Nicknames Re-assigned...

[Goodnight, Irene]

Use some nicknames of real fighters and re-assign them to the least appropriate fighter you can think of.

Muhammad Ali - "The Quiet Man."

Ray Mercer - "Sugar Ray."

Nikolai Valuev - "The Baby-faced Assassin."

George Dixon - "Big George."

John Ruiz - "The Greatest." (this one I call an even trade with Ali)

Michael Katsidis - "El Radar."

Lennox Lewis - "The Lion" (sh!t, wait D )

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Andre Ward - "The Road Warrior"

Valuev - "The Flea"

[alexpaterson]

Paulie 'Lights Out' Malignaggi
Jake 'Mantaquilla' LaMotta

[IRLangmaid25]

Mike Tyson: Baby.
Wladimir Klitchsko: Hurricane.
Karl Mildenburger: Bomber

[yancey]

George Foreman - Mr. Clean

[Expug]

Chuck"The Dancing Machine" Wepner

[JC]

Joe "Manos de Piedra" Calzaghe

Pernell "The Executioner" Whittaker

Wlad "The Body Snatcher" Klitschko

"Irish" Ike Ibeabuchi

[m1kee50]

Peter 'Sweet P' Manfredo

Harry 'The Chauffeur' Simon

[alexpaterson]

'Pretty Boy' Glenn Johnson

[m1kee50]

Maxie 'Touch of Sleep' Rosenbloom

[Expug]

Primo "Butterfly" Carnera

[Adamj1987]

Willie 'the Hispanic causing panic' pep

'sugar' Ricky Hatton

Muhammed 'the phil gill experience' ali

'saint' dwight muhammed qwai

'superman' peter buckley

[Jaywheel]

John "The Hispanic causing panic" L. Sullivan
Jean "Too Sharp" Pascal
"Gentleman" James Butler
Zuri "Lights Out" Lawrence
Roger "The truth" Mayweather
Mike "The Cinderella Man" Tyson
Denis "Rapid Fire" Lebedev
Roy "The boxing banker" Jones jr
Ray "Macho" Leonard

[IRLangmaid25]

You could have

Nigel "Sweetness" Benn
Sergio "Ironfist" Martinez.
Herbie "The Manessa Mauler" Hide.
"Marvellous" Vic Darniychan (sp)

[Adamj1987]

'gentleman' Mike Tyson
wladamir 'the brown bomber' Klitscko
Ricardo ' The Galveston giant' Lopez

[Goodnight, Irene]

"Gentleman" Carlos Monzon

Jim "Instant" Jeffries.

[Giancarlo]

George Foreman - Mr. Clean

Joe "Not Bitter after 40 Years" Frazier

[Goodnight, Irene]

George Foreman - Mr. Clean

This alias is reserved for Joel Casamayor, if you dont mind.

Who was "Mr Clean," though?

[yancey]

George Foreman - Mr. Clean

This alias is reserved for Joel Casamayor, if you dont mind.

Who was "Mr Clean," though?

Actually, in my old age, I misunderstood the topic initially and didn't realize the nickname was supposed to be a transfer of another boxer's nickname.

There is no "Mr. Clean", at least to my knowledge.

[BoxBuzz]

Iran "The Golden Boy" Barkley
Kevin "Will-o-the-wisp" McBride
Chris "Hercules" Areolla

[NazNaci1]

Carl 'Money' Froch
Kid 'Chunky' Chocolate
'Iron' Mike Simms
Chris 'Simply the Best' Arreola
Hector 'Macho' Camacho 8)

[Diamond WEAPON]

Paulie "Finito" Malignaggi
Cory "Bazooka" Spinks
Ricky "The Brown Bomber" Hatton
Arturo "The Ghost" Gatti
Willie "Thunder" Pep
"The Golden Boy" Sonny Liston
Zab "Nonpareil" Judah
"El Flaco Explosivo" James Toney
Ivan "Touch of Sleep" Calderon

[jaclem2]

.....irene...you think of the damndest topics......this one struck me as a foolish waste of time...but now it's stuck in my head and i'm starting to come up with some of my own!!!!stop doing things like this to me. i say "to me' because i take virtually all threads personally, created to irritate me and fuel my insomnia.!!

[Goodnight, Irene]

It is a useless thread, you are right --- but we have some great shouts in here nonetheless

[Goodnight, Irene]

Paulie "Finito" Malignaggi
Cory "Bazooka" Spinks
Ricky "The Brown Bomber" Hatton
Arturo "The Ghost" Gatti
Willie "Thunder" Pep
"The Golden Boy" Sonny Liston
Zab "Nonpareil" Judah
"El Flaco Explosivo" James Toney
Ivan "Touch of Sleep" Calderon

Love the Liston and Judah ones