🧠 Boxing Quiz

Question

1easyWhich heavyweight champion was nicknamed 'The Greatest' and famously declared 'I am the greatest' throughout his career?

Answer 1

💡 Muhammad Ali

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Muhammad Ali famously coined the phrase 'I am the greatest' and was widely known by the nickname 'The Greatest'. He began proclaiming himself the greatest even before winning his first heavyweight title, and the nickname stuck throughout his legendary career.

Answer 2

💡 12

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World championship bouts have been contested over 12 rounds since 1982, when the standard was reduced from 15 rounds following the death of Duk Koo Kim after a 14th-round stoppage by Ray Mancini. All major sanctioning bodies (WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO) use 12 rounds for title fights.

Answer 3

💡 Rabbit punch

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A rabbit punch is the term for a blow to the back of the head or neck, and is illegal in boxing due to the serious risk of spinal cord injury or brain damage. The name comes from the technique used to kill rabbits with a sharp blow to the back of the skull.

Answer 4

💡 Kinshasa

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The 'Rumble in the Jungle' took place on 30 October 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). Ali defeated Foreman using his famous 'rope-a-dope' strategy to reclaim the heavyweight title.

Answer 5

💡 Floyd Mayweather

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Ricky Hatton, who fought out of Manchester and was adored by his 'Hatton Army' of fans, was stopped in the tenth round by Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in December 2007.

Answer 6

💡 Clinching

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Clinching is indeed the correct term for holding an opponent close to restrict their punching, and referees regularly warn or separate fighters who clinch excessively. It's a well-known defensive/tactical manoeuvre in boxing.

Answer 7

💡 Conor McGregor

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Conor McGregor is correctly identified as Irish, and he did become a two-weight UFC champion (featherweight and lightweight) before his boxing match against Floyd Mayweather on 26 August 2017, which Mayweather won by TKO in the 10th round.

Answer 8

💡 Welterweight

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Sugar Ray Robinson won his first world title in the welterweight division in 1946, defeating Tommy Bell. He later moved up to middleweight and won that title multiple times. He is indeed widely considered the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all time.

Answer 9

💡 Gene Tunney

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The 'Long Count Fight' took place on 22 September 1927 at Soldier Field, Chicago. Gene Tunney was the reigning heavyweight champion, having beaten Dempsey in 1926. In the rematch, Dempsey knocked Tunney down in the seventh round but failed to go immediately to a neutral corner, delaying the count. Tunney rose at what was effectively a count of around 14 seconds and went on to win by unanimous decision, retaining his title. The answer is correct and all facts in the question are accurate.

Answer 10

💡 Marco Antonio Barrera

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Naseem Hamed did make his professional debut in 1992 and did hold the WBO featherweight title, and his only professional defeat was indeed to Marco Antonio Barrera on 7 April 2001. However, the question says he held the WBO featherweight title 'for several years', which is broadly accurate (he held it from 1995 to 2000). All facts check out and the question is well-formed.