notable boxers without nicknames

[margaret thatcher]

i was thinking about this new royson barney smith kid, how his name is already a handful and a nickname would just make it more of a jumble


who are some boxers who never had nicknames catch on?

[dookus]

JMM perhaps?

[oogiebe]

Floyd Patterson

[JamesPhilips]

Lennox Lewis. I think they toyed with Lennox 'the Lion' Lewis but never heard anyone use that

Frank Bruno. Unless you count 'Big Frank Bruno. But that's not a real nickname.

Francesco Damiani. I'm not sure Italians are big on nicknames. Except Giusseppe 'the End' Lauri

[margaret thatcher]

joshua

or do josh and aj count

[handsofstone]

The Future People's Champ

[orbtastic]

Sonny Liston. I know his name is Charles.

[orbtastic]

Galaxy twins. I know they’re named after the gym but neither seemed to have a nickname.

[dr_devious]

George Foreman

[Ruthless-RKO]

George Foreman

Wasn’t he ‘Big’?

[JamesPhilips]

George Foreman

Wasn’t he ‘Big’?

Right. I mean it was actually recognised.

Ken Norton had three. None of them any good. The Black Hercules The Jaw Breaker The Fighting Marine

[bennie]

Galaxy twins. I know they’re named after the gym but neither seemed to have a nickname.

The first twin brothers to win world titles.

[margaret thatcher]

did roy jones have a nickname?

[orbtastic]

Galaxy twins. I know they’re named after the gym but neither seemed to have a nickname.

The first twin brothers to win world titles.

The answer is probably really obvious but who was the second? Chana and Songkram?

[My Name Is Earl]

did roy jones have a nickname?

'Superman' ? Though iv'e no memory of him being announced with it.

Can't remember Gary Mason or Conteh having one.

[NoScoutingReports]

Oscar Valdez?

[JamesPhilips]

Henry Cooper was “our ‘Enery” (cringe) but it wasn’t really a fighting nickname, just want the tabloid press called him. I don’t know about his brother George / Jim Cooper…. Don’t think he had one.

Did Billy Hardy? It should’ve been ‘The Ginger Nut’ or something similar…..Loads of fighters either have no fight nickname or its rarely used

[stujones]

Does Double M count for Michael Moorer? Same I guess for "AJ" for ANthony Joshua.

[Counter-puncher]

JMM perhaps?

'dinamita'??

[dookus]

JMM perhaps?

'dinamita'??

Ah yes. Although I don't remember it catching on very much, a bit like Lennox "The Lion" Lewis

[Ruthless-RKO]

Kid Galahad

He's just known as that, it's not exactly a nickname anymore.

Abdul Barry Awad..

[mickey1975]

Kid Galahad

He's just known as that, it's not exactly a nickname anymore.

Abdul Barry Awad..

It is. Everyone says Barry when talking about him.

[jlh]

Cant recall David Price having an actual nickname apart from the couple Tyson Fury came up with in one interview - "Plumber from Liverpool" & "Big stiff idiot".
Oddly enough David Price never used them.

[Terminator666]

Royston “interesting” Barney Smith

[jameswilson]

Cant recall David Price having an actual nickname apart from the couple Tyson Fury came up with in one interview - "Plumber from Liverpool" & "Big stiff idiot".
Oddly enough David Price never used them.

The big un.