I have always been intrigued with boxing trivia. This actually began back when I was a young 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 the boxing trivia format to my website www.dmboxing.com for everyone to enjoy. On a quarterly basis I post five multiple choice questions – in March, June, September, and December – with the correct answers to follow by end of each posting month for your viewing.

David Martinez / Boxing Historian
 

1 — What boxer had the nickname “The Brooklyn Billy Goat”?
            a – Shannon Briggs
            b – Paddy DeMarco
            c – Riddick Bowe
            d – Junior Jones
 
2 — In his only professional defeat, who did Tyrone Everett lose to (by
split-decision) in a WBC junior lightweight title bout?
            a – Ben Villaflor
            b – Kuniaki Shibata
            c – Samuel Serrano
            d – Alfredo Escalera

 
3 — When Ring magazine founder and editor Nat Fleischer passed
away, his son-in-law replaced him as editor and chief; who was he?
            a – Nigel Collins
            b – Bert Sugar
            c – Stanley Weston
            d – Nat Loubet
 
 4 — Who was the first world champion from Puerto Rico?
              a  – Jose Torres
              b –  Edwin Rosario
              c  – Carlos Ortiz
              d – Sixto Escobar
 
  5 — What former NFL football player’s father fought Ken Norton,
winning once and losing once, while both were serving in the military?
              a – LaDainian Tomlinson
              b – Howie Long
              c – Anthony Munoz
              d – Michael Strahan