1) When Kenny Lane KO’ed Elmer Lakotas, July 28, 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin … what former heavyweight champion refereed their lightweight bout ?
answer is – Jack Dempsey
2) Former welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight champion Felix Trinidad was undefeated (40-0) when he lost his first” professional fight … to who ?
answer is – Bernard Hopkins
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1) The late undefeated (49-0) heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano was only knocked down twice in his professional career … by whom ?
a) Rex Lane and Harry Matthews
b) Roland La Starza and Don Cockell
c) Jersey Joe Wallcot and Archie Moore
d) Ezzard Charles and Joe Louis
2) In 1996, the movie “The Great White Hype” starring Samuel L. Jackson, Damon Wayans and Peter Berg was based on what heavyweight fight ?
a) Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry
b) Ken Norton vs. Duane Bobick
c) Ron Lyle vs. Scott Le Doux
d) Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney
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