Was a champ,never used 2nd name as weapon

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  1. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I was a champ,used only my fists, and never had to use my last name as a weapon...Who was I ?
     
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    Joey Maxim (gun)?
     
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    Joey Maxim?

    Its been up a while and I get beat by literally a second.
     
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    Obviously former IBA cruiserweight world champion Bobby Gunn.
     
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  5. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    All good choices, my guy could club you with his name
     
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    Peter Kane ?
     
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    Tommy "Machine" Gunn?
     
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    Freddy Steele?
     
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    Christopher "Battling" or "Bat" Battalino


    other possiblities

    Oscar "Shotgun" Albarado

    Rafael "Bazooka" Limon

    Tom Cannon

    "Torpedo" Billy Murphy
     
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  10. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    OLD FOGEY, nope
    I had a precious first name, and a weapon for a second name, and I was considered one of the greatest boxers of my era...
     
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    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ever Hammer

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    I now see, that our man was a champ... so it can't be Hammer after all.
     
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    Was gonna say Golden Johnson, but was he a champ?
     
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    :lol:
     
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  14. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No, Hammer was no champ, and Benny Leonard proved it...
     
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  15. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Again, there several answers to this:

    William Darts
    Tom Cannon
    Harry Broome
    Jem Mace
     
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