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1. Which of the following former world champion had the most losses?
2. What did all of the following fighters, Kid McCoy, Billy Papke, Freddie Mills, and Randy Turpin, have in common?
3. Which of these middleweight champions had the highest knockout percentage?
4. I was a heavyweight boxer who scored KO's in 44 consecutive fights. In 1960, I finally lost by KO to Bartolo Soni and to Pete Rademacher. My last fight in 1961, I was KO'd by a brash young heavyweight named Cassius Clay. I appeared in each Rocky movie as a corner man. Who am I?
5. I was the first professional boxer to die of injuries sustained in a world title bout. This was a good clean fight. I was loosing the fight but I had my opponent, (an all time great) staggered twice and hurt in the sixth round. I was finally stopped and died at the hospital. Who am I?
6. What was the first Heavyweight Championship fight to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada?
7. Who was the last heavyweight champion born in the 1800s?
8. The esteemed referee Zack Clayton was the first African-American to referee a heavyweight championship boxing match. What championship match did this take place in?
9. What boxer fought for the heavyweight championship in his first professional fight?
10. Who fought in the first heavyweight championship fight that had two African-American contestants?
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