Famous boxers without nicknames

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  1. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Seriously, it is...

    I remember one, a crafty but under rated champion named Leo Cruz who gave Wilfredo Gomez all he could handle and won the WBA title in another war, his rematch with Sergio Palma in 1982.

    Who else?
     
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  2. ChrisJS

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    Rafael Marquez
    Carlos Ortiz
     
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  3. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Wilford Scypion
     
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  4. 20thCenturyBox

    20thCenturyBox Member Full Member

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    George Foreman (unless you count "Big")
    Ken Norton
    Lennox Lewis
    Marvin Hagler officially changed his name to add Marvellous, so it's not a nickname.
     
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  5. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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  6. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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  7. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    I thought “Big” George was a classic? My family aren’t overly boxing people, they followed it (HW scene) in the 80s-90s and they exclusively refer to Foreman as “Big George” it’s actually one of my favourites lol.
     
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  8. DirtyDan

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    Roy Jones
     
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  9. No_name_tard

    No_name_tard Active Member Full Member

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    Wasn't he called superman or Captain hook?
     
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  10. BoxingFanMike

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    I thought his nickname was Scorpion? Was on his shorts when MMH exterminated him.
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Marv was also known as 'The Brockton Blackbuster'
     
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  12. Noel857

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    Have heard Lennox being called The Lion
     
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  13. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Never heard him officially being called any of those. On boxrec he doesn’t even have an alias like other boxers.
     
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  14. Showstopper97

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  15. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I thought it may have been Blockbuster
     
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