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Canadian Boxers Trivia Quiz

There are many famous Canadian pugilists who have been overshadowed by their American counterparts. Lets have a look at some of the more popular Canadian boxers.

A multiple-choice quiz by dimdim777. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
dimdim777

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
352,742

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which fighter was Born in Cassino, Italy, raised in Montreal, Quebec, and had a great trilogy against Mickey Ward? Hint

Yvon Durelle

Steve Molitor

Arturo Gatti

Donovan Ruddock

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which boxer went the distance with Muhammad Ali twice and was dubbed the "washer woman" by Ali due to his swinging boxing style? Hint

George Chuvalo

Kirk Johnson

Ga�tan Hart

Willie de Wit

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which hard hitting boxer had a "sharp" jab and fought Mike Tyson twice? Hint

Donovan Razor Ruddock

Shawn O'Sullivan

Willie de Wit

Tony Pep

4. This boxer has been the North American Native boxing champ three times in the welterweight and middleweight classes. He was born in 1959 to M�tis parents in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Hint

Jean Pascal

Otis Grant

Wayne Bourque

Matthew Hilton

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which boxer won gold representing Canada at the 1988 Olympic Games, won the heavyweight championship by knocking out Shannon Briggs in 1998, and also knocked out Mike Tyson? Hint

Donnavan Ruddock

Oliver McCall

Willie de Wit

Lennox Lewis

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Question 6 of 10

6. This Toronto boxer fought for the IBF light welterweight title against Aaron Pryor at Varsity Arena in 1984? Hint

Nick Furlano

Steve Molitor

Tom Glesby

Shawn O'Sullivan

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Question 7 of 10

7. This Kitchener, Ontario boxer was the "Golden Boy" (long before Oscar De La Hoya) and lost to Sugar Ray Leonard. He was also trained by Teddy Atlas for a time. Hint

Kirk Johnson

Domenic Figliomeni

Donny Lalonde

Egerton Marcus

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Question 8 of 10

8. Dubbed as the Fighting Fisherman, this New Brunswick boxer fought Archie Moore for the Light Heavyweight championship. Hint

Harry Greb

Troy Amos-Ross

Yvon Durelle

Tommy Burns

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Question 9 of 10

9. "The Little Giant of Hanover" was one of the first boxers to fight non-white boxers in a time where most champions did not cross the color line. His most famous fight was against the legendary Jack Johnson. Hint

Yvon Durelle

Jack Dempsy

Robert Fitzsimmons,

Tommy Burns

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Question 10 of 10

10. This boxer was born in Nova Scotia and turned pro in 1890. He was so rough in the ring that he was disqualified a record 13 times. Hint

Mysterious Billy Smith

Joe Walcott

Danny Needham

George "Kid" Lavigne

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which fighter was Born in Cassino, Italy, raised in Montreal, Quebec, and had a great trilogy against Mickey Ward?

Answer: Arturo Gatti

Gatti was a rough and tumble throwback boxer reminiscent of the old days. His fights were always exciting and some were come from behind wins. He also participated in Ring Magazine's "Fight of the Year" a total of four times (1997, 1998, 2002 and 2003). He announced his retirement on July 14, 2007.

2. Which boxer went the distance with Muhammad Ali twice and was dubbed the "washer woman" by Ali due to his swinging boxing style?

Answer: George Chuvalo

Chuvalo was never knocked off his feet in ninety-three professional fights between 1956 and 1979 and is regarded as having one of the best chins in boxing. Chuvalo also fought Frazier, Foreman and went on to defeat Quarry and Doug Jones. He lost to WBA heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell in 1965.

3. Which hard hitting boxer had a "sharp" jab and fought Mike Tyson twice?

Answer: Donovan Razor Ruddock

Ruddock has been qouted as saying that his fights with Tyson took everything out of him and believed they also finished Tyson insisting both he and Tyson were never the same after those fights.

Ruddock was ranked 70th on Ring Magazine's list of 100 Greatest Punchers Of All-Time

4. This boxer has been the North American Native boxing champ three times in the welterweight and middleweight classes. He was born in 1959 to M�tis parents in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

Answer: Wayne Bourque

Wayne Bourque won his first tournament, the Northwest Pacific Gold Gloves, at the age of 13 in Seattle.

5. Which boxer won gold representing Canada at the 1988 Olympic Games, won the heavyweight championship by knocking out Shannon Briggs in 1998, and also knocked out Mike Tyson?

Answer: Lennox Lewis

Holding both Canadian and British citizenship, Lewis won the heavyweight championship three times and was the fifth man to reclaim the lineal championship.

6. This Toronto boxer fought for the IBF light welterweight title against Aaron Pryor at Varsity Arena in 1984?

Answer: Nick Furlano

Nick Furlano lost a 15 round fight by unanimous decision. Furlano was one of only two boxers to go the distance with the Aaron "The Hawk" Pryor

7. This Kitchener, Ontario boxer was the "Golden Boy" (long before Oscar De La Hoya) and lost to Sugar Ray Leonard. He was also trained by Teddy Atlas for a time.

Answer: Donny Lalonde

Lalonde's style gave Leonard trouble. He even dropped Sugar Ray for only the second time in his career. However Leonard came back and stopped Lalonde in the ninth round. Leonard won Lalonde's WBC Light Heavyweight Championship and the WBC Super Middleweight Championship.

8. Dubbed as the Fighting Fisherman, this New Brunswick boxer fought Archie Moore for the Light Heavyweight championship.

Answer: Yvon Durelle

A 4 to 1 underdog, Durelle stunned the boxing world by knocking the champion down 3 times in the first round. He would have won had he not stood over Moore instead of going to the neutral corner. This delayed the referee's count. Moore eventually knocked Durelle out in the 11th Round.

Answer: Tommy Burns

Although he was only 5 feet 7 inches tall, size did not stop Tommy Burns from becoming the world heavyweight boxing champion. When Burns met Marvin Hart for the heavyweight championship of the world on February 23, 1906, Burns was a 2-1 underdog and many experts thought that he would not last ten rounds. Burns won, and went on to defend his title eleven times within a period of less than two years.

10. This boxer was born in Nova Scotia and turned pro in 1890. He was so rough in the ring that he was disqualified a record 13 times.

Answer: Mysterious Billy Smith

Smith was a talented battler with quick hands. He often displayed a blatant disregard for the rules, resorting to elbows, butts, knees, and sometimes even biting.

Source: Author dimdim777

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