American Boxing MCQs with Answer
Who is considered the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time?
a) Mike Tyson
b) Muhammad Ali
c) Evander Holyfield
d) George Foreman
Answer: b) Muhammad Ali
In which city did the legendary “Thrilla in Manila” boxing match take place?
a) Las Vegas
b) New York City
c) Manila
d) Los Angeles
Answer: c) Manila
Which boxer is known for being the only fighter to defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr.?
a) Manny Pacquiao
b) Miguel Cotto
c) Juan Manuel Marquez
d) Shane Mosley
Answer: a) Manny Pacquiao
Who was the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion?
a) Joe Louis
b) Jack Johnson
c) Rocky Marciano
d) Sonny Liston
Answer: b) Jack Johnson
Which boxer was known as “The Brown Bomber”?
a) Rocky Marciano
b) Sonny Liston
c) Joe Louis
d) Muhammad Ali
Answer: c) Joe Louis
Who holds the record for the most consecutive heavyweight title defenses?
a) Lennox Lewis
b) Mike Tyson
c) Larry Holmes
d) Wladimir Klitschko
Answer: c) Larry Holmes
“Iron” Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion at what age?
a) 20
b) 21
c) 22
d) 23
Answer: a) 20
Which legendary boxer was known for his “peek-a-boo” defensive style?
a) Floyd Mayweather Jr.
b) Mike Tyson
c) Sugar Ray Leonard
d) Muhammad Ali
Answer: b) Mike Tyson
What was the nickname of legendary boxer Sugar Ray Robinson?
a) The Greatest
b) Hands of Stone
c) Sweet Pea
d) Sugar Ray
Answer: d) Sugar Ray
Who did Muhammad Ali defeat in the “Fight of the Century” in 1971?
a) Sonny Liston
b) Joe Frazier
c) George Foreman
d) Ken Norton
Answer: b) Joe Frazier
Evander Holyfield is famously known for having part of his ear bitten off by which opponent?
a) Mike Tyson
b) Lennox Lewis
c) Riddick Bowe
d) George Foreman
Answer: a) Mike Tyson
Which boxing weight class comes after lightweight and before welterweight?
a) Featherweight
b) Middleweight
c) Bantamweight
d) Light welterweight
Answer: d) Light welterweight
Who was the first female boxer to win a gold medal at the Olympics?
a) Laila Ali
b) Claressa Shields
c) Nicola Adams
d) Lucia Rijker
Answer: c) Nicola Adams
The famous boxing match known as “The Long Count Fight” involved which two legendary boxers?
a) Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling II
b) Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II
c) Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney II
d) Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries
Answer: c) Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney II
Who is known as “The Real Deal” in the boxing world?
a) Larry Holmes
b) Evander Holyfield
c) George Foreman
d) Oscar De La Hoya
Answer: b) Evander Holyfield
The “Rumble in the Jungle” fight took place in which African city?
a) Nairobi
b) Johannesburg
c) Kinshasa
d) Lagos
Answer: c) Kinshasa
Which boxer was the first to defeat Manny Pacquiao in over a decade?
a) Juan Manuel Marquez
b) Timothy Bradley
c) Floyd Mayweather Jr.
d) Miguel Cotto
Answer: b) Timothy Bradley
What was the nickname of legendary boxer Thomas Hearns?
a) The Hitman
b) The Brown Bomber
c) Iron Mike
d) The Cobra
Answer: a) The Hitman
Which American boxer won an Olympic gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics before turning professional?
a) Muhammad Ali
b) George Foreman
c) Sonny Liston
d) Joe Frazier
Answer: a) Muhammad Ali
Which boxer was known as “The Cinderella Man”?
a) Gene Tunney
b) James J. Braddock
c) Jack Dempsey
d) Max Baer
Answer: b) James J. Braddock
Who was the first female boxer to win titles in six different weight classes?
a) Laila Ali
b) Claressa Shields
c) Amanda Serrano
d) Ann Wolfe
Answer: c) Amanda Serrano
Which boxing weight class comes after light heavyweight and before cruiserweight?
a) Super middleweight
b) Middleweight
c) Heavyweight
d) Cruiserweight
Answer: d) Cruiserweight
Which legendary boxer was known for his fights against Sugar Ray Robinson and his rivalry with Rocky Marciano?
a) Carmen Basilio
b) Archie Moore
c) Ezzard Charles
d) Jersey Joe Walcott
Answer: c) Ezzard Charles
Which boxer was nicknamed “The Golden Boy”?
a) Roy Jones Jr.
b) Oscar De La Hoya
c) Sugar Ray Leonard
d) Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Answer: b) Oscar De La Hoya
Who was the first Mexican boxer to win world titles in five different weight classes?
a) Julio Cesar Chavez
b) Juan Manuel Marquez
c) Saul “Canelo” Alvarez
d) Erik Morales
Answer: c) Saul “Canelo” Alvarez
The boxing match between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns in 1985 was famously known as:
a) The Super Fight
b) The Brawl in Montreal
c) The Fight of the Century II
d) The War
Answer: d) The War
Which boxer was known as “The Brockton Blockbuster”?
