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The Ding a Ling man

The Ghetto Wizard

Will o' the Wisp.

'Bad Intentions' is a good one, just not suited to boxers such as Jermain Taylor.

Some of my favorites:

The Whitechapel Whirlwind
The Rochdale Thunderbolt
The Shasta Blaster
The Manassa Mauler
The Leiperville Shadow
Homicide Hank
Hammerin' Henry
Jack the Giant-Killer
The Hitman
The Mighty Atom
The Hands of Stone
The Joplin Ghost
The Old Master
The Barbados Demon
Mantequilla

Ronald "Lobster" Thermidor
Jim "Kool Aid" Jones

Mr.E has picked some beauties...

the Cincinati Cobra
Harry "Bobo"
and alll the "Nipper's"

Joe Grim "The India Rubber Baby"
Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts
Mike McCallum "The Body Snatcher"

BarryWashington wrote:I think Evander had the best nickname of all-time; "The Real Deal". That nickname says so much and who wouldn't want to be called "The Real Deal"?

What do the rest of you think?

Not everyone is aware of it (much like Mike Tyson & his, "Kid Dynamite" moniker), but Holyfield was originally entitled, "Commander 'Vander." Prefer that to his eventual nick, myself.

Mr. E. did indeed name some great ones --- namely, "Hands Of Stone," "The Mighty Atom," "Homicide Hank," "Mantequilla," &, "The Barbados Demon."

Here are some I would add...

"The Toy Bulldog"

"The Atomic Bull"

"Smokin' Joe"

"The Brown Bomber"

"Finito"

"The Night Train"

"Cyclone"

"Liquid Darkness"

"The Dark Destroyer"

"The Bible Of Boxing"

Anyone know, incidentally, what, "El Cepillo" means? It's Casamayor's nick.

Seamus wrote:Joe Grim "The India Rubber Baby"
Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts
Mike McCallum "The Body Snatcher"

McCallum's was particularly sinister

Goodnight, Irene wrote:
Anyone know, incidentally, what, "El Cepillo" means? It's Casamayor's nick.

The Brush

Thanks, though I'm more confused than ever

Goodnight, Irene wrote:Thanks, though I'm more confused than ever

Sweeping up opponents maybe? I really don't know.

you left out the best one of all "Two Ton" Tony Galento

Ricardo "Finito" Lopez.

Kid Chocolate > 'The Cuban Bon Bon'

Tejano heavyweight Tony Longoria had a great nickname: "The Bell-to-Bell Bomber"

Sean O'Grady: "The Green Machine"

Lou Ambers: "The Herkimer Hurricane"

Rocky Maricano "The Brockton Blockbuster."

Jim Jeffries: "The Big Fellow" and "The Boilermaker"

A somewhat strange one from the old-timers. Frank Craig: The Harlem Coffee Cooler."

Also, Walter Edgerton: "The Kentucky Rosebud."

From the bare knucklers, Henry Pearce was known as "the Game Chicken."

Ruby Goldstein boxed as "The Jewel of the Ghetto."

And of course, "The Great" Benny Leonard

Jack Johnson "The Galveston Giant."

Gene Tunney "The Fighting Marine" - (a nick named he hated BTW "All Marines are fighting Marines.")

Jim Corbett "Pompadour Jim"

"Ruby" Robert Fitzsimmons - "The Fighting Blacksmith."

Joe Gans - "The Old Master"

"Terrible" Terry McGovern

George "Elbows" McFadden

George Dixon "Little Chocolate"

George Godfrey "Old Chocolate"

Peter Jackson "The Black Prince"

Young Griffo - "The Hairless Wonder"

Jack McAuliffe - "The Napoleon of the Prize Ring"

John L. Sullivan - "The Boston Strong Boy"

Juan "The Hispanic Causing Panic" Lazcano

Owen "What the Heck" Beck

Stanley "Kitten " Hayward
Willie "The Worm " Monroe

Neither one was kitten or worm like. They could both fight.

Casamayor's nickname CEPILLO (the Brush) comes from a jargon expression -dar cepillo (giving the brush) means to liquidate, obliterate someone.

King of the Canebrakes.

enrique wrote:Casamayor's nickname CEPILLO (the Brush) comes from a jargon expression -dar cepillo (giving the brush) means to liquidate, obliterate someone.

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