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To you, which is boxing's greatest nickname?

To me, it is "The Hitman" and "The Hands of Stone"

"The Brown Bomber"

We had a thread like this once, almost everybody said Sam Langford's nickname of "The Boston Tar Baby" was the best alias in ring history.

For me, though Tommy Morrison didn't live up to the hype, "THE DUKE" is no doubt the most famous nickname of all time, albiet due to John Wayne.

Hammerin Henry

The Old Master

The Boilermaker

Ruby Robert

Michigan Assassin

Terrible Terry

Little Chocolate

Potawattamie Giant

Ambing Alp

The Orchid Man

etc etc

The "Ding-a-ling Man"

the Baby Faced Assasin - Jimmy McClarnin
the Cincinati Cobra - Ezzard Charles
the Rochdale Thunderbolt - Jock McAvoy
Half-Man, Half-Amazing - Jeremy Willians

there's got to be hundreds of beauties!

the Fighting Bell Hop - Fred Apostili

Bonecrusher

"Golden Boy" Art Aragon

Diamond WEAPON wrote:The "Ding-a-ling Man"

The other being "Manos de Piedra," in my opinion.

It may not be the best, but I love, "The Atomic Bull." Shame that wasn't reserved for a great fighter. Another favourite of mine is Mickey Walker's, "Toy Bulldog" tag.

There was a fighter from way back when (a Lightweight, I think?) named Stanley Yoakem, who was famous for absorbing punishment & bleeding everywhere, & hence he became Stanley "Soak 'Em" Yoakem

Junior

I like the nicknames of them 70s Philly fighters

"Bad" Bennie Briscoe

Eugene "Cyclone" Hart

Willie "The Worm" Monroe

Bobby"Boogaloo "Watts

Stanley"Kitten"Hayward


Another Favorite is Billy Petrolle"The Fargo Express".

Zab "Electric Boogaloo" Judah...



Zab "Tin Grin" Judah...

Here’s a few of the more unusual:

Chrysanthemum Joe Choynski

Georges Carpentier – “The Orchard man”

“Pompadour” Jim Corbett

Jean-Pierre Coopman “The Lion of Flanders”

Long before Ali was “the Greatest”, there was . . .

The Great Benny Leonard.

Personal favorites:

Mickey Walker – the Toy Bulldog.

Jimmy Wilde – the “Mighty Atom.”

Smokin’ Joe Frazier.

HomicideHenry wrote:For me, though Tommy Morrison didn't live up to the hype, "THE DUKE" is no doubt the most famous nickname of all time, albiet due to John Wayne.

Well, The Duke was Morrison's great-uncle, so I guess if anybody could use the hickname without too much recrimination, it was Tommy . . .

Michael "Second To" Nunn

and

Slapsie Maxie

1) Andrew 'SIX HEADS' Lewis - original & never bettered IMO.

2) Paul 'SCRAP IRON' Ryan.

"Mysterious" Billy Smith - For some reason, has been my favorite boxing name since I first read it over 20 years ago in a boxing encyclopedia.

El Flaco Explosivo.
Iron.
The Old Master.
Manassa Mauler.

Sugar.

theone wrote:"Mysterious" Billy Smith - For some reason, has been my favorite boxing name since I first read it over 20 years ago in a boxing encyclopedia.

Tommy Ryan once said the only thing "mysterious" about Bill was how he would foul you next. He may have been the dirtiest fighter in ring history.

Ryan also said once that he finished one fight with Smith without a mark on his face, but his shoulders and shins were bloody. Billy, you see, bit him on the shoulders and raked the instep of his shoe against Ryan's shins in the clinches!

bennie wrote:Sugar.

There's something about 'sugar' & boxing.

It's so apt; even more so when one of the greatest boxers that ever lived was known as such.

How about Frank Craig - "the Harlem Coffee Cooler"?

I think it's hard to top Mitch "Hold My Beer" Hicks.