Greatest Boxing Nicknames

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  1. Col Mortimer

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    Hands Of Stone.

    'Bombardier' Billy Wells.

    Smokin' Joe

    Tony 'Leave Me Be' Bellew
     
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  2. ipitythefool

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    Windmill Wilder
     
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    In the realm of not so threatening nicknames I offer up Alberto "Tweety" Davila and Tyrone "Butterfly" Crawley.
     
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    Bud is another rubbish one
     
  5. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    The Louisville Lip or, quite simply, "The Greatest".
     
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    No love for the Juan "Hispanic Causing Panic" Lazcano?
     
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    "The Executioner/ Alien" Bernard Hopkins
     
  8. Keleneki

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    Mantequilla = butter. Jose Napoles.
     
  9. Pepsi Dioxide

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    Louis "Facelifter" Monaco.


    One that I never liked. "Double M" Michael Moorer. I get it, your first and last name start with "M".
     
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    Iron Mike is brilliant
     
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    The Lone Star Cobra
    The President
    The Mad Dog
     
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    Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe

    Joe “The Boss” Hipp
     
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    I'm not sure if I think the nickname is great but it fits the man perfectly, Naoya "Monster" Inoue.
     
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    Jimmy " The ghost with a hammer in his hand "
    Wilde

    Cleveland " Big Cat" Williams

    Andrew " Six Heads "Lewis

    Paul " Scrap Iron " Ryan
     
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  15. Jacques81

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    "The Big Worm"
     
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