Boxers with animal nicknames

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  1. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lennox the lion Lewis
    Sonny the bear Liston
    Carl the cobra Froch
    Archie the mongoose Moore
    Can you think of any others?
     
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  2. Jackstraw

    Jackstraw Mercy for me, justice for thee! Full Member

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    Vernon The Viper Forest
    JCC The Lion of Culiacan
     
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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Tony the Tiger Lopez
     
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    Liakhovic (sp) the whie wolf
     
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    Willie the Worm Monroe
    Stanley Kitten Hayward
    Bobcat Montgomery
     
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    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Ad Wolgast was the Michigan Wildcat
    Mickey Walker the Toy Bulldog
     
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  7. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Andy 'The Hawk' Price
    Rodolfo 'El Gato' Gonzalez (The Cat)
    Efren 'Alacran' Torres (Scorpion)
     
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    Ezzard “Cincinnati Cobra” Charles
     
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  9. Ken Ashcroft

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    Another couple of 'Hawks' that soared in the ring.

    Aaron Pryor
    Julian Jackson
     
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  10. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    And from Fort Worth, Texas we had Don "The Lone Star Cobra" Curry.
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Shinichi 'Jaguar' Kanazawa
    Erubey 'Chango' Carmona
    Jerry 'The Bull' Martin
    Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss
     
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    Oleksandr "The Cat" Usyk
    Chris "The Dragon" John
    Jake "The Snake" Rodriguez
    Frank "The Animal" Fletcher
     
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    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good call. Let's not forget Thomas "The Motor City Cobra" Hearns.
     
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    Harry 'the black panther' Wills
    El Chacal Guillermo Rigondeaux
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tetsuo 'Eagle' Sato
    Clifford 'The Black Rhino' Ettiene
    Raul 'Raton' Macias
     
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