Boxing History Quiz

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.

Max Bear. You sure Jim Jeffries wasn't the original White Hope, considering they coaxed him from retirement adn 300+ pounds to fight Jack Johnson?

One More Question Heavyweight father of Jethro Bodine.

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

when r u going to post the answers?

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