10 best boxing nicknames only

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  1. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    my list
    1. the abysmal brute
    2. manassa mauler
    3. will of the wisp
    4.iron city express
    5. the old master
    6.michigan assassin
    7. homicide hank
    8.Li'l Arthur
    9.the cuban Bon Bon
    10.Boston Tar Baby
     
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  2. janitor

    janitor VIP Member

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    Joe Louis had some good ones:

    The Tan Tarzan of Thump.
     
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    The Swamp Donkey
    The Pink Cat
     
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  4. Napoleon

    Napoleon Smokin' Full Member

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    Lights Out
    Smokin'
    The Dancing Destroyer
    The Dark Destroyer
    Touch of Sleep
     
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    The Dark Destroyer
    The Untouchable
    Bomber
    Hitman

    My favourites.
     
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  6. janitor

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    Some interesting historical paralels.

    The first Marvelous Marvin was not Hagler but Hart.

    Both Tommy Hearns and Nigel Benn wore names that Joe Louis carried before them.
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    The Brown Bomber
    Lights Out
    The Jew Killer :lol::-(
    Thunder
    Too Sharp
    The Manassa Mauler
    Cinderella Man
    Living Death
    The Raging Bull
    Hands of Stone
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I would dearly love to read a lineage of the "Giant Killer" monicur. So many great fighters have carried it.
     
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  9. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    McGrain,
    1. David ,who slew Goliath
    2.Jack Dempsey
    3. Jack Dillon,etc.
     
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  10. Osceola

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    The Atomic Bull
    Gunboat
    Iron Mike
    Nonpariel
    The Motor City Cobra
    Kid Dynamite
    The Camden Buzzsaw
     
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    The Dark Destroyer
    Thunder
     
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  12. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    IMO, you cannot beat a Zimbabwean Heavyweight, thus I give you:

    Hitler the Killer

    Jukebox Timebomb
     
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  13. KOTF

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    The Hispanic Causing Panic
    Baaaaaaaaaaaaazooka
    Mantequilla "Butter"
     
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  14. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Also, I see no mention of the two finest nicknames in boxing history:

    The Motor City Cobra (Tommy Hearns)

    (James) Bonecrusher (Smith)
     
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    Mantequilla Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The little tractor Alfonso Lopez


    Chong-Pal park was nicknamed something like "the glass jaw", not sure how it translates.
     
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