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TBooze
01-02-2008, 08:43 PM
Give it a go; the first five easy; the next five OK; then a fiendish four followed by the near impossible:

1: What was ironic nickname of Herol Graham?

2: Where (The venue) did Ken Buchanan lose his Lightweight World Championship?

3: Who in WBA or WBC Championship fights fought more complete rounds: Frank Bruno or Joe Bugner?

4: Who was the first British fighter to win either a WBA, WBC or IBF championship at Flyweight?

5: At what weight did Naseem Hamed win his first professional championship?

6: How many then current, future or past WBA, WBC or IBF Champions did Lloyd Honeyghan fight in his entire career?

7: What was the promotional title for Benn/Watson?

8: What did Herol Graham do to earn a point deduction in his fight with Mike McCallum?

9: For which famous boxing stable did Dennis Andries fight post his lost to Tommy Hearns?

10: What was the Fab Fours record against fighters from the UK?

11: What British fighters fought then future/current or past WBA and/or WBC Heavyweight champions in the 70s?

12: Who were the non British promoters of the Bruno/Whitherspoon fight?

13: Add the following up: Jim Watt’s successful defences of his world title; Nigel Benn’s pro defeats to non UK or Irish fighters; the amount of different countries Johnny Nelson fought in as a pro; the amount of different boxing gloves used in the first Ali/Cooper fight and the amount of times Andries fought Tom Collins?

14: Which former WBA title holder fought three British Heavyweights between 1981 and 1990; losing twice and winning once?

15: What is the name of the pub Charlie Magri has/does run?

16: On December 2nd 1987 Duke McKenzie beat substitute opponent Juan Herrera; who was supposed of been his original opponent?

17: Who said “I found a bad way to get famous”?

18: Add the following up: Peter Buckley’s wins; the amount of WBA, WBC and/or IBF champions the United Kingdom had between January 1st 1970 and December 31st 1999; the number of Lonsdale belts won outright between the start of 70 and the end of 99 and the number of then current WBA/WBC and/or IBF champions from the USA who fought in this country between January 1st 1970 and December 31st 1999.

Jack Dempsey
01-03-2008, 06:01 AM
Add another question in there.............

Who is Britains oldest surviving World Champ?