Memorize these and recognize 32.7% of all Boxing clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Louis | 4 | His reign as heavyweight champ, 11 yrs, 8 mos. 9 days, was the longest for any weight division |
| 2 | Muhammad Ali | 3 | Boxing writer Budd Schulberg wrote how this boxer's "gift for public relations matched his boxing skills" before a Zaire match |
| 3 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | 3 | Cassius Clay, playing himself, ends the career of Mountain Rivera in this 1962 "Requiem" |
| 4 | a neutral corner | 3 | After a knockdown during a match, the standing boxer must retire to one of these |
| 5 | Rocky Graziano | 2 | "Somebody Up There Likes Me" |
| 6 | Raging Bull | 2 | Cathy Moriarty earned an Oscar nomination for her screen debut as Vikki La Motta in this film |
| 7 | Max Schmeling | 2 | He lost a heavyweight championship bout in 1938 & is now a Coca-Cola bottler in West Germany |
| 8 | Madison Square Garden | 2 | In April 2022, Katie Taylor & Amanda Serrano squared off in the first women's boxing match to headline this New York venue |
| 9 | Jake LaMotta | 2 | (Cheryl) The subject of the film "Raging Bull", this Gleason's Gym trainee held the middleweight title from 1949 to 1951 |
| 10 | Jack Johnson | 2 | This pioneering black heavyweight fought in Paris, Havana & Leavenworth |
| 11 | Jack Dempsey | 2 | In his 70s, long after his 1920s championship days, he flattened 2 men who tried to mug him |
| 12 | Golden Boy | 2 | In this 1939 classic William Holden played a gifted violinist who took up boxing to further his musical career |
| 13 | George Foreman | 2 | In 1973 Joe Frazier lost his title to this man |
| 14 | Mike Tyson | 2 | Later TV's Judge Mills Lane, "Maximum Mills" was the ref when this boxer got an earful of Evander Holyfield |
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