Heavyweight Boxing Quiz Part 1-The Early Days

A lot of boxing fans know the simple things, things like Joe Louis being a champion and making 25 defences, Muhammad Ali was "The Greatest" but how much do you really now about the great and noble sport? This quiz is aimed at those who like to reminisce about the "Good old days" of the heavyweight division and all the questions have answers or are based before the reign of the Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey in 1919. All questions that are things like "who was the tallest?" are those pre-Dempsey (so in this case Jess Willard who was 6 foot 6 ½ inches and not Nikolai Valuev).

1-Which fighter fought a an incredibly long draw with James J Corbett before Corbett became world champion?

2-When Corbett retired which Irish fighter won the "world heavyweight title" a claim that has since been forgotten due to Corbett returning to the ring?

3-Which 2 men fought each other for the world title in both the 1800's and the 1900's?

4-What was James J Jeffries nickname?

5-What was James J Corbett's title fight record?

6-Marvin Hart beat who for the title in 1906?

7-Tommy Burns proceeded Hart but who would Burns have the first ever trilogy of heavyweight title fights with?

8-What was especially impressive about those 3 fights? (clue-it's in the geography)

9-What was the date of Jack Johnson's title victory over Burns when he became the first ever African American to win the world title?

10-Johnson would beat Fitzsimmons and he would also defend his title against another Middleweight champion, who was this man?

11-In 1910 when Jack Johnson and James J Jeffries fought for the world title, who was the heavier man?

12-Johnson would lose the title to the Pottawatomie Giant Jess Willard, where was the fight held? (City and Country)

The championship questions:

13-What was "Tommy Burns'" real name?

14-Where was Ruby Rob born?

15-How many successful defenses of the title did Jess Willard make?

Answers

1-Peter Jackson, the Black Prince
2-Peter Maher, his reign is rarely if ever accepted despite being literally given the "title" by Corbett.
3-James J Jeffries and Bob Fitzsimmons fought for the title, originally with Fitzsimmons losing it in 1899 and then Jeffries defended it in 1902.
4-The Boilermaker (only acceptable answer here)
5- 2 wins 3 losses (Victories over John L Sullivan and Charlie Mitchell, Losses to Fitzsimmons and twice to Jeffries)
6- Jack root (for the vacant title)
7-Bill Squires
8-The fights were in 3 separate continents (North America, Europe and Australasia), also acceptable was 3 different countries.
9-December 26^th 1908, Boxing Day
10-Stanley Ketchel "The Michigan Assassin"
11-Jeffries (by 19 lbs)
12-Havana, Cuba
13-Noah Brusso
14-Cornwall, England
15-1 against Frank Moran in 1916