Stole a famous nickname,and paid the price.

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  1. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I took a popular nickname of a fighter...Big mistake and i paid for it..Who am I ?
     
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  2. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    George "Sugar" Costner? bb
     
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    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yea, that is my guess as well. Robinson took him out in 1 round.
     
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  4. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    jg your right ,George Sugar Costner it was ..Costner was kod twice by Ray robinson in the FIRST round, Costner was a hell of a fighter who beat Ike Williams and Kid Gavilan...jg we are lucky to have seen the original sugarman..Yes indeed..b.b.
     
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  5. Xplosive

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    Not the answer.... but Tommy Hearns should slap Ricky Hatton for stealing "The Hitman". If anything Hatton shoulda been named "The Get Hitman"
     
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    Robinson apparently said something like "get your own nickname" after taking him out in 1.
     
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  7. bodhi

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    As far as I know Hatton asked Hearns if this is okay and Hearns approved. At least I have heard that more than once.
     
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  8. TBooze

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    But did he ask Bret Hart?;)
     
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  9. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    actually they did have a conversation about it and hearns said heart did well with it:D
     
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  10. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who is that?
     
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  11. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A WWF wrestler...
     
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  12. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ah, okay, no wonder I don´t know him. Wrestling isn´t exactly a big sport over here.
     
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  13. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Over where?

    I am from Britain, and he fought here on The World Sport, as Cowboy Bret Hart; no wonder he needed to change the nickname!

    That said the Motor City Cobra is much better than Hitman, and Tommy agreed.
     
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    Things didn't work out too great for Sugar Ray Seales.
     
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  15. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Harsh, hell one Ray Charles Leonard was no Walker Smith Jr...
     
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