Best NickNames in boxing?

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  1. BagsWithDust

    BagsWithDust Well-Known Member Full Member

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    5 pages and still no love for Erik "El Terrible" Morales?! what has this world gone to jkjk

    I really like:
    Edison "Pantera" Miranda
    Fernando "El Feroz or The Aztec Warrior" Vargas.

    And of course my two personal favourites:
    Demarcus "Chop Chop" Corely
    Ronald "Winky" Wright
     
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  2. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Lee "I'm no baby" Swaby. And: boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=25942&cat=boxer
     
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  3. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Adrian The Problem Broner
    Keith One Time Thurman
     
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  4. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Sugar :smoke
     
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  5. Theron

    Theron Boxing Addict banned

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    ''The Man Of Steel'' Tony Zale

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  6. Theron

    Theron Boxing Addict banned

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    And of course James ''Im Undestructible/I got Milk'' Toney :lol:
     
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  7. Theron

    Theron Boxing Addict banned

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    Jack Dempsey ''The Manassa Mauler''
    ''The Michigan Assassin'' Stanley Ketchel
    ''The Galveston Giant'' Jack Johnson
    ''The big Bear'' Sonny Liston
    Tiger Flowers didn't need a nickname his name was just enough
    Cleveland ''Big Cat'' Williams
    Jack ''the Giant Killer'' Dillon
    ''The toy Bulldog'' Mickey Walker
     
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  8. Maximus

    Maximus TKO6 Full Member

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    Apollo 'The Count of Monte Fisto/The Master of Disaster' Creed.
     
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  9. DrMo

    DrMo Team GB Full Member

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    I love Carmen "The upstate onion farmer" Basilio

    Riddick "Batman" Bowe, as he was briefly known near the start of his career was terrible. He wore a cheap little cape & threw rubber bats into the crowd :lol:
     
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  10. Cableaddict

    Cableaddict Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Didn't we just have the same thread topic a few months ago? :lol:




    Anyway: "Boom Boom" Mancini will always be my fav.
     
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  11. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    he didnt give himself that nickname , nor did he much care for it
     
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  12. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Paul Scrap Iron Ryan
     
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  13. Theron

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    ''TWO TON'' Tony Galento
    ''The Acorn'' Earnie Shavers also ''The Black Destroyer''
     
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  14. Theron

    Theron Boxing Addict banned

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    My favourites are still

    The man of Steel
    The Toy Bulldog
    The Big Bear

    Don't get much better than that

    Jack the Giant killer too.
     
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  15. The_Destroyer

    The_Destroyer Active Member Full Member

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    Rocky "The Italian Stallion" Balboa... :D

    Seriously, filipino boxers also have cool nicknames:

    1. Manny "The Destroyer" Pacquiao (before he became Pacman ; The Mexicutioner)
    2. Milan "El Metodico" Melindo
    3. AJ "Bazooka" Banal
    4. Z "The Dream" Gorres
    5. Luisito "Lindol" Espinosa (Lindol means Earthquake)
    6. Francis "Pancho Villa" Guilledo
    7. Gabriel "Flash" Elorde
     
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