Boxers who were fish

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sardine Sanchez, the late, great featherweight champ.
     
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  2. Pugguy

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    Do fighters flopping “like” a fish count?

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    There’s no accounting for getting caught in the slipstream of the punch that missed.

    For further references, see Bruce “The Atlantic Salmon” Express Seldon vs Tyson.
     
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  3. Saintpat

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    Manuel “Arctic” Char

    Dominick Breaz-eel
     
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  4. mr. magoo

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    OSCAR De La Hoya

    Jack Dempsey ( Yes that’s an actual fish that can be purchased in most pet stores )
     
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    An Oscar is an actual fish itself
     
  6. Pugguy

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    Still trawling…..

    Teo-filleto-fish Stevenson.
     
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    No mention of King Fish Levinsky yet!
     
  8. Saintpat

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    Matthew Swordfish Muhammad

    (Tip your waitress. I’ll be here all week.)
     
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    John Skate was famously knocked out in the final seconds by Pike Weaver.
     
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    Surprised nobody has said Jack Dempsey.

    There’s literally a fish named after Jack Dempsey.
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  11. Pugguy

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    Yeah, we've mentioned him a few times but no one has provided a video so far. Very cool.

    I first became acquainted with the Jack Dempsey fish in a pet shop aquarium next to where I buy my coffee.

    I'd kill time after I ordered my cup of Joe to check out the fish. I noticed one fish bullying the others. When he was done with scattering them, he'd zoom right up to the glass, eye-balling me and looking like he wanted to go me right then and there also! Lol.

    I asked the pet shop owner what type of fish it was - he said, err, a Jack Dempsey. I said "That figures!" I asked the guy if he knew why it was called a Jack Demsepy or if he knew who Jack Dempsey was. He said no. I told him about the fighter Jack Dempsey and how uber aggressive he was - you know, just to educate the fella.

    The guy replied "Ahhh" but really, he didn't give two Fs. :lol: Such a waste of my infinite boxing knowledge. Haha.
     
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    You forgot to tell us how good the steak is OR, do they only serve fish?
     
  13. JohnThomas1

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    AlexZANDER Povetkin
    Willie "The Wormfish" Monroe
    Charlie "Whiting Lightning" Brown
    James "Bonefish" Smith
    Don "The Cobia" Curry
    ClevEELand Wiliams
    Mike "The "Bounter" Grunter
    Benny Pike
     
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  14. Saintpat

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    I seem to have stumbled across our only three-for-one:

    Marlin Gar-Ling
     
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    SuGAR RAY RobinSUNFISH

    Yeah it's trying pretty hard LOL

    Interestingly there is also a Searobin and Northern Sea Robin so they could be somewhat poorly linked in as well.
     
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