Boxers who were colors

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Over time we’ve done fish and beverages and Star Trek/Star Wars characters, vegetables and many more.

    But we haven’t explored the palette of colors, nor the spectrum of boxers who were just that … at least by name.

    So let’s give it a try and draw our own color line.

    For starters:

    Dave “Boy” Green

    Pinklon Thomas

    Al “Blue” Lewis

    Mitch “Blood” Green

    Danny “Little Red” Lopez

    Mike “The Giant” White

    Elmer “Violet” Ray
     
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    Pastel Perez
    Carmine Basilio
    Ruby Robert Fitzsimmons
    Charley Fuchsia
    Kid Chocolate
    Marvin Camel
    Jerome Coffee
    Jersey Joe Walnut
    Gene Tawny
     
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    Joe “Old Bones” Brown

    Freddie “Red” Cochrane

    Joe “The Brown Bomber” Louis

    Jack BLACKburn
     
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  4. Stevie G

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    Dillion Whyte
     
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  5. Tin_Ribs

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    Jung Blue Chang
    Cyan Garcia
    Myung Woo-Hue
    Charley White
    Joe 'Gold Bones' Brown (two ****ers in one)
    Barney Rosso
    John Henry Blueis
    Lennox Blueis
    Red Kid Blueis
     
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    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Vinny Pazsienna

    Ivory Calderon

    Floyd Beigeweather

    Manny Opaquiao
     
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  7. Saintpat

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    “Bronze Bomber” Deontay Wilder

    “Brown Bomber” Joe Louis

    Clyde Gray

    Charlie Mag(ri)enta

    Ernie “Indian Red” Lopez

    Kevin Kelley green

    Rafael “Bazooka” Lemon

    Corn Griffin

    Mauvelous Marvin Hagler

    Ruben Olive-ares

    Robin egg blue Blake

    Lionel Rose

    Tomato Evangelista
     
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    thistle Boxing Junkie

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  9. ikrasevic

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    Earnie "Black Destroyer" Shavers
    Ruslan "White Tyson" Chagaev
    Frans "The White Buffalo" Botha
    James "Hard Rock" Green
    Ray '"Windmill'" White
     
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  10. mr. magoo

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    Red Burman
    Black Bill
     
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  11. KasimirKid

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    Nice list, but for the record I think Elmer Ray's true nickname back when was "Violent" not "Violet". I am particularly aware of this discrepancy because I made the same false assumption for over 20 years until I actually slowed down enough to re-read his name!
     
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  12. Saintpat

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    That’s what he wanted you to think!
     
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    Anselmo Moreno
    Reggie Green
    Brian Rose
    Lionel Rose
     
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  14. Fogger

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    It may not officially be a color bur how about two-time Sean O'Grady knockout victim Simmie Black. Among Black's other 170 losses was a four round decision loss to future world champion Clarence "Bone" Adams in Adams' first career fight.
     
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  15. Saintpat

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    I saw Simmie Black fight live once back in the 1970s, I think in a four-rounder. He was a character — got the opponent’s head locked under his arm and then punched him behind the back. When the ref stepped in to warn him, he kept the guy’s head locked for a few seconds while he argued with the ref. Mostly a survivor but definitely more interesting than your average four-round fighter.

    I understand he later got convicted on some kind of pedophilia charge or maybe it was child porn — something like that. So he can rot in hell if that’s the case.
     
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