Nickname better than the fighter

Johnny "The Entertainer" Nelson.
Chris "Simply The Best" Eubank

 

Kirkland ''the chosen one'' Laing.

 

Actually his nick name was The Gifted One and he sure was

 

Yeah, my mistake.

 

Are you serious about Nelson? That was his nickname?!




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Brendan Ingle stable - seems a decent guy so can't blame him for the false advertising. Maximise the money whilst you can - can't exactly call yourself Snoozefest.

 

I'd respect his honesty at least! Plus, the Entertainer isn't a common nickname, like somebody thought about it and decided that's what they were gonna run with... Many laughs were a-laughed that day

 

“Spicy” Ray Leonard then, perhaps? A fighter that runs right through you, taking you down into a burning ring of fire? Okay, perhaps not.

 

Someone mentioned honesty.

Imagine fighters with no nonsense, Liar Liar type nicknames like “Low Risk, High Reward”, “Happy Just To Survive And Not Get Hurt” or “All Thumbs” as in Harry Greb or Larry Holmes in particular?

Or, last but not least, Floyd “TBE In His Own Lunchtime ” Mayweather?

Nice to see what’s written on the package actually being in accord with how a fighter performs.

At least the “Bayonne Bleeder” Chuck Wepner was exactly as advertised - he actually went above and beyond the call of duty in his sanguine donations.

Maybe he should’ve been called “Two Pints”.

 

No powdered substances? What about "Cokaine Rider" or "Cokaine Cowboy" im not sure if any boxers actually had those nick names though so not sur if they count.

 

Anthrax?

 

Muhammad "The Greatest" Ali

 

“Snortin’” Ken Norton.

 

So, instead of "Mysterious", we would have Billy "the dirty ****er" Smith?

Smith lost 11 of his final 57 by fights DQ.
My favourite descriptions of his DQ losses on Boxrec include:

• "Smith kicked Neill, then bit him on the shoulder"
• "Welterweight Championship of the World, Smith knocked Ferns down 15 times before fouling him", suffering a DQ in a fight its sound like he was well on his way to winning
• "Ryan lost his footing and Smith landed a low blow whilst he was down" - I love that hitting a fighter who had slipped over wasn't enough for Billy, he had to smack the fallen Ryan in the balls