"Boxing 101" Important Boxing Trivia/Information thread! Post some Facts!

[DrewWoodside]

here a few more
I wonder how many people are aware that the great Alexis Arguello lost
his first fight BY KNOCKOUT in the first round?


I think Sam Langford and Harry Wills hold the record for the most meetings
between the same two boxers with 23 fights.

Jack Dempsey vs. Jess Willard in 1919 was the first fight to be broadcast
over the radio.

So now you are proabably saying "what was the first televised fight?"
It was in 1931 and featured Benny Leonard vs. Mickey Walker.

and one more for the road

The fight between Muhammad Ali and Earnie Shavers featured the first
women to judge a heavyweight title fight. Her name was Elva Shain.

- The first million dollar gate featured Jack Dempsey knocking out Georges Carpentier in the 4th round at Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, NJ on July 2, 1921. A lot of these names are reocurring. I work in Jersey City and IMO this area is really lame, this is probably one of the only cool things about the area. Arturo Gatti is from here but I don't ever run into him, so that doesn't count.

[MoneyMayFan]

-As of March 23, 2009 Winky whoop ass Wright is the most underated.

[DrewWoodside]

- In February of 2001, prior to turning professional, Valero was involved in a serious motorcycle accident. He fractured his skull and had to have surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain. He claims that his doctor in Venezuela cleared him to fight when he turned professional in 2002, but New York Athletic Commission was firm on their decision of keeping him out of the ring on US soil due to brain scan irregularities. He's since been cleared to fight in Texas.

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Most fights with same opponent- Sam Langford vs. Harry Wills (23)