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RING TRIVIA for August 2011
( a monthly feature from David Martinez Boxing … answers always available for viewing three weeks later )
1) Top heavyweight contender from 1960’s and 1970’s, Alvin Lewis, had a nickname of a color … what was it ?
a) Red
b) Lavender
c) Ebony
d) Blue
2) In September 1999, what song did Oscar De La Hoya use as a theme song prior to his title fight with Felix Trinidad ?
a) Runnin’ Down a Dream – by Tom Petty
b) Tonight Tonight Tonight – by Phil Collins
c) Eye of the Tiger – by Survivor
d) Bailamos – by Enrique Iglesias
3) In December 1952, middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson announced he was retiring … who fought for his vacated title ?
a) Randy Turpin vs. Bobo Olson
b) Rocky Grazianio vs. Tony Zale
c) Tony Janiro vs. Johnny Bratton
d) Carmen Basilio vs. Ralph Jones