goofiest nicknames

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goofiest nicknames

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i'll start with thomas 'cornflake' lamanna
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Henry Whartons "sweetbread", his dad thought it was like a bit of a twist on "sugar", then found out it meant lamb's bollocks or something..... even Don King used it for him. He still gets called it today.
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Anthony ‘Sugar Ray Clay Jones Jr.’ Small
Tony ‘The Punching Postman’ Thornton
Owen "What the Heck" Beck

But surely this thread should be dedicated to the one and only fighting pride of Los Angeles California
Lance 'Goofi' Whitaker.............................................. Whitaker
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Jeison 'Banana' Rosario, Demetrius 'Boo Boo' Andrade, Jerry 'Wimpy' Halstead.
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DrDuke wrote: 15 Apr 2022, 02:01 Jeison 'Banana' Rosario, Demetrius 'Boo Boo' Andrade, Jerry 'Wimpy' Halstead.

Boo Boo is the most cringe I've heard.
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there was someone called 'ths hispanic causing panic' ?
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The Pink Pounder :box:
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bigjack wrote: 15 Apr 2022, 03:08 there was someone called 'ths hispanic causing panic' ?
Juan Lazcano the guy Hatton fought.

I remember reading about a boxer of many decades ago called the “Jew killer”
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Quite a few bad ones here

Edit, the video was actually terrible
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"Boxing" Andrew Maynard
Carl "The Squirrel" Daniels
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“Brown Flash”?
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Dioufy wrote: 15 Apr 2022, 04:24
bigjack wrote: 15 Apr 2022, 03:08 there was someone called 'ths hispanic causing panic' ?
Juan Lazcano the guy Hatton fought.

I remember reading about a boxer of many decades ago called the “Jew killer”
Jeepers! :o
I like "The Hebrew Hammer"
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Pita "The Promising Domoni" Domoni

I kidd you not. Heard it over the announcer, and had to look it up when I got home to make sure my ears were working properly :lol:
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rubberneck wrote: 15 Apr 2022, 14:48 “Brown Flash”?
Zelfa Barrett, right? Not the best :lol:
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‘The Dutch sonny Liston’
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JoJo "The mucky bastard" Diaz
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Mickey "The Shithouse" 1975.
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What does goofiest mean? Silliest?

Anyway Goofi Whitaker must be relevant
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DrDuke wrote: 15 Apr 2022, 02:01 Jeison 'Banana' Rosario, Demetrius 'Boo Boo' Andrade, Jerry 'Wimpy' Halstead.
banana :lol:
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JamesPhilips wrote: 15 Apr 2022, 17:33 What does goofiest mean? Silliest?

Anyway Goofi Whitaker must be relevant
yup

and yup, goofy as hell, i remember when he fought jameel mccline he came out to the ring with a bunch of kids holding signs that said goofy. he was then soundly beaten. embarassing all round :lol:
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Henry “Sugar poo” Buchanan. What on earth did he do to earn that nickname? 😳
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margaret thatcher wrote: 16 Apr 2022, 00:07
JamesPhilips wrote: 15 Apr 2022, 17:33 What does goofiest mean? Silliest?

Anyway Goofi Whitaker must be relevant
yup

and yup, goofy as hell, i remember when he fought jameel mccline he came out to the ring with a bunch of kids holding signs that said goofy. he was then soundly beaten. embarassing all round :lol:
Lol I never understood why his management or himself thought that he would suddenly make money and get PR by calling himself Goofi. Didn’t he spell it Goof1 or something even sillier for a while?
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Darnell 'the ding a ling man' Wilson :lol:
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Vaughn 'shake and bake' Bean
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How do you post screenshots in here?
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