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The Count of Monte Fisto -- Apollo Creed

 

Michael Second to Nunn

 

:good

 

Jimmy "The Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand" Wilde
Lew "The Living Death" Jenkins
"Homicide Hank" Armstrong
Joe "The Barbados Demon" Walcott
"The Baby Faced Assassin" Marco Antonio Barrerra
''The Toy Bulldog'' Mickey Walker
Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran
Mike "The Body Snatcher" McCallum
Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao
Jake "The Raging Bull" LaMotta
Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini
Aaron "the Hawk" Pryor
Archie "The Old Mongoose" Moore
Jimmy "The Mighty Atom" Wilde

 

Those two in particular were so befitting of their recipients.

 

Andrew "Boxing" Maynard

 

Iron Mike
Sugar Ray
Sugar Shane
Hitman Hearns
Hitman Hatton
Big George
Guts Ishimatsu
Sonny Liston
Prince Naseem
Winky Wright
Marvellous Marvin Hagler
Curtis Hatchet Man Sheppard
Caveman Lee
Mike The Bodysnatcher McCallum
Manny Pac
Tex Cobb
Scrap Iron Johnson
Tiger Flowers
Pretty Boy Floyd
James Lights Out Toney
Merciless Ray Mercer
Nipples
Butter
Da Sex
Touch of Sleep
Ding-a-ling Man
Gentleman Jim
Real Deal
The Rock
The Raging Bull
Smokin' Joe
The Untouchable
The Duke
Irish Mickey
The Atomic Bull
Razor Ruddock
The Dark Destroyer
David "Fisher" Price
The Acorn
Hitler

 

Lights out
Doin' damage

 

Bad Bennie Briscoe
Joltin Jeff Chandler
Miricle Matthew (Franklin) Saad Muhammad
Dwight The Camden Buzzsaw (Braxton) Qawi
Gypsy Joe Harris
Eugene Cyclone Hart
Frank The Animal Fletcher

Not sure why these guys couldn't do better...
Willie The Worm monroe
Stanley Kitten Hayward (has any other boxer ever been called kitten?)
Bobby Boogaloo Watts

 

Great List :good Don't think anyone has even mentioned "Sugar" Ray Robinson.

On the other end of the spectrum my least favourite boxing nickname has to be "The Upstate Onion Farmer"....the **** were they thinking.

 

Forgot Jersey Joe