Its hilariously corny. B-Hop's the kind of person who can do lame things and make it badass not only in spite of the lameness, but specifically because of it.
Well, apologies to Matt, but I always thought 'Mack the knife' was just plain silly. Alvarados ring moniker is also wide open to misinterpretation, but my personal award goes to Aik Shaknazarian (yes I know..who?) with the impressive nom de guerre of 'the humanoid' - like wtf is he then? Kinda human shaped, but not quite human? http://www.***********.com/forums/showthread.php?t=611526 (that'd be 'scene btw)
ricardo "el matador" mayorga never made any sense to, surely it should have been charging bull mayorga, matador is the guy that runs away isan't it?
Oh yeah. And Chris Male. Now I ain't sure whether this is supposed to be 'the mail man', but I keep seeing it written as 'the Male Man' - which is just about as stupid as it's possible to be - really.
Whatever you say about Ruiz and his style the man had a damn good career 2 time World champion, also he made a **** load of money, i was looking at past purses the other day, he made 11M vs Jones, and 1.1 1.5m for several others, in total from what i could find he made in total like 20m Not bad for someone known as the quietman!
Surely "The Freak" would have been better than "The Alien", Jesus 'Methuselah' would be better than 'Alien'. 'I'm surprised Don King is a real name. 'Bone Crusher' sounds kind of corny to me. 'Quiet Man' is ****, we know he's quiet, why? Is he a thinker\schemer, strong\silent type, nihilistic\brooding? Even his entrance music was some Billy Joel ballad or something... Jesus at least give him something dark and brooding, imlpy his 'quietness' is mysterious and alluring not neurotic... Anyone know who was the first 'Baddest Man on the Planet'? Surely it predates Tyson. Tyson needed a more appropriate moniker for his post-prision career, something that "Bi-polar Brawler" but better obviously. Something that spoke of how volitaile, nihilistic, reckless and self-destructive he was. In his prime he was 'Iron' because he had discipline. The 'Straightjacket Slugger'? Anything with 'Mauler' in it is cool, like Dempsey and Fennech. Dr Iron Fist is kind of cool, in a comic book villain kind of way, would have been perfect if Vitali's career was closer to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. What were some good ones that denoted not just bad intentions but evil ones, a nickname that said, 'if this guy wasn't boxing, he'd be in jail, an asylum or a modern Genghis Khan.' Was Joe Frazier 'Smoking' because his offence was a slow burn? ie it just coming slowly but relentlessly and was difficult to completely extinguish? 'Baby Faced Assassin' has got to be one of the all time greats.