Which is Boxing's Greatest Nickname???

dagosd2000 · Post by **dagosd2000** » 11 Apr 2008, 17:36

Rocky(Marciano)

Sugar(Ray Robinson)

Mantequilla

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 11 Apr 2008, 22:06

Syntax Error wrote:1) Andrew 'SIX HEADS' Lewis - original & never bettered IMO.

2) Paul 'SCRAP IRON' Ryan.

I knew a cop nicknamed "Seven heads." They reckoned he needed that many heads to be that ugly.

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 11 Apr 2008, 22:12

dagosd2000 wrote:Rocky(Marciano)

Sugar(Ray Robinson)

Mantequilla

Rocky was a form of "Rocco", Marciano's real name being Rocco Marchegiano. It was changed because his manager could not pronounce it.

Luis "Lumumba" Estaba.

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 12 Apr 2008, 05:27

Luis "El Feo" (the ugly one) Rodriguez.

m1kee50 · Post by **m1kee50** » 12 Apr 2008, 10:22

Ezzard wrote:Michael "Second To" Nunn

and

Slapsie Maxie

slapsie maxie always makes me smile as well, especially when you check the record, its almost unbelievable to think he actually has that few stoppages.

ben geoghegan · Post by **ben geoghegan** » 12 Apr 2008, 17:16

who would call themselves "Half Man" and expect people not to laugh is what I want to know. "Brown Bomber" take out of context sounds like something conceived after heavy dinner.

The winner: "The Human Freight Car"

Can't take life too seriously with that

sweetsci · Post by **sweetsci** » 12 Apr 2008, 21:30

I've always loved the poetic sound of "The Motor City Cobra".

elmersalsa · Post by **elmersalsa** » 12 Apr 2008, 21:57

Other two nicknames that I like:

Jose "Mantequilla" Napoles

Ricardo "Finito" Lopez

scartissue · Post by **scartissue** » 13 Apr 2008, 13:07

Funniest one I ever heard was a '70s NY heavyweight by the name of Barry Funches, whom they would call, Barry "bunches of punches" Funches.

Scartissue

dagosd2000 · Post by **dagosd2000** » 13 Apr 2008, 13:13

The Mongoose. Sorry I forgot you the first time Arch.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 13 Apr 2008, 13:28

scartissue wrote:Funniest one I ever heard was a '70s NY heavyweight by the name of Barry Funches, whom they would call, Barry "bunches of punches" Funches.

Scartissue

I remember that one. Very funny name.

Anyone remember Jim "Kool Aid" Jones .
The worst one Ive heard. Morbid.

scartissue · Post by **scartissue** » 13 Apr 2008, 14:06

Expug wrote:
scartissue wrote:Funniest one I ever heard was a '70s NY heavyweight by the name of Barry Funches, whom they would call, Barry "bunches of punches" Funches.

Scartissue
I remember that one. Very funny name.

Anyone remember Jim "Kool Aid" Jones .
The worst one Ive heard. Morbid.

Ohhhh! Didn't get the connotation until I dropped the nickname. When did he fight? Another cool one I recall was that super-bantam from Argentina named Pedro Decima, whom they called 'The Decimator'. Not too bad at all.

Scartissue

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 13 Apr 2008, 15:40

scartissue wrote:
Expug wrote:
scartissue wrote:Funniest one I ever heard was a '70s NY heavyweight by the name of Barry Funches, whom they would call, Barry "bunches of punches" Funches.

Scartissue
I remember that one. Very funny name.

Anyone remember Jim "Kool Aid" Jones .
The worst one Ive heard. Morbid.
Ohhhh! Didn't get the connotation until I dropped the nickname. When did he fight? Another cool one I recall was that super-bantam from Argentina named Pedro Decima, whom they called 'The Decimator'. Not too bad at all.

Scartissue

Kool Aid was I think a heavyweight out of NY in the eighties maybe early nineties.

banjo · Post by **banjo** » 13 Apr 2008, 16:58

Shannon 'The Cannon' Briggs

p4p1 · Post by **p4p1** » 14 Apr 2008, 06:44

for me nothing beats the hitman

enrique · Post by **enrique** » 14 Apr 2008, 11:26

I am fond of the picturesque nickname of a popular Haitian fighter of the 1930's: Papacito Kid.

Arbachakov · Post by **Arbachakov** » 14 Apr 2008, 12:26

Captain Cleopas Marvel

raylawpc · Post by **raylawpc** » 14 Apr 2008, 17:37

I always like Tony Longoria's nickname - "The Bell-to-Bell Bomber."

granberry · Post by **granberry** » 14 Apr 2008, 17:57

enrique wrote:I am fond of the picturesque nickname of a popular Haitian fighter of the 1930's: Papacito Kid.

Enrique,

Does that name have a meaning?

generic screen name · Post by **generic screen name** » 14 Apr 2008, 20:01

Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns
James “Lights-Out” Toney

ben geoghegan · Post by **ben geoghegan** » 14 Apr 2008, 23:06

I rescind my vote. Mitch Hold My Beer Hicks is the best nickname in history. I don't know who the guy is but no one else comes close

enrique · Post by **enrique** » 16 Apr 2008, 19:45

In response to Granberry:

A papacito is a pampered male lover, a gigolo, a don juan, a mellow fellow.

Papacito Kid was a popular Caribbean fighter in his time.

pawpaw · Post by **pawpaw** » 16 Apr 2008, 20:14

sugar

revporl · Post by **revporl** » 21 Apr 2008, 14:33

It wasn't a nickname, but Elvis Parsley had the best name ever for a boxer. Maybe the best name ever, period!

Collins2000 · Post by **Collins2000** » 21 Apr 2008, 19:12

revporl wrote:It wasn't a nickname, but Elvis Parsley had the best name ever for a boxer. Maybe the best name ever, period!

There was another fellow in the British ranks at around the same time - Chris P Bacon.

I kid you not.

Then there was Slugger O'Toole. Real name Fidel Castro Smith.