Coolest Boxing Nicknames of All Time (SURVEY)

1 : Roberto Duran - Hands of Stone
2 : Andrew Lewis - Six Heads
3 : James Toney - Lights Out
4 : Jack Dempsey - The Manassa Mauler
5 : Ike Quarry - Bazooka
6 : Iran Barclay - The Blade
7 : Joe Frazier - Smokin
8 : Jimmy Wilde - The Ghost with the Hammer in His Hand
9 : Ray Mancini - Boom Boom
10 : Ezzard Charles - The Cincinnati Cobra
11 : Mike McCallum - The Bodysnatcher
12 : Aaron Pryor - The Hawk
13 : Riddick Bowe - Big Daddy
14 : Arturo Gatti - Thunder
15 : Bernard Hopkins - The Executioner
16 : Lloyd Honeyghan - Ragamuffin Man
17 : Nigel Benn - The Dark Destroyer
18 : Terry Downes - Paddington Express
19 : Willie Monroe - The Worm
20 : Chuck Wepner - The Bayonne Bleeder
21 : Vinny Pazienza -The Pazmanian Devil
22 : Thomas Hearns - Hitman
23 : Stanley Ketchell - The Michigan Assassin
24 : Floyd Mayweather - Pretty Boy
25 : Jack Johson - Galveston Giant
Not really gave it much thought these are just the names that popped into my head

 

1 Archie Moore - The Old Mongoose
2 Willie Pep - Will o' the Wisp
3 Ken Norton - The Black Hercules
4 Ingemar Johansson - The Hammer of Thor
5 James Toney - Lights Out
6 Joe Frazier - Smokin
7 Joe Walcott - Barbados Demon
8 Roberto Duran - Manos de Piedra
9 Thomas Hearns - The Hitman
10 Ezzard Charles - The Cincinnati Cobra
11 Niccolino Locche - El Intocable
12 Aaron Pryor - The Hawk
13 Jose Napoles - Mantequilla
14 Bernard Hopkins - The Executioner
15 Pernell Whitaker - Sweet Pea
16 Marvin Hagler - Marvelous
17 Max Schmeling - Black Uhlan of the Rhine
18 Vitali Klitschko - Doctor Ironfist
19 Harry Greb - The Pittsburgh Windmill
20 Benny Leonard - The Ghetto Wizard
21 Henry Cooper - Our 'Enry
22 Eder Jofre - Galinho de Ouro
23 Primo Carnera - The Ambling Alp
24 Owen Beck - What the Heck
25 Paulino Uzcudun - The Basque Woodchopper

 

I’ll see about putting together a list, but I nominate for consideration:

Maxie Rosenbloom — Slapsie Maxie

Bruce Strauss — The Mouse

Anthony Jones — Baby

Curtis Hambright — Battling Bozo

Joe Louis — Brown Bomber

Stanley Heyward — Kitten

Willie Monroe — The Worm

Maurice Watkins — Termite

 

Just trying to go outside the box a bit with some no one has picked, so bear with me.

1) Duane Turner - Tomahawk Turner (He was only a clubfighter but I always thought that was the coolest name)
2) Alexis Arguello - El Flaco Explosivo (The explosive thin man)
3) Rodolfo Gonzalez - El Gato
4) Barry Funches - Barry 'Bunches of Punches' Funches (sometimes known as the fighting postman but I always loved this one)
5) Eugene Hart - Cyclone
6) Ruben Olivares - Rockabye Ruben
7) Bennie Briscoe - Bad Bennie
8) Victor Galindez - Vicious Victor
9) Jack Sharkey - The Boston Gob
10) Eddie Mustafa Muhammad - Back before he changed his name he was known as Eddie 'The Flame' Gregory
11) Bebis Rojas - Sugar Baby Rojas
12) George Johnson - Scrapiron Johnson
13) Pedro Decima - The Decimator
14) Ray Mercer - Merciless Mercer
15) Jesus Pimental - Little Poison
16) Jeff Chandler - Joltin' Jeff

 

Don't forget
Bobby Watts-Boogaloo

 

I always thought that Harry 'Bobo' was a nickname as if to suggest he's mental, unhinged, dangerous.

well it gets worse, seemingly that is his name, Harry Kirk BOBO - the Peabody Paralyzer.

sheesh, I don't know what is better, or worse...