a) Rocky Marciano
b) Jack Johnson
c) Sonny Liston
d) Joe Louis
Answer: a) Rocky Marciano
Who was the first American boxer to win an Olympic gold medal in the super heavyweight division?
a) Deontay Wilder
b) Anthony Joshua
c) Wladimir Klitschko
d) Ray Mercer
Answer: d) Ray Mercer
The trilogy of fights known as the “Brawls” involved which two boxing legends?
a) Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield
b) Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier
c) Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns
d) Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney
Answer: b) Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier
Which boxer had a famous rivalry with “Irish” Micky Ward and had three epic fights with him?
a) Arturo Gatti
b) Ricky Hatton
c) Floyd Mayweather Jr.
d) Zab Judah
Answer: a) Arturo Gatti
Who is the only eight-division world champion in the history of boxing?
a) Floyd Mayweather Jr.
b) Manny Pacquiao
c) Oscar De La Hoya
d) Roberto Duran
Answer: b) Manny Pacquiao
Which boxer was known for his “Hand of Stone” and devastating knockout power?
a) Mike Tyson
b) Sonny Liston
c) Roberto Duran
d) George Foreman
Answer: c) Roberto Duran
Who won the gold medal in the men’s heavyweight boxing event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics?
a) Lennox Lewis
b) Evander Holyfield
c) Wladimir Klitschko
d) Riddick Bowe
Answer: b) Evander Holyfield
The boxing match between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns in 1981 was famously known as:
a) The Fight of the Century III
b) The Showdown
c) The War II
d) The Showdown at the Palace
Answer: b) The Showdown
Who was the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing?
a) Claressa Shields
b) Laila Ali
c) Christy Martin
d) Marlen Esparza
Answer: a) Claressa Shields
Which boxer was known as “The Mongoose”?
a) Archie Moore
b) Marvin Hagler
c) Sugar Ray Robinson
d) Roy Jones Jr.
Answer: c) Sugar Ray Robinson
Who is the only boxer in history to win the lineal championship in five weight classes?
a) Floyd Mayweather Jr.
b) Manny Pacquiao
c) Oscar De La Hoya
d) Sugar Ray Leonard
Answer: b) Manny Pacquiao
The fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor in 2017 was contested in which sport?
a) Boxing
b) MMA (Mixed Martial Arts)
c) Kickboxing
d) Muay Thai
Answer: a) Boxing
Which American boxer famously said, “I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee?
a) Mike Tyson
b) Muhammad Ali
c) Sugar Ray Leonard
d) Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Answer: b) Muhammad Ali
The famous boxing match known as the “Fight of the Century” involved which two legendary boxers?
a) Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston
b) Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman
c) Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman
d) Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali
Answer: d) Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali
Who was the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four different weight classes?
a) Wilfredo Gomez
b) Wilfred Benitez
c) Felix Trinidad
d) Miguel Cotto
Answer: c) Felix Trinidad
Which boxer is known for his trilogy of fights against Erik Morales and his rivalry with Manny Pacquiao?
a) Marco Antonio Barrera
b) Juan Manuel Marquez
c) Oscar De La Hoya
d) Miguel Cotto
Answer: a) Marco Antonio Barrera
Which boxing weight class comes after featherweight and before lightweight?
a) Welterweight
b) Light welterweight
c) Lightweight
d) Super featherweight
Answer: d) Super featherweight
Who was the first African-American woman to win a world title in professional boxing?
a) Claressa Shields
b) Laila Ali
c) Christy Martin
d) Ann Wolfe
Answer: d) Ann Wolfe
The famous boxing match known as the “War of the Worlds” involved which two legendary boxers?
a) Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta
b) Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II
c) Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman
d) Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling II
Answer: a) Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta
Who was the first American boxer to win an Olympic gold medal in the super heavyweight division?
a) Deontay Wilder
b) Anthony Joshua
c) Wladimir Klitschko
d) Ray Mercer
Answer: d) Ray Mercer
The trilogy of fights known as the “Brawls” involved which two boxing legends?
a) Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield
b) Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier
c) Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns
d) Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney
Answer: b) Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier
Who is the only eight-division world champion in the history of boxing?
a) Floyd Mayweather Jr.
b) Manny Pacquiao
c) Oscar De La Hoya
d) Roberto Duran
Answer: b) Manny Pacquiao
Which boxer was known for his “Hand of Stone” and devastating knockout power?
a) Mike Tyson
b) Sonny Liston
c) Roberto Duran
d) George Foreman
Answer: c) Roberto Duran
Who won the gold medal in the men’s heavyweight boxing event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics?
a) Lennox Lewis
b) Evander Holyfield
c) Wladimir Klitschko
d) Riddick Bowe
Answer: b) Evander Holyfield