Is Andre Berto the only top flight boxer without a nickname?

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  1. lucasehr

    lucasehr Active Member Full Member

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    I can't think of anyone else who doesn't have a nickname, even if it's one they're not really known as but is just announced in the ring. Why did he not take one?

    Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think I am.
     
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    Cotto doesn't have a nickname.
     
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    lucasehr Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah, Cotto is one of those dudes that never goes by his nickname, and you wouldn't necessarily know it, but I think they announce it in the ring.
     
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    Margarito?
     
  7. lucasehr

    lucasehr Active Member Full Member

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    I think he's the Tijuana Tornado or something like that. Although they ridiculously always announce him as "Antonio Tooonnnny Margarito," which sounds really dumb.
     
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    his nickname is margacheato.
     
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    I don't think Sturm has one.
     
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    Tijiuana Tornado
     
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    "Tijuana Tornado"

    I think I heard that once.

    Or maybe I just read it on a boxing forum, not sure.
     
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    I don't believe James Kirkland has a nickname.

    edit; nevermind, it's the Mandingo Warrior. He needs a new one.
     
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    "Mandingo Warrior" or something?

    :lol:
     
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    Koki Kameda doesn't have one, then again he doesn't need one.



    KOKI KAMEDA!
     
  15. lucasehr

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    Yeah, actually now that I think about it they don't call him "junito" in the ring, they say "Miguel Angel Cotto" where Angel I guess serves as a nickname, at least the placeholder for one, although obviously it's his middle name.