 

Hi Guys.
of the top...
Ace Hudkins- The Nebraska Wildcat
Sammy Mandell - The Rockford Sheik
Billy Papke- The Illinois Thunderbolt
Joe Grim - The Indian Rubber Man.
Fred Apostoli- The Fighting Bellhop could be my fav.
Primo Carnera- Da Preem
Oscar Alvarado - Shotgun
Bob Montgomery- The Harlem Bobcat
Thats it off to bed, awake again in 2 hours.....
stay safe guys.
Mike.

 

The Body Snatcher - Mike Mccallum
The Hitman/The Motor City Cobra - Thomas Hearns
Manos de Piedra - Roberto Duran
Mantequilla - Jose Napoles
Merciless - Ray Mercer
El Terrible - Erik Morales
Real Deal - Evander Holyfield
The Greatest - Muhammad Ali
Bonecrusher - James Smith
Puncher of the Century - Earnie Shavers
The Might Atom - Jimmy Wilde
Homicide Hank - Henry Armstrong
Lights Out - James Toney
Superman - Adonis Stevenson
El Flaco Explosivo - Alexis Arguello

 

If we’re going to be honest here, Bonecrusher is as good as a nickname can get.

 

"The Ghost with the Hammer in His Hand" sounds like something that was translated from an aborigine. In a good way.
I think I'll always be partial to The Body Snatcher though. But Andrew "The Man Who Gives You An Owie On Your No-No Parts" Golota is also up there. And, oddly, was actually translated from what the Polish aboriginal people called him.

 

Some obscure ones there Mike,well done

 

Fulgencio " Young Terror" Cabangon.

 

1. "The Bodysnatcher" Mike McCallum
2. " The Executioner" Bernard Hopkins
3. "The Greatest" Muhammed Ali
4. The Barbados Demon" Joe Walcott
5. "Sugar" Ray Robinson
6. "The Ghetto Wizard" Benny Leonard
7. "Manos De Piedra" Roberto Duran
8. "The Hitman" Thomas Hearns
9. James "Bonecrusher" smith
10. " The Cincinnati Cobra" Ezzard Charles
11. "The Manassa Mauler" Jack Dempsey
12. " The Hawk" Aaron Pryor
13. " The Galveston Giant" Jack Johnson
14. "The Baby Faced Assassin" Marco Antonio Barrera
15. "The Brown Bomber" Joe Louis
16. " The Old Mongoose" Archie Moore
17. "The Pitrsburg Windmill" Harry Greb
18. "Lights Out" James Toney
19. "Mantequilla" Jose Napoles
20. "El Terrible" Erik Morales
21. "The Hammer of Thor" Ingemar Johansson
22. "The Easton Assassin" Larry Holmes
23. "Iton" Mike Tyson
24. " Marvelous" Marvin Hagler
25. "The Real Deal" Evander Holyfield

 

Intersting question. I based my answers not only how good the nickname was but also how good it sounded when the announcer said it. In some cases I was imaging how it would sound.

Thomas Hearns - Hitman
Ezzard Charles - Cincinnati Cobra
Roger Mayweather - Black Mamba
Bernard Hopkins - The Executioner
Mike McCallum - Bodysnatcher
Ruben Olivares - Rockabye
Roberto Duran - Hands of Stone (Preferred over Manos De Piedra)
Michael Nunn - Second To
Juan Lezcano - The Hispanic Causing Panic
James Smith - Bonecrusher
Wladimir Klitschko - Dr. Steelhammer
Johnny Tapia - Mi Vida Loca
Kostya Tszyu - Thunder From Down Under
Oscar Albarado - The Uvalde Shotgun
Kenny Bogner - Bang Bang
Vinnie Pazienza - The Pazmanian Devil
Iran Barkley - The Blade
Bobby Watts - Boogaloo
John L. Sullivan - The Boston Strong Boy
Ken Norton - Black Hercules
Jack Dempsey - The Manassa Mauler
Alberto Sandoval - Superfly
Rubin Carter - Hurricane
Tyson Fury - The Gypsy King
James Toney - Light Out