Least threatening boxer nicknames

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Everybody wants a badass nickname )Bonecrusher Smith, Thunder Gatti, Hit Man Hearns, Iron Mike) or a marketable one (Golden Boy, Boom Boom, etc) or a descriptive one complimentary of one’s style (Sugar Rays and Marvelous Marvin) … but what about pushovers? Which boxers of some note (whether champions or contenders or even plucky journeymen) embraced the kind of nicknames that might make an opponent quick to sign up for an easy night if they judged only by monicker?

    I have a few and figure we can come up with many more:

    Sweet Pea Whitaker has to take the cake … but you have to eat your vegetables first! Pernell was indeed sweet, but the ‘pea’ added to it just makes him seem adorable … until you try to hit him. After 12 rounds of missing and getting countered, most guys would probably stick to meat and potatoes rather than venture into Whitaker’s garden again.

    Termite Watkins is a good one. Actually it’s a scary nickname if you’re a block of wood or a homeowner, but otherwise it’s just an ant with an appetite. Yet he was plucky and scrappy and annoying to those who learned first-hand why he got the nickname.

    Cookie Wallace was a 1970s journeyman heavyweight who fought them all, out of Texas iirc. Well, C is for Cookie, and that’s good enough for me.

    Kid Chocolate sounds sweet, but it was a bitter experience for most who fought him.
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Robert 'Songbird' Williams

    Willie 'Birdlegs' Jensen

    Willie 'The Worm' Monroe
     
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  3. Romero

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    If I ever fight I’ll be stealing Mr Jensen’s moniker. To add some answers @Saintpat “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom and Stanley “Kitten” Hayward.
     
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    Jose ''Mantequilla'' Napoles
    Georges ''The Orchid Man'' Carpentier
    James J Braddock ''The Cinderella man''
    Roman ''Chocolatito'' Gonzalez
    Maxie ''Slapsie'' Rosenbloom
    Owen ''What the heck'' Beck
     
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    Bruce "The Mouse" Strauss
    Lance "Goofy" Whittaker
    Edward "Pee Wee" Parker
    Maurice "Thin Man" Blocker

    Never thought "Gentleman" Cooney/Corbett was very intimidating.

    Can't pass up a chance to throw Frank "Rootin Tootin" Newton's name out there.
     
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  6. Thread Stealer

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    “Boxing” Andrew Maynard. Also the least creative.
     
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  7. USFBulls727

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    Anvi Yildirim's nickname is "Mr. Robot", which is hands down the most ridiculous nickname I've ever heard. It also fits this thread of being not very threatening.
     
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  8. mr. magoo

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    Gerald “ The Jedi “ Nobles wasn’t exactly a “ weak “ name but kinda corny
     
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  9. Saintpat

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    Mushy Callahan is another.

    Battling Bozo (t/n Curtis Hambright)

    Johnny “The Entertainer” Nelson

    Julius “The Chef” Jackson

    I wish longtime Louisiana referee Elmo Adolph had gone by “Tickle Me” (at least he didn’t lean into his last name and go by “The Fuhrer” … far as I know he didn’t have a nickname at all).
     
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    Alberto “Tweety” Davila
    John “The Quiet Man” Ruiz
    Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade
    James “Chunky” DeGale
     
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    Lou "Honey Boy" Del Valle
     
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  12. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    Pretty Boy Floyd! Lol!
     
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  13. Kid Bacon

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    Eric Scott Esch, better known as the mythical "Butterbean", is a must in any "weird nicknames" list.

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  14. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The Toy Bulldog sounds adorable…but…
     
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    The Boston gob, Jack Sharkey.
    The Boston tar baby Sam Langford.
    "Kingfish" Levinsky.
    The Cleveland Rubber Man, Johnny Risko.
     
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