero
2 – What opponent had the largest difference in age, 18 years and 8 months, in the professional career of Bernard Hopkins ?
a) Tavoris Cloud
b) Jean Pascal
c) Beibut Shumenov
d) Karo Murat
3 – Phil McGovern, younger brother of former bantamweight and featherweight champion Terry McGovern, began his professional boxing career at the young age of ?
a) 13
b) 14
c) 15
d) 16
4 – Former middleweight champion Carl Bobo Olson was born in ?
a) Puerto Rico
b) Costa Rica
c) Hawaii
d) New Zealand
5 – On July 4, 1919 Jess Willard was stopped by Jack Dempsey after three rounds. How many times was Willard dropped in the first round ?
a) 3
b) 5
c) 7
d) 9
Tough quiz.. 1. Camacho 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D
Correct Answers to be posted at the end of month for viewing – but your score was 1 right of 5 – FYI – that was #4