Sport Quizzes > Boxing quizzes and trivia
Welcome to our Boxing Quiz Page
Boxing Trivia I
- What was Barry McGuigan's nickname?
- Lennox Lewis won the WBC heavyweight title when which holder refused to fight him?
- Which famous heavyweight boxing champion became famous as the man striking the gong in the introduction to black and white Rank films?
- In 1909, which British boxing prize was introduced by Hugh Lowther?
- Which boxer won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in the featherweight division?
- In which country was British-Australian former heavyweight boxer Joe Bugner born?
- Which boxer retired after losing to Chris Eubank, Jr., at Wembley Arena in March 2016?
- Which boxer was the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987?
- Which English boxer won in the super heavyweight division a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics and gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games?
- Which boxer had the nickname 'The Brockton Blockbuster'?
- Who did Lennox Lewis defeat in the 1988 Olympic Heavyweight final to win gold?
- Which American boxer was nicknamed 'Cinderella Man'?
- Which British heavyweight boxer knocked out Mike Tyson in the fourth round in July 2004?
- Who was the heavyweight boxing champion of Uganda from 1951 to 1960?
- Which British boxer lost to a controversial points decision (which the crowd booed) to Joe Louis at the Yankee Stadium, New York City?
Answers
- The Clones Cyclone
- Riddick Bowe
- Bombardier Billy Wells
- Lonsdale belt (Hugh Lowther was the 5th Earl of Lonsdale)
- Floyd Mayweather
- Hungary (his full name is Jozsef Kreul Bugner)
- Nick Blackwell
- Marvin Hagler
- David Price
- Rocky Marciano
- Riddock Bowe
- James J. Braddock
- Danny Wilson
- Idi Amin
- Tommy Farr
Boxing Trivia II
- Who was welterweight champion for six years, eight months and fourteen days (the longest ever reign)?
- Name the only two fighters to defeat Lennox Lewis?
- As of 2015, four boxers have won the BBC Sports Personality of the year, can you name all four?
- Which boxer was nicknamed 'The Mongoose', and then 'The Old Mongoose' in the latter half of his career?
- In July 1986, Frank Bruno lost to which boxer in a WBA World Heavyweight Championship title fight?
- Who defeated Eusebio Pedroza at Loftus Road to win his world title?
- Who was cornerman for Sugar Ray Leonard in many of his biggest fights and for Ali in all but two of his fights?
- In which city in 2015 did Tyson Fury beat Wladimir Klitschko to be crowned the new world heavyweight champion?
- Which boxer was nicknamed 'Hands of Stone'?
- Whose undefeated record was ended by Marco Antonio Barrera at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on 7 April 2001?
- Joe Calzaghe's last fight was at Madison Square Garden in November 2008; who did he defeat?
- Who defeated middleweight champion Gerald McClellan in a highly anticipated fight billed as 'Sudden Impact'?
- Who did Muhammad Ali lose to in his last ever fight?
- American world heavyweight boxing champion Arnold Raymond Cream was better known by what name?
- 'The Celtic Warrior' is the most successful ever professional Irish boxer; who is he?
Answers
- Felix Trinidad
- Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman
- Henry Cooper, Barry McGuigan, Lennox Lewis, and Joe Calzaghe
- Archie Moore
- Tim Witherspoon
- Barry McGuigan
- Angelo Dundee
- Duesseldorf
- Roberto Duran
- Naseem Hamed (Prince Hamed)
- Roy Jones Jr.
- Nigel Benn
- Trevor Berbick
- Jersey Joe Walcott
- Steve Collins