UMass Boxing Club
In which year was the UMass Boxing Club founded?
2007
How many weight classes are there currently in boxing?
17 (same for male and female divisions)
Amateur and professional boxing have standardized rest periods between rounds, totaling _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
1 minute
Competing in Olympic boxing is the pinnacle of amateur achievement, with all bouts contested across _ rounds of _ minutes each.
3, 3
(200 POINTS) Manny Pacquiao won world titles in 8 weight classes — a record for male boxers. With world titles in 7 weight classes, this boxer holds the female record.
Amanda Serrano
At its inception, UMass Boxing had no official coach. Rocky Snow was hired as its inaugural coach in what year?
2010
Boxing used to have fewer weight categories, which are now sometimes referred to as the “traditional” divisions. How many of these are there?
8
True or False; there is a defined size for all professional boxing rings.
False (Boxing rings range in size from 16 to 24 feet on each side inside the ropes).
The last US Olympic boxer to win a gold medal was ___ ___.
Claressa Shields (Twice: 2012 and 2016)
(400 POINTS) The Val Barker trophy is awarded to the most outstanding boxer at each Olympic Games. This fighter is the only one to win the award without taking home the gold medal.
Roy Jones Jr.
Karalynn Aguilar and K Yabe are the current competition team captains. Name three UMass Boxing alumni who formerly held the position.
Any three of the following: Josue Lopez, Alfred Kimani, Sean Donnelly, Meiya Berkey, Christian Moura, Richard Young, Tyler Beraldi, Michael Pugliesi, Paulo Garcia
The term ‘pound-for-pound’ is used to compare boxers’ abilities regardless of their respective weight classes. It was popularized in response to this fighter’s accomplishments:
'Sugar' Ray Robinson
Professional boxing has standardized rounds, which are _ minutes in length for men, and _ minutes in length for women.
3, 2
This Olympic gold medalist is the last male boxer from the US to win that honor. Upon his retirement at age 32, he had not lost a fight since age 12 across his amateur and professional careers.
Andre Ward
(600 POINTS) Widely regarded as one of, if not the best cruiserweight of all time, this boxer moved up in weight and became the only four-time heavyweight world champion in the history of the sport.
Evander Holyfield
How many Golden Gloves champions has this club and team produced?
3 (Josue Lopez, Meiya Berkey, Alfonso Hidalgo)
The lightest weight class only exists in the women’s division. It is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, and has a weight limit of _ _ _ pounds.
Atomweight: 102
The ‘championship distance’ has had varied meanings since the turn of the 20th century. Fights ‘to the finish’ with no round limit were common in the early 1900s, before 15 rounds became standard, followed by the current 12-round maximum. In what decade was the last 15-round fight?
1990s (Jose Alfredo Flores beat Eric Holland by split decision over 15 rounds in June 1997. However, the last undisputed title fight scheduled for 15 rounds was Mike Tyson’s knockout of Tyrell Biggs in October 1987.)
Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman all won Olympic gold in 1960, 1964, and 1968, respectively. Of these three iconic champions, which did not win their medal at heavyweight?
Muhammad Ali (Then known as Cassius Clay, he medaled at light-heavyweight as an 18-year-old in the 1960 games in Rome.)
(800 POINTS) This iconic heavyweight champion has both the longest title reign by duration and the most successful title defenses.
Joe Louis (11 years, 8 months, 8 days, and 25 defenses)
Josue Lopez won two national titles at UMass. How many other boxers from the team have made it to the national tournament?
4 (Andrew Cho, Meiya Berkey, Karalynn Aguilar, Vito DiPietro)
Heavyweight, boxing’s glamor division, has never had an upper weight limit. However, it has had a few different weight minimums since the “traditional” weight classes were established. The lowest of these was:
175 lbs
While 16 ounce gloves are a standard requirement for sparring across most gyms, the size for fight-official gloves varies by weight and across the professional and amateur ranks. Pro fight gloves are _ or _ ounces.
8, 10
The most successful US Olympic boxing team sent 12 boxers to the games. Of them, 11 won medals; 9 were gold medals. The team included future Hall of Famers Pernell Whitaker, Virgil Hill, and Evander Holyfield. In what year was this Olympics held?
1984
(1,000 POINTS) This 4’11” flyweight was a pioneer of women’s boxing, and had more than 1,000 exhibition bouts, aside from her pro fights. In 1954, she took part in the first US-televised boxing match between two women.
Barbara Buttrick