Is "Left Hook" the worst nickname ever among mainstream fighters?

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  1. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    How uncreative do you have to be to use "left hook" as your nickname?

    Lennox "Overhand Right" Lewis
    Mike "Either hand" Tyson
    Paulie "" Malignaggi
     
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    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    I'm not religious but SOG never really bothered me. Boo Boo, I guess it depends on why they call him that?
     
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  3. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I mean...That's pretty much all Lacy had. It was quite alliterative and rolled off the tongue nicely. I've seen far worse.
     
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    Dirsspaardis Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mike “either hand” Tyson had me rolling,
    haven’t laughed so hard in a while. Thanks mate.

    I agree, boxing is full of ridiculous nicknames and that one is one of the worst.
     
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  5. Sugar 88

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    Dr. Steelhammer and Ironfist are pretty lame as far as nicknames go. I think AJ, the Bronze Bomber and 2 Fast are shitty monikers too though. In fact the heavyweight division is pretty much trash at the minute for good nicknames.

    Is the Bounty Hunter the best of them ATM? Prob.
     
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    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    'Pitter Patter' Paulie Malignaggi.
     
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    I think Calzaghe liked a Jeff Left Hook Lacey's nickname since he didn't landed any left hooks on Joe,.,,and Joe landed over 200 punches
     
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  8. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Yes. I always thought those names were extremely cheesy. But seeing as how their first language is not English, I figured it sounded cool to them.
     
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    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Wlad did a lot of strange things. Wearing lifts in his shoes. The big shoulder pads. The 'magic hand' business with Haye. I think a lot of his weird behaviour is put down to a language barrier when he's just a bit odd.
     
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    Manuel “diamond boy” Charr is the best at HW right now.
    Seems like nothing, at face value, until you add the context of how diamonds are made*.
    Irony at its finest, lol.




    * almost-coal like material gets pounded the the **** out of it and thus diamond is made
     
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    The Truth... lame...,

    Coolest nickname has to me Smoking Joe!!
     
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    "Hyeer is my myejic heeand. Sheeyk my myejic heeand..."

    Yeah, bit of an oddball, Wlad.
     
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    I don't know. Deontay "Windmill" Wilder has a certain ring to it. So does Dillian "Wildly Missing With A Left Hook" Whyte.
     
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    It's Ovah I am very feel me good. Full Member

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    Any fighter with the first name Joe should automatically have the nickname "Smokin'" associated with it, regardless of whether they smoke or not.

    Smokin' Joe Parker
    Smokin' Joe Louis
    Smokin' Joe "The Pride of Welsh Italian Super Dragons" Calzaghe
     
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    It’s brilliant! He got me with “” for Paulie :D
     
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