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Boxing Over The Years Trivia Quiz

I made this quiz after I did a report on Boxing, so it should be good.

A multiple-choice quiz by warriorswood. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
warriorswood

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
81,771

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
2746

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the last "bare-knuckled" boxing champion? Hint

John Floyd

Jake Kilrain

Charley Mitchell

John L. Sullivan

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first African-American heavyweight champion? Hint

Muhammad Ali

Sugar Ray Robinson

Jack Dempsey

Jack Johnson

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Question 3 of 10

3. What heavyweight champion served in WWII? Hint

Muhammad Ali

Joe Louis

Leon Spinks

Mike Tyson

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the only heavyweight champion to go undeafted his whole career?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Why did Muhammad Ali not enter the draft for the Vietnam War? Hint

he was a conscientious objector

he was injured at the time

he was a boxer

he was good friends with the president

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Question 6 of 10

6. How old was Joe Frazier when he dropped out of school? Hint

he never went to school

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Question 7 of 10

7. Sugar Ray Leonard won a gold medal at the Olympics in what year? Hint

1976

1996

1984

1968

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these boxers was the youngest person to become heavyweight champion? Hint

Mike Tyson

Muhammad Ali

Floyd Patterson

Lennox Lewis

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the name of the movie Will Smith starred in about Muhammad Ali's life? Hint

Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee

When We Were Kings

Ali

The Champion

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Question 10 of 10

10. According to most sports historians, boxing began when? Hint

In Medieval England

Prior to 4000 B.C.

1800s in the U.S.A.

The Greek Olympics

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the last "bare-knuckled" boxing champion?

Answer: John L. Sullivan

Sullivan was champion for 10 years losing only once. Floyd, Mitchell, and Kilrain were all boxers that Sullivan beat.

2. Who was the first African-American heavyweight champion?

Answer: Jack Johnson

Beat Tommy Burns in 1908 to become champion.

3. What heavyweight champion served in WWII?

Answer: Joe Louis

"The Brown Bomber" joined the Army after the Pearl Harbor bombing.

4. Who was the only heavyweight champion to go undeafted his whole career?

Answer: Rocky Marciano

49-0 with 43 KOs.

5. Why did Muhammad Ali not enter the draft for the Vietnam War?

Answer: he was a conscientious objector

A person whose deepest beliefs prevent him or her from killing in warfare(meaning that since he was a devout Muslim he could not go to war).

6. How old was Joe Frazier when he dropped out of school?

Answer: 13

After that he learned to box in Philadelphia as a butcher's apprentice.

7. Sugar Ray Leonard won a gold medal at the Olympics in what year?

Answer: 1976

After that he considered retirement but because of financial promblems he went pro.

8. Which of these boxers was the youngest person to become heavyweight champion?

Answer: Mike Tyson

Tyson beat Trevor Berbick, at age 20.

9. What is the name of the movie Will Smith starred in about Muhammad Ali's life?

Answer: Ali

10. According to most sports historians, boxing began when?

Answer: Prior to 4000 B.C.

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Source: Author warriorswood

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