Are You A True Boxing Genius?
This quiz will test your knowledge on boxing
- 1.Donnell Holmes' amateur record is 73-13; how many of his wins came by knockout?
- A.
64
- B.
58
- C.
69
- D.
72
- 2.What nationality is middleweight boxer Edison Miranda?
- A.
Canadian
- B.
Nigerian
- C.
Colombian
- D.
British
- 3.In which Mexican city did Erik Morales grow up?
- A.
Tijuana
- B.
Cabo San Lucas
- C.
Guadalajara
- D.
Mexico City
- 4.Yovanni Lorenzo boxed for which country in the 2000 Olympics?
- A.
Costa Rica
- B.
Haiti
- C.
Dominican Republic
- D.
Mexico
- 5.What is boxer Humberto Soto's full name?
- A.
Benito Humberto Juan Soto
- B.
Armando Humberto Soto Ochoa
- C.
Humberto Ochoa Soto
- D.
Alfredo Ramirez Humberto DeSoto
- 6.What was welterweight boxer Ike Quartey's nickname?
- A.
Lightning
- B.
Bazooka
- C.
Master
- D.
Hammer
- 7.Injin Chi first challenged for WBC Featherweight title against whom?
- A.
Erik Morales
- B.
Takashi Koshimoto
- C.
Michael Brodie
- D.
Rudy Lopez
- 8.Boxer James Toney played what position in high-school football?
- A.
Fullback
- B.
Quarterback
- C.
Wide Receiver
- D.
Tight End
- 9.Who did Jean Marc Mormeck face to unify the WBC and WBA cruiserweight titles?
- A.
Carlos DeLeon
- B.
Wayne Braithwaite
- C.
Roy Jones Jr.
- D.
Jermain Taylor
- 10.Who did Jose Luis Castillo defeat in 2000 to become the WBC Lightweight champion?
- A.
Stevie Johnston
- B.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
- C.
Steve Quinonez
- D.
Cesar Bazan
- 11.In January 2007, Khoren Gevorgyan was ranked #1 in which boxing rankings?
- A.
IBF Middleweight
- B.
WBC Middleweight
- C.
EBU Middleweight
- D.
WBO Middleweight
- 12.Who did Lamon Brewster lose his WBO Heavyweight title to on April 1, 2006?
- A.
Vitali Klitschko
- B.
Sergei Liakhovich
- C.
Vladimir Klitschko
- D.
Andrew Golota
- 13.Who defeated Manny Pacquiao for the IBF junior featherweight title?
- A.
Oscar De La Hoya
- B.
He Vacated It
- C.
Gianluca Branco
- D.
Marco Antonio Barrera
- 14.Who did Mario Santiago defeat to claim the WBC CABOFE featherweight title in 2006?
- A.
Filiberto Young
- B.
Andres Ledesma
- C.
Lenny DeVictoria
- D.
Terry Lantz
- 15.Who did Markus Beyer lose the super middleweight title to in October, 2006?
- A.
Mikkel Kessler
- B.
Cristian Sanavia
- C.
Eric Lucas
- D.
Glenn Catley
- 16.Paul Williams made his ESPN debut with a 2nd-round knockout of what fighter?
- A.
Sergio Rios
- B.
Antonio Margarito
- C.
Sharmba Mitchell
- D.
Walther Matthysse
- 17.Sinan Samil Sam suffered his first professional boxing defeat against which fighter?
- A.
Julius Francis
- B.
Juan Carlos Gomez
- C.
Luan Krasniqi
- D.
Danny Williams
- 18.Arturo Gatti went up in weight to meet what Welterweight in his only fight of 2001?
- A.
Oscar De La Hoya
- B.
Mike Tyson
- C.
Evander Holyfield
- D.
Jorge Paez
- 19.In his 2006 NABF Light Heavyweight title fight, who did Chad Dawson beat?
- A.
Eric Harding
- B.
Thomas Ulrich
- C.
Paul Briggs
- D.
Tomasz Adamek
- 20.David Diaz won how many fights on points before his first KO victory?
- A.
Ten
- B.
Three
- C.
Six
- D.
Four
- 21.How many of his four fights in 2004 did cruiserweight David Haye win by TKO?
- A.
3
- B.
1
- C.
4
- D.
2
- 22.During his amateur career, Edison Miranda fought 132 bouts and won how many?
- A.
128
- B.
130
- C.
73
- D.
102
- 23.What did boxer Erik Morales' father do for a living when Erik was a boy?
- A.
He Ran A Market
- B.
He Worked In A Sweatshop
- C.
He Was A Street Peddler
- D.
He Owned A Gym
- 24.What class did Floyd Mayweather Jr. compete in for his first pro boxing match?
- A.
Super Featherweight
- B.
Heavyweight
- C.
Welterweight
- D.
Featherweight
- 25.Which of the following former world champion boxers has James Toney beaten?
- A.
George Foreman
- B.
Mike Tyson
- C.
Muhammed Ali
- D.
Evander Holyfield
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