Nicknames

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  1. dannyboy147

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    Junior Witter "The hitter". Never was a nickname so unfitting!
     
  2. TBooze

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    Johnny 'The Entertainer' Nelson wants a word...
     
  3. BoxingNL

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    Nigel 'The Dark Destroyer' Benn, one of my favourites.
     
  4. Tomm

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    Rendall "The Boxing Binman" Munroe. Classic.
     
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    The Tonypandy Terror Tommy Farr

    Spice Boy Ryan Rhodes
     
  6. mgmark7

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    Anyone know why Georges Carpentier was nicknamed The Orchid Man?
     
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    It was because he often wore one in his buttonhole. :good
     
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    Johnny "the pexican "Barton ,also Iran "the blade"Barkley