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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?

JMM perhaps?

Floyd Patterson

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

joshua

or do josh and aj count

The Future People's Champ

Sonny Liston. I know his name is Charles.

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

George Foreman

dr_devious wrote: ↑05 Aug 2021, 17:35 George Foreman

Wasn’t he ‘Big’?

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑05 Aug 2021, 17:47

dr_devious wrote: ↑05 Aug 2021, 17:35 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

orbtastic wrote: ↑05 Aug 2021, 17:32 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.

did roy jones have a nickname?

bennie wrote: ↑06 Aug 2021, 03:30

orbtastic wrote: ↑05 Aug 2021, 17:32 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?

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑06 Aug 2021, 03:35 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.

Oscar Valdez?

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

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

dookus wrote: ↑05 Aug 2021, 15:53JMM perhaps?

'dinamita'??

Counter-puncher wrote: ↑06 Aug 2021, 08:09

dookus wrote: ↑05 Aug 2021, 15:53JMM perhaps?

'dinamita'??

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

Kid Galahad

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

Abdul Barry Awad..

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑07 Aug 2021, 10:30 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.

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.

Royston “interesting” Barney Smith

jlh wrote: ↑07 Aug 2021, 11:40 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.