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i'll start with thomas 'cornflake' lamanna

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.

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

Jeison 'Banana' Rosario, Demetrius 'Boo Boo' Andrade, Jerry 'Wimpy' Halstead.

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.

there was someone called 'ths hispanic causing panic' ?

The Pink Pounder

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”

Quite a few bad ones here

Edit, the video was actually terrible

"Boxing" Andrew Maynard
Carl "The Squirrel" Daniels

“Brown Flash”?

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!
I like "The Hebrew Hammer"

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

rubberneck wrote: ↑15 Apr 2022, 14:48 “Brown Flash”?

Zelfa Barrett, right? Not the best

‘The Dutch sonny Liston’

JoJo "The mucky bastard" Diaz

Mickey "The Shithouse" 1975.

What does goofiest mean? Silliest?

Anyway Goofi Whitaker must be relevant

DrDuke wrote: ↑15 Apr 2022, 02:01 Jeison 'Banana' Rosario, Demetrius 'Boo Boo' Andrade, Jerry 'Wimpy' Halstead.

banana

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

Henry “Sugar poo” Buchanan. What on earth did he do to earn that nickname?

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 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?

Darnell 'the ding a ling man' Wilson

Vaughn 'shake and bake' Bean

How do you post screenshots in here?