Least threatening boxer nicknames

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  1. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    One of my favorite 1980s fighters was Tyrone "Butterfly" Crawley.
     
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  2. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The Butterfly even looked like a guy you’d run into in a suburban library.
     
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  3. Richard M Murrieta

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    I dig those names buddy. Ha Ha.
     
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  4. crixus85

    crixus85 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bam, Mundo, Canelo.
     
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  5. Jackstraw

    Jackstraw Mercy for me, justice for thee! Full Member

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    Calvin “The Boxing Banker” Brock
     
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  6. Jackstraw

    Jackstraw Mercy for me, justice for thee! Full Member

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    Ravishing Rollo
    (Bonus point if you can tell me where that one comes from)
     
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  7. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Before someone comment this.
    Indonesian Thin Man, Chris John's original nickname
    Cocoa Kid,sound like some choccy farmer...
    PacMan Pacquiao, PacMan sounds so corny yet he can launch you off into a field of corns.
    The mouse Strauss, don't tell me much more about this...
    A honorable mention would be George Foreman getting called mummy by Ali,mummies are scary but funny to think if those corpse boxes.
     
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  8. crixus85

    crixus85 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yes, and Fury, copied “Rabbit” for Usyk twice, and we all know how well that went!
     
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  9. dcarlota

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    Tim 'Doughboy' Tomashek
     
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  10. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If only he got this nickname for the right reasons.

    Opponent: Why do they call you Fireman?

    Flynn: Because I’m going to put you OUT!
     
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  11. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    These 2 take the cake for me.

    I get that there's a story behind Braddock's name (though it's still a terrible 1 for a fighter), but wtf is up w/ "Orchid Man"?
     
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  12. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Military reference, though you’d think they could come up with something clearer. Why not “Artillery” Georges Carpentier or something? LOL.
     
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  13. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ridley “Kitbag” Scott.
     
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  14. clum

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    Greg "Flea" Richardson
    Richard "Shrimpy" Clarke
    Al "Bumblebee" Long (maybe this one is okay, because at least a bee can sting you)
    Darrin "Schoolboy" Van Horn
    Antonio "El Poema" Avelar (just as it looks, it means "poem" in Spanish)
     
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  15. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    And if someone doesn't mention this already too, Carl Bobo Olson.

    "Heh,how funny of him to get such a cute name from his sister,I wonder what he's like..."
    *Sees his fight with Turpin*
    "God."
     
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