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I'm voting on Mac Schmeling's nickname.. The Black Uhlan of the Rhine... Max Baer's "Livermore Larruper" doesn't have much of a ring to it, either.

The first one off the top of my head is a nickname that heavyweight Jim Jones picked out for himself.

Right after the mass murder-suicide in Guyana in which the rev. Jim Jones forced his followers to drink cyanide laced Kool-aid, this guy decides to name himself:

Jim (Kool-aid) Jones

Carmen "The Upstate Onion Farmer" Basilio

LANCE "GOOFI" WHITAKER

Sam "Boston Tar Baby" Langford

Jerry "Wimpy" Halstead
hahaha, that was a funny ass nick name, I think is the funniest, although doesn't show much of a challenge when it comes to fight. :)

Arnold Sheppard, "The Human Canvas Burn"

Bruce "The Mouse" Strauss was not particularly threatening. Then again, his claim to fame was that he had been knocked out on every continent.

Willie "The Worm" Monroe should be at least in the top ten here. Galento was known mostly as "Two Ton Tony" which isn't bad, but he was also called "The Human Barrel Keg",which, now that I think about it, is kind of appealing in away. "Phainting Phil Scott" was more of a description, as he was known for going down from any blow lower than his collar bone and claiming foul.

Tyrone"Butterfly" Crawley not exactly a tough macho-sounding nickname...He was a pretty good fighter though

Joe Grimm -The Human Punching Bag

How about "Boxing" Andrew Maynard?

Fidel Castro Smith boxed under the name Slugger O'Toole in an attempt to gain support from the Irish community. For those who have never seen him, Fidel is black.

Also have to mention Elvis Parsley, haven't found his real name yet.

Chris P. Bacon

Max Baer was also known as "The Livermore Loud Speaker", as he preceded Gaseous Cassius big mouth department.

I would have to submit
.....BABY JOE MESI.......

Luis ( El Feo) Rodriguez. In English ... Luis ( The Ugly One ) Rodriguez

Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis.....

Justin wrote:I'm voting on Mac Schmeling's nickname.. The Black Uhlan of the Rhine... Max Baer's "Livermore Larruper" doesn't have much of a ring to it, either.

His name was Max not Mac. But you are right, "Die Schwarze Ulanenregiment des Rheins" sounds better in German . . .

BoxBuzz wrote:Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis.....

You don't like that one? It always cracked me up.

Ambling Alp II wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis.....

You don't like that one? It always cracked me up.

The irony is that he is one of only a few fighters who actually was in desperate need of at least one, during one of his bouts. I suppose that leaves five left.

Maybe that's what Duran needed in the Ray II bout. lol.

Il Duce....now that's sociopathic.

UNDASPUTED wrote:LANCE "GOOFI" WHITAKER

This takes the cake for me...the fact that he was trying to market himself as "He loved children" made it even worse. It might be a shame as I'm sure some people mean it with the best of intentions, but for the most part when a grown man says "I Love children" and "My Nickname is for the children" and sh*t...it just comes across as very pedophile like these days.

Not to suggest that this was the case with Lance Whitaker...it's just that's the way it seems. Normal guys don't market themselves towards children...because it's f*cking weird OK.

Could be the next "Pet Rock"....lol.


I once got drunk, and fell asleep in a box.

Woke up with a hell of a buzz.