Appointment With Death Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ray Mancini

Duk-koo Kim was a South Korean boxer, who turned professional in 1978 after a respectable amateur career. In 1982, he won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation lightweight title, and in November of that year was the number one contender for Ray Mancini's title. Prior to the fight he had 12 straight wins.

It was only his second fight outside South Korea, and he had never fought anyone of Mancini's calibre before. He took heavy blows in round 13, and in the 14th Mancini knocked Kim into the ropes, and his head hit the canvas.

He was so groggy the fight was stopped, with Mancini winning on a TKO. Minutes after the end of the fight he collapsed in the ring and was rushed to hospital, where emergency brain surgery was performed, but he died 3 days later.

He was only 23. After this incident, World Championship bouts were cut from 15 to 12 rounds.

Answer: Welterweight

Jimmy Doyle made his professional debut in 1941, and by 1947 had won 43 of his 52 fights. He was seriously out-classed by Sugar Ray Robinson, who took every round up to the sixth, when Doyle did manage to land some telling punches that staggered the champion. Robinson came back with a solid left hook that knocked Doyle to the canvas where he landed heavily, hitting his head, and failing to beat the count.

He was immediately taken to hospital, but he never regained consciousness and died a few hours later aged only 22.

He had suffered a severe concussion in a fight the year before, but it was never certain whether or not this was a contributory factor.

Answer: Johnny Owen

Johnny Owen started boxing when he was eight years old. In his amateur career he won 106 bouts out of 124, and represented Wales 17 times, winning 15 of those fights. His first professional fight was in September 1976, and after only six fights he won the Welsh bantamweight title.

This was quickly followed by the British title, and the Commonwealth title followed in 1978. By 1979, he had added the European title to the haul and was ready to fight for the World Championship. In September 1980, he fought Lupe Pintor for the world title.

After 9 rounds he was ahead on points, but in round 12, Pintor landed a knockout blow which put Johnny Owen into a coma. He never regained consciousness and died in a Los Angeles hospital in November 1980 at aged 24.

Answer: European

In something of a mis-match, Alan Minter comprehensively beat Angelo Jacopucci over 15 rounds. After the fight Jacopucci collapsed in his dressing room. He was rushed to hospital, but lapsed into a coma and died the next day. As a result of this, the ringside doctor was later convicted of manslaughter because he failed stop the fight, saving Jacopucci further punishment. Also, subsequent European title fights were reduced from 15 rounds to 12.

Answer: 1

Young Ali, real name Asymin Mustapha, fought Barry Mcguigan in a non-title featherweight bout at the World Sporting Club in London. After losing in a sixth round knockout, he collapsed and went into a coma. He died five months later in hospital. It was only his second fight. In his entire fighting career he boxed for a total of only 15 rounds.

Answer: Julio Cezar Chavez

Mexican Marco Antonio Nazareth had a professional record of four wins and three losses. In July 2009 he fought Omar Chavez, son of the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez in a non-title bout. The match was stopped in round four. Nazareth collapsed in his corner and was stretchered out of the ring with a brain hemorrhage. He died in hospital four days later.

Answer: Max Baer

Max Baer was the father of actor Max Baer Jnr. known to millions as Jethro Bodine of the "Beverly Hillbillies". In August 1930, he fought Frankie Campbell for the unofficial title of Pacific Coast Champion. In the second round, Campbell put Baer on the canvas, and thinking he was taking a count, turned towards his corner, but Baer rose swiftly and caught him with a head shot.

In the ensuing rounds, Baer beat Campbell so badly that often it was only the ropes holding him up. When the fight was eventually stopped, Campbell collapsed and was hospitalised.

He died the next day. Baer was devastated and and did not fight again for just over a year.

Answer: Max Baer

In his first fight after Frankie Campbell died, Max Baer fought Ernie Schaff. The fight ended with Schaff being knocked out, and it took his corner over three minutes to revive him. After that he often complained of headaches, and when he died after the Carnera fight, some sports writers suggested that the earlier knockout was a contributory factor.

However, an autopsy revealed that when he entered the ring for the fatal fight, he was suffering from meningitis following a bout of influenza.

Answer: Joe Bugner

In November 1969, Joe Bugner, fighting at Shoreditch Town Hall, out-pointed Ulrich Regis of Trinidad and Tobago. After the fight, Regis collapsed, and despite surgery to remove a blood clot on the brain, died four days later. After that, Bugner became known for an over cautious and defensive style of boxing, and comments were frequently made about his lack of aggression in the ring.

He was never over-popular with the British public, and became less so when he defeated people's favorite Henry Cooper, a match which many felt Cooper had won.

Answer: Super Bantamweight

Talented young boxer Bradley Stone had won 17 of his 19 previous fights when he stepped into the ring against Richie Wenton to fight for the vacant British title. The fight was stopped in round 11, and Stone left the ring conscious and alert and saying that he would take a year off before fighting again.

He later collapsed, and by the next day was in a coma from which he never recovered.