Boxers with brilliant names

[oogiebe]

Billy Backus. IF ever a playground bully's name.

Yeah

You can almost imagine Billy Backus getting called to the Principal's office for taking little Jimmy's lunch money

Exactly!!

[oogiebe]

Little Jimmy! LMAO! Think WWE.

[oogiebe]

Looking some ATG's fights, Found John H. Stracey, which was the era I was looking. Much to my amazement, this picture came up. Now, please tell me this is a joke!!!????

http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/12567

[gilgamesh]

Little Jimmy! LMAO! Think WWE.

I vaguely remember the "Little Jimmy" thing in WWE, but jokey sh*t like that kills wrestling for me. That's channel changer TV for me when wrestling starts getting that unbearably stupid.

[APerno]

"Yea, fuckin Backus, what an asshole!" -- Yes, that works for me; I could remember him.

[SenorPipino]

Looking some ATG's fights, Found John H. Stracey, which was the era I was looking. Much to my amazement, this picture came up. Now, please tell me this is a joke!!!????

http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/12567

Whoaaaaa!

That is a strange one.

I'm pretty sure that's Stracey, but where did the double chin come from?

And what's with the kingly getup? Was he preparing for a pro wrestling career?

Of all the photos there are of Stracey, how did BoxRec choose that one?

Fine editorial judgement.

[oogiebe]

Looking some ATG's fights, Found John H. Stracey, which was the era I was looking. Much to my amazement, this picture came up. Now, please tell me this is a joke!!!????

http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/12567

Whoaaaaa!

That is a strange one.

I'm pretty sure that's Stracey, but where did the double chin come from?

And what's with the kingly getup? Was he preparing for a pro wrestling career?

Of all the photos there are of Stracey, how did BoxRec choose that one?

Fine editorial judgement.

LMAO!

[oogiebe]

1970's had some cool names:

Bennie Briscoe
Hegeman Lewis
Billy Backus
Dino Dennis
Arumondo Muniz
Tony Locata

Not so much as funny or weird but cool. IMHO.

[SenorPipino]

1970's had some cool names:

Bennie Briscoe
Hegeman Lewis
Billy Backus
Dino Dennis
Arumondo Muniz
Tony Locata

Not so much as funny or weird but cool. IMHO.

Hedgemon Lewis was a great name. Pretty talented welter also.

I was looking at another thread and wondered how I could have overlooked 70s flash in the pan Zovek Barajas.

Just a great, unusual name.

Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon always let it roll off his tongue dramatically when introducing the Mexican welterweight.

"Hailing from See-nah-low-ah May-Hee-Co (pauses to let the crowd roar) EE-PO-LEE-TOW ZO-VEK BA-RAH-HAAAAAASS.

Classic stuff.

[oogiebe]

1970's had some cool names:

Bennie Briscoe
Hegeman Lewis
Billy Backus
Dino Dennis
Arumondo Muniz
Tony Locata

Not so much as funny or weird but cool. IMHO.

Hedgemon Lewis was a great name. Pretty talented welter also.

I was looking at another thread and wondered how I could have overlooked 70s flash in the pan Zovek Barajas.

Just a great, unusual name.

Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon always let it roll off his tongue dramatically when introducing the Mexican welterweight.

"Hailing from See-nah-low-ah May-Hee-Co (pauses to let the crowd roar) EE-PO-LEE-TOW ZO-VEK BA-RAH-HAAAAAASS.

Classic stuff.

Excellent! LMFAO! You nailed the inflexions! ba---RAH--haaaaas! Fading on the "haaaaaaas"

[SenorPipino]

1970's had some cool names:

Bennie Briscoe
Hegeman Lewis
Billy Backus
Dino Dennis
Arumondo Muniz
Tony Locata

Not so much as funny or weird but cool. IMHO.

Hedgemon Lewis was a great name. Pretty talented welter also.

I was looking at another thread and wondered how I could have overlooked 70s flash in the pan Zovek Barajas.

Just a great, unusual name.

Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon always let it roll off his tongue dramatically when introducing the Mexican welterweight.

"Hailing from See-nah-low-ah May-Hee-Co (pauses to let the crowd roar) EE-PO-LEE-TOW ZO-VEK BA-RAH-HAAAAAASS.

Classic stuff.

Excellent! LMFAO! You nailed the inflexions! ba---RAH--haaaaas! Fading on the "haaaaaaas"

I used to sit in class and imitate Jimmy Lennon when the teacher would take roll.

He or she would call out a name and I would repeat it as Lennon would.

Needless to say, most of these droll teachers were not amused and I earned quite a bit of detention time.

I was just paying homage to boxing's best ever ring announcer.

The teachers were absolutely clueless.

[oogiebe]

Hedgemon Lewis was a great name. Pretty talented welter also.

I was looking at another thread and wondered how I could have overlooked 70s flash in the pan Zovek Barajas.

Just a great, unusual name.

Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon always let it roll off his tongue dramatically when introducing the Mexican welterweight.

"Hailing from See-nah-low-ah May-Hee-Co (pauses to let the crowd roar) EE-PO-LEE-TOW ZO-VEK BA-RAH-HAAAAAASS.

Classic stuff.

Excellent! LMFAO! You nailed the inflexions! ba---RAH--haaaaas! Fading on the "haaaaaaas"

I used to sit in class and imitate Jimmy Lennon when the teacher would take roll.

He or she would call out a name and I would repeat it as Lennon would.

Needless to say, most of these droll teachers were not amused and I earned quite a bit of detention time.

I was just paying homage to boxing's best ever ring announcer.

The teachers were absolutely clueless.

THAT IS HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SenorPipino]

Thank you. Too bad they didn't share your sense of humor or appreciation.