10 best boxing nicknames only

the leamington licker
the crashing,smashing,dashing kid
the ghost with a hammer in his hand
the cincinatti flash
the whitechapel windmill
the stony dandy from tonypandy

 

california grizzly bear
perpetual motion
rochdale thunderbolt
casablanca clouter
fish
I dont care much for 'black cloud' but just love 'the easton assassin'
king of the canebrakes
Hard rock from down under

 

Wow, I don't even remember that one.

 

Donavon 'Razor' Ruddock

But the King had to be Apollo Creed. Half of the original Rocky film was the MC going though a list of his nicknames; and that won a number of Oscars!

 

Wilfred "El Radar" Benitez

 

"the onion picker"

 

Not actual nicknames I know but always loved " The Master of disaster" and " The Count of Monte Fisto"

 

Two of Creed's...

 

Iran "The Blade" Barkley.

Now that's "gangsta". Rolls off the tongue real nice as well.

 

Johnny "Ghetto Blaster" Williams. Local fighter, guy used to come out with a radio on his shoulder.

 

Swamp Donkey makes me laugh every single time. Personally, I don't think you can beat something like John "The Beast" Mugabi for its simplicity and intent. El Terrible and Too Sharp are up there.

 

Most clever:

Chris 'P' Bacon?

 

"The Phantom of Philly" Tommy Loughren, Walcott's "Barbados Demon" Wilde's "the Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand" and Lew Jenkins "the Living Death" are probably my favorites.

I cannot abide those racist names from the early part of the 20th century. I will never, ever, call Sam Langford "the Boston Tar Baby." A tar baby, for those who don't know was a slur for black people back then. It's disrespectful. Sam had a better nickname anyway... "The Boston Terror." Much better.

Pop quiz: Where did Anthony "Six Heads" Lewis get his nickname? No googling allowed.

 

Oliver 'Officer Called' McCall

 

henry ' jesus christ i'm bleedin' again ' cooper