Boxing Trivia

[TheEvilSaint]

Alright, here's one that shouldn't be as difficult...

Of the post-bareknuckle eras (basically the late 1800's and beyond), who was the first southpaw to win a world title in ANY of the weight divisions?

tiger flowers.

[Yogi]

tiger flowers.

Good answer, and you're right in the ballpark...Same weight division (Middleweight), but about a decade before that.

[TheEvilSaint]

Good answer, and you're right in the ballpark...Same weight division (Middleweight), but about a decade before that.

billy papke.

[Yogi]

billy papke.

You're getting closer, but the guy won the title about 5 to 7 years after Papke won it. Here's a hint...The Ring is on record as saying he was the worst Middleweight champion in the history of the division.

[Tha Greatest]

Yogi I think your Qs are scaring people away lol

[TheEvilSaint]

Yogi I think your Qs are scaring people away lol

even im getting a little rattled by them...

[Yogi]

Yogi I think your Qs are scaring people away lol

You think?

****, that's not what I was intending, at all.

[Tha Greatest]

You think?

****, that's not what I was intending, at all.

lol

I mean, it's from WAY to long ago, not many people know the boxers from the pioneer years..

[TheEvilSaint]

**** yogi, who is it?

[Yogi]

even im getting a little rattled by them...

Ok bro, the answer to the last one was Al McCoy, who "was undoubtably the most unimpressive and mediocre scrapper that ever held the leadership of the middleweight class", according to The Ring.

I've got a funny story about McCoy that I'll share if anyone's interested.