Best Nicknames?

Matchfixer · Post by **Matchfixer** » 19 Apr 2004, 20:23

I'm sure this is on another post somewhere recently but I couldn't find it.

Anyway just seen this and found it very funny.

Owen 'What the Heck' Beck!

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=020088

What a brilliant name!

TheRiverCityHippy · Post by **TheRiverCityHippy** » 19 Apr 2004, 22:48

i think "the ghost with a hammer in his hand" still takes some beating

Matchfixer · Post by **Matchfixer** » 20 Apr 2004, 12:35

headhunter wrote:i think "the ghost with a hammer in his hand" still takes some beating

Who's that?

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 20 Apr 2004, 13:54

Jimmy Wilde.

Athur Stormy Weathers is the best name.

Also, can anyone clarify is Elvis Parsley's name was geniune, if yes then his folks sure did have a sense of human.

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 20 Apr 2004, 17:17

Tommy "The Machine" Gunn (Rocky 5)

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 20 Apr 2004, 17:35

What about that The Immaculate Conception bloke.

Dark Destroyer was pretty good, as was kid chocolate.

'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler is pure class, as is Mike 'The bodysnatcher' McCallum.

Colin 'Dynamo' Dunne, Chuck 'The Bayonne Bleeder' Wepner is a pretty funny one too.

Spreadking · Post by **Spreadking** » 20 Apr 2004, 17:47

juan 'the hispanic causing panic' lazacano

jeremy 'half man, half amazing' williams

darrell 'the dingaling man' wilson

E · Post by E » 20 Apr 2004, 18:11

Michael 'Second to' Nunn is one of the best.

Oliver 'Atomic Bull' McCall
James 'Lights Out' Toney

are also good.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 20 Apr 2004, 18:18

Try and take a look on the site to see a list of (strange)nicknames: http://carlosdk.tripod.com/wtf/nick.htm It might take a while for it to load.

E · Post by E » 20 Apr 2004, 18:33

E wrote:Michael 'Second to' Nunn is one of the best.

Oliver 'Atomic Bull' McCall
James 'Lights Out' Toney

are also good.

Davarryl 'Touch of Sleep' Williamson is another (although it's sometimes him who takes a kip.

GOOFi Whitaker is without doubt the worst EVER.

bugs · Post by **bugs** » 20 Apr 2004, 18:42

OK not boxing but that Irish rugby player "The raging potato" is the best I have heard

richter-scale · Post by **richter-scale** » 20 Apr 2004, 18:52

The best one has GOT TO BE.... James lights out Tony. the worst is nicky 1smooth booth????! WHAT!

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 20 Apr 2004, 19:03

richter-scale wrote:The best one has GOT TO BE.... James lights out Tony. the worst is nicky 1smooth booth????! WHAT!

Did you hear that crap about Smooth having shingles when he fought you?

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 20 Apr 2004, 19:13

Some of my favourites are:
The Vampire (American middleweight Wilbert Johnson, who used to emerge from a coffin in the ring).
The Livermore Larruper (Max Baer).
The Nebraska Wildcat (Ace Hudkins).
The Fargo Express (Billy Petrolle).
The Man of Steel (the one and only Tony Zale).
The Scotch Wop (Johnny Dundee).
The King of The Canebrakes (Young Stribling).
The Durable Dane (Battling Nelson, who was so durable he ended up in the nuthouse).
Fireman Jim Flynn (he once chinned Dempsey in a round).
The Fighting Leatherneck (Gene Tunney).
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien.

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 20 Apr 2004, 19:15

my all time favourite has to be "bonecrusher" smith

what an average name james smith is

but he salvages it by picking such a gr8 nickname.

mrbassie · Post by **mrbassie** » 20 Apr 2004, 23:11

I like threads like this, did you know that "The brown bomber" was a nickname given to Louis by the press, and that before that one of the names they bandied around was "the chocolate chopper"?

Matchfixer · Post by **Matchfixer** » 21 Apr 2004, 09:34

Freiheit wrote:Try and take a look on the site to see a list of (strange)nicknames: http://carlosdk.tripod.com/wtf/nick.htm It might take a while for it to load.

Thanks. A very good list.

Somebody has listed this boxer...

Frank "The Harlem Coffee Cooler" Craig - WTF?!?!

complete with WTF and I agree. 8)

Chambers · Post by **Chambers** » 21 Apr 2004, 10:02

Tony 'Hokey-COKEy' Oakey

knockout artist · Post by **knockout artist** » 21 Apr 2004, 10:22

1980's Bantamweight, Hurley "Dr Prescription" Snead.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 21 Apr 2004, 10:39

Hmm, would be the basis of a very good article this, thanks lads.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 21 Apr 2004, 17:08

The Sweet Swatter from Sweet Water is a superb nickname. (Lew Jenkins)

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 21 Apr 2004, 17:13

bennie wrote:The Sweet Swatter from Sweet Water is a superb nickname. (Lew Jenkins)

More of my faves:

Apollo 'The Count of Monte Fisto' Creed
Andrew 'Six Heads' Lewis
Michael 'Dynamite' Dokes
Bobby 'No Dice' Chacon
'The Michigan Assassin' (Stanley Ketchel)
'Iron' Mike Tyson
Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini
John 'The Beast' Mugabi,
Mitch 'Blood' Green
Mike 'The Body Snatcher' McCallum
Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins
Vinny 'The Pazmanian Devil' Pazienza
'The Orchid Man' (Georges Carpentier)
'The Wild Bull of the Pampas' (Luis Firpo)
Smokin' Joe Frazier
'The Human Windmill' (Harry Greb)

adamiw · Post by **adamiw** » 21 Apr 2004, 17:37

Juan 'The Hispanic causing Panic' Lazcano

Timmbo · Post by **Timmbo** » 22 Apr 2004, 13:02

On another thread Ive just read an actual name not a nickname which had me laffin' "Funso Banjo"

.....wat?? LOL!

Another

name......Mustafa Hamshoe

dandantheweatherman · Post by **dandantheweatherman** » 23 Apr 2004, 20:18

I used to read KO and Boxing whatever the year was in the late 1980s/early 1990s and from time to time they printed some good nicknames.

One that stands out is Mexican light heavyweight Juan 'Idi Amin' Hernadez. I seem to remember 1988 Olympic gold medallist being nicknamed 'Boxing' Andrew Maynard too.