Boxers who were vegetables

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  1. MAD_PIGE0N

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    Haha, ok, maybe some moderator create the thread and move those comments there.
     
  2. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not on the same level as Julio Cesar Salad Chavez.

    JCSC was a goat (but not goat cheese … different topic altogether).
     
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  3. NoNeck

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    Beanny Leonard
    Oscar De La Goya
     
  4. Pugguy

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    Phew! When I first read the title, I was WORRIED. I thought this was going to be one of those awful threads - inviting members to make a pun out of a fighters' name pertaining to a vegetable.

    However, I was pleasantly surprised to find.... Oh, I see, it is one of those threads. Okay, when in Rome......

    Coriander Sanders

    Willie Radish

    Tony Delicata

    Joe Louis Marrow

    Lupe Pinto Beans

    Mushroom Callahan

    Veggie Johnson...Vunderbar!

    Aubrey Gene Tunney (each way bet on veg/fruit)

    Bob "The Corn Kernel" Sheridan (yes, a commentator, I know)

    Randall Tex Corn (on the) Cob

    Before he gained even more weight: Wonton Tony Galentil

    Jess Willard: The Podi Potta, Whatta Me? Giant

    Jim Jeffries: The Boiled Vegetables Maker

    Stanley Ketchup (veg/fruit derivative)

    Thomas The Olive Pit Man Hearns

    Ray Boom Boom Zucchini

    Sam Veggie Berger
     
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  5. Saintpat

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    How did we ever miss …

    Lentilman Gerry Cooney?
     
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  6. NoNeck

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    Romaine Gonzales
     
  7. Saintpat

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    Tiger Cauliflower
    Renaldo ‘Mr Parsnips’ Parsnips
    Thomas Spinach (Ulrich)
     
  9. Saintpat

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    Antonio Asparagus-a
     
  10. SimonLock

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    Oliver McCauliflower
     
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  11. mcvey

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    Ingemar Johansson. He was a Swede.
     
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