How well do you know your Philadelphian Light Heavyweights?

[Obama]

Philadelphia's Greatest Light Heavyweights (chronological order):

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
Battling Levinsky
Tommy Loughran
Harold Johnson
Matthew Saad Muhammad

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Game Rules:

So here's the challenge, since none of these guys fought each other, you have to connect them to each other by the opponents they fought.

Example #1

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien fought Random1
Random1 fought Random2
Random2 fought Battling Levinsky

The less transitions the better, but there's a catch. You cannot transition if a Philadelphia fighter (any weight class) is not involved. Meaning in the above example, either Random1 or Random2 would have to be from Philadelphia. If you match two Philadelphia fighters together, this will also make your list better. Italicize those on your list who aren't Philadelphia fighters.

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Points System:

You gain a point for every transition you make.
You lose a point for every time you match two Philadelphia fighters together.
The lower your score the better. The lowest possible score is 0.

Example #2

*Assume Random1, Random5, and Random7 are from Philadelphia

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien fought Random1 (+0)
Random1 fought Random2 (+1)
Random2 fought Battling Levinsky (+1)
Battling Levinsky fought Random3 (+1)
Random3 fought Tommy Loughran (+1)
Tommy Loughran fought Random4 (+1)
Random4 fought Random5 (+1)
Random5 fought Harold Johnson (+0)
Harold Johnson fought Random6 (+1)
Random6 fought Random7 (+1)
Random7 fought Matthew Saad Muhammad (+0)

Total Score = 8

In the event of a tie, whoever has more world class Philly fighters on their list wins.

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Extra Credit:

Continue from Matthew Saad Muhammad to Bernard Hopkins.
(Very tricky)

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I managed to score 6 without Hopkins, and 12 with him. Let's see if you can do better.

[GJC]

Sounds like fun but all you Americans look the same to me so i'll opt out of this one.

[Obama]

Sounds like fun but all you Americans look the same to me so i'll opt out of this one.

Where did this come from, and what relevance does it have?

[GJC]

Where did this come from, and what relevance does it have?

I was joking chill out my friend.
Being a Brit the whole state thing escapes me to be honest so Americans are Americans.

[Obama]

I was joking chill out my friend.
Being a Brit the whole state thing escapes me to be honest so Americans are Americans.

Philadelphia is a city, not a state. But I get it now.

[GJC]

Philadelphia is a city, not a state. But I get it now.

I know Philly has a hell of a boxing tradition but i'd be really hammering boxingrec to figure out who comes from where.

[ßringer]

Off the top of my head.

Matthew Saad Muhammad fought Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Dwight Muhammad Qawi fought Nate Miller
Nate Miller fought Ron Preston

I'll have to really think to come up with a really long one. When I have more free time I'm going to put some thought into this.

[Slimey Limey]

I know Philly has a hell of a boxing tradition but i'd be really hammering boxingrec to figure out who comes from where.

Then fook off from here and let the Philly lads do their thing?

[GJC]

Then fook off from here and let the Philly lads do their thing?

Matron late with the medication again?

[Obama]

Off the top of my head.

Matthew Saad Muhammad fought Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Dwight Muhammad Qawi fought Nate Miller
Nate Miller fought Ron Preston

I'll have to really think to come up with a really long one. When I have more free time I'm going to put some thought into this.

Ron Preston....here' something that MAY work (around January time next year)

Ron Preston fought Caseny Truesdale
Caseny Truesdale fought Steve Cunningham
Steve Cunningham fought Tomasz Adamek
Tomasz Adamek fought Bernard Hopkins?