Does anyone find it strange that Johnny Nelson's nickname was "the Entertainer"?

Wasn't that Fidel Castro Smith's original nickname ?

 

Back when Nelson first turned pro, a nickname on a poster might encourage a bit of walk up custom. The Entertainer tag was actually pinched of London Welter Vernon Vanreil who was, despite being slightly below British Title standard, was in some good fights.

 

Well we could live in hope ! In fairness, the latter day Nelson could be good value for a decent fight so maybe these two spiders might just thrill us !

 

I'm not sure I could bring myself to watch too much of either one !

 

I've seen the Thad Spencer fight, yeah. It's a good one to be fair but I got the impression that Spencer made Terrell fight by not holding his feet. He stayed at mid range but kept moving. Ernie couldn't grab him so he had to throw punches.
I'd rather watch George Feeney and Ray Cattouse for the fiftieth time !

 

Yes, another very good fighter, who if he were around today would have got a lot more exposure.

 

I remember seeing him fight live in a couple of early six or eight round bouts before he had a higher profile and he appeared to be trying to live up to that nickname, exaggerated Ali shuffles and so on. Once he entered domestic title contention, he dropped all that goofing around and became the boring fighter we now remember him as, though the 'Entertainer' tag persisted.

 

Carl "The Truth" Williams.