best nickname in boxing

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  1. BunnyGibbons

    BunnyGibbons Is Not About That Life Full Member

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    "Beast from the East"? :huh

    Who dat???
     
  2. Karceno

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    andre "six heads" lewis

    handsdown winner!
     
  3. si_19

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    Jimmy Wilde - 'the Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand'
    James J. Braddock - 'Cinderella Man'
     
  4. ApatheticLeader

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    Maybe Georges Carpentier should have had it :think
     
  5. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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  6. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    snv
     
  7. gyll

    gyll Undetectable Full Member

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    Nikolai Valuev...although I guess the main one he uses is Russian Giant.
     
  8. luciuslim

    luciuslim Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The explosive thin man
    Homicide Hank
    Manassa Mauler
    The Executioner
    Iron Mike tyson
    and of course, SUGAR
     
  9. Zopilote

    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    Wilfred "El Radar" Benitez

    ^ Thats always been my favorite. Other favorites include:

    Ricardo "El Finito" Lopez
    Mike "The Body Snatcher" McCallum
    Marco Antonio "The Babyface Assasin" Barrera
    Manny "The Destroyer" Pacquiao
    Hector "Macho" Camacho
    Antonio "El 7 Mares" Margarito
    Nigel "The Dark Destroyer" Benn
     
  10. Squared Circle

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  11. saul_ir34

    saul_ir34 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    does anyone have the nick "the surgeon" although now that I say it it doesn't sound as cool as in spanish " el cirujano". That woulda been my nickname if I was a boxer.
     
  12. unsigned_userv2

    unsigned_userv2 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Apparently that was the nickname Don King tried to market him as, but Valuev never liked it
     
  13. JamesR

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    apollo creeds nickname........."the count of monteFISTo