Greatest nicknames in boxing

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  1. El Gallo Negro

    El Gallo Negro Active Member banned Full Member

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    Some of my all time favorites

    -James Keep em Sleepin Stevens
    -Neon Leon (don't know if that was his real ring name or if that's just what the scribes of the day called him)
    -The Mandingo Warrior James Kirkland
    -The Master of Disaster
    -Carlos Famoso Hernandes
    -the White Buffalo Franz Botha
    -The Black Rhino Clifford Etienne

    There was some Russian HW about 10 years that called himself The White Mike Tyson....I can't remember who and I can't find that name on boxrec
     
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  2. Philly161

    Philly161 "Fundamentals are the crutch of the talentless" banned Full Member

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    I like ones that roll off the tongue

    Iran "the blade" barkley
    Marvelous marvin hagler (just bc he legally changed it to make people call him marvelous)
    Smokin joe frazier
    Pretty boy floyd
     
  3. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The Atomic Bull
    Touch of Sleep
    Hands of Stone
    "Sucra" Ray
     
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    "Touch of Sleep" DaVarrayl Williamson
    Owen "What the Heck" or "Hit the Deck" Beck
    Motor City Cobra
    Bodysnatcher
    Bonecrusher (post-Tyson, Bonehugger)
     
  5. El Gallo Negro

    El Gallo Negro Active Member banned Full Member

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    Smokin was a good one too!
     
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  6. El Gallo Negro

    El Gallo Negro Active Member banned Full Member

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    Forgot about the Atomic Bull!!
     
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  7. sasto

    sasto Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Descendent of Tamerlane
     
  8. El Gallo Negro

    El Gallo Negro Active Member banned Full Member

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    Who the hell was that?
     
  9. Charles White

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    “Two Ton” Tony Galento
    Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe
     
  10. deyell

    deyell MOLECULE FROM HELL. Full Member

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    Melvin "The Romantic Redneck" Russell
     
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  12. haileris

    haileris New Member Full Member

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    John 'The Beast' Mugabi - nothing special but as per Philly161's comment it just rolls off the tongue
     
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  13. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The WORST:
    Son of God :rolleyes:
    Boxing Banker
    "Fast"
    Tuaman
    Cicely :lol: (Shoutout to Mitch 'Blood' Green for this one)
     
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  14. Mitch87

    Mitch87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Darlington De La Hoya
     
  15. snake33

    snake33 Active Member Full Member

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    Hurricane
    Smokin'
    GOAT
    Quick
    The Lion
    Bonecrusher
    Merciless
    Iron (way better than Kid Dynamite)
    The Real Deal

    The worst = The Boxing Banker
     
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