1. Name this ancient middleweight who had no equal.
2. Considered to be one of the greatest fighters of all time, known as the human windmill
3. Great Heavyweight champion who died in a car accident. He had a law written just for him. "Ghost in the house."
4. The Boston Strong Man
5. The first "Great White Hope"
6. Underdog Heavyweight champion that lost to Joe Louis.
7. Exciting ex-con fighter that put Big George Foreman on the floor.
8. The only fighter to fight both Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano
9. Former Heavyweight champion who died prematurely in 1970.
10. Trained fighters to use the "Peek-a-boo" style.
11. Fighter who inspired the movie "Rocky"
12. Great fighter who died flying to his birthday party.
13. Fought the "bum of the month"
14. Great heavyweight trainer who opposed Muhammad Ali on several occasions.
15. Fought in the "War at the Shore" against Michael Spinx
16. The last fighter Muhammad Ali faced.
17. Claimed Rocky Marciano couldn't carry his Jock Strap
18. Known as "The Onion Farmer"
19. The "Kid" who fought on the Gillette Cavalcade.
20. Famous old age fighter that trained George Foreman.
21. Light Heavyweight fighter who all but beat Joe Louis
Technically, you are correct.
Jim Jeffries fought Johnson before Willard. Willard actually beat Johnson, however.
Since Jeffries came before Willard, he could be considered the original white hope.
ANSWERS:
1. The Non-Pareill Jack Dempsey, Non Pareill meant without equal.
2. Harry "The Human Windmill" Greb
3. Jack Johnson
4. John L. Sullivan
5. Jess Willard
6. James J. Braddock--"The Cinderella Man"
7. Ron Lyle--A man who knows no fear
8. Archie Moore
9. Sonny Liston
10. Cus D'Amato
11. Chuck Wepner
12. Rocky Marciano
13. Joe Louis
14. Eddie Futch
15. Gerry Cooney
16. Trevor Berbick
17. Larry Holmes
18. Carmen Basilio
19. Kid Gavilan
20. Archie Moore
21. Billy Conn
Just off the top of my head.
1. Ray Robinson(although his best came at 147,. but saying he had no euqal takes me to Robinson)
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Jack johnson
4. John L Sulivan
5. Jim Jefferies
6. ?
7. Ron Lyle
8. Arcie Moore
9. ?
10. Cus D'Amato(althought lost have he's just the most famouse because of Tyson so thats why i went there)
11. Chuck Wepner(or Joe Frazier this has been debated before and I never heard Stallone talk about it)
12. ?
13. Joe Louis
14. Eddie Futch
15. Mike Tyson
15. Trevor Berbick
16. Larry Holmes(and it was the truth)
17. ?
18. Kid Choclate?
19. ?
20. Billy Conn
Now im gonna sit back and wait for someone to Google all this and play it off liek they knew it all along
damn u r good. i would like to retract my few wrong answers from the thread
1. Name this ancient middleweight who had no equal.
2. Considered to be one of the greatest fighters of all time, known as the human windmill
3. Great Heavyweight champion who died in a car accident. He had a law written just for him. "Ghost in the house."
4. The Boston Strong Man
5. The first "Great White Hope"
6. Underdog Heavyweight champion that lost to Joe Louis.
7. Exciting ex-con fighter that put Big George Foreman on the floor.
8. The only fighter to fight both Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano
9. Former Heavyweight champion who died prematurely in 1970.
10. Trained fighters to use the "Peek-a-boo" style.
11. Fighter who inspired the movie "Rocky"
12. Great fighter who died flying to his birthday party.
13. Fought the "bum of the month"
14. Great heavyweight trainer who opposed Muhammad Ali on several occasions.
15. Fought in the "War at the Shore" against Michael Spinx
15. The last fighter Muhammad Ali faced.
16. Claimed Rocky Marciano couldn't carry his Jock Strap
17. Known as "The Onion Farmer"
18. The "Kid" who fought on the Gillette Cavalcade.
19. Famous old age fighter that trained George Foreman.
20. Light Heavyweight fighter who all but beat Joe Louis
Just off the top of my head.
1. Ray Robinson(although his best came at 147,. but saying he had no euqal takes me to Robinson)
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Jack johnson
4. John L Sulivan
5. Jim Jefferies
6. ?
7. Ron Lyle
8. Arcie Moore
9. ?
10. Cus D'Amato(althought lost have he's just the most famouse because of Tyson so thats why i went there)
11. Chuck Wepner(or Joe Frazier this has been debated before and I never heard Stallone talk about it)
12. ?
13. Joe Louis
14. Eddie Futch
15. Mike Tyson
15. Trevor Berbick
16. Larry Holmes(and it was the truth)
17. ?
18. Kid Choclate?
19. ?
20. Billy Conn
Now im gonna sit back and wait for someone to Google all this and play it off liek they knew it all along
1. Name this ancient middleweight who had no equal.
2. Considered to be one of the greatest fighters of all time, known as the human windmill
3. Great Heavyweight champion who died in a car accident. He had a law written just for him. "Ghost in the house."
4. The Boston Strong Man
5. The first "Great White Hope"
6. Underdog Heavyweight champion that lost to Joe Louis.
7. Exciting ex-con fighter that put Big George Foreman on the floor.
8. The only fighter to fight both Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano
9. Former Heavyweight champion who died prematurely in 1970.
10. Trained fighters to use the "Peek-a-boo" style.
11. Fighter who inspired the movie "Rocky"
12. Great fighter who died flying to his birthday party.
13. Fought the "bum of the month"
14. Great heavyweight trainer who opposed Muhammad Ali on several occasions.
15. Fought in the "War at the Shore" against Michael Spinx
15. The last fighter Muhammad Ali faced.
16. Claimed Rocky Marciano couldn't carry his Jock Strap
17. Known as "The Onion Farmer"
18. The "Kid" who fought on the Gillette Cavalcade.
19. Famous old age fighter that trained George Foreman.
20. Light Heavyweight fighter who all but beat Joe Louis
1. Ray Robinson
5. Gerry Cooney
7. Ron Lyle
8. archie moore
14. floyd patterson
15. trevor berbick
16.larry holmes (this statement was true)
20.bob foster
i know this sucks but your test was very hard and i didn't want to use boxrec