Best and Worst boxers nicknames

Just something light-hearted here as there's a bit of a lull right now in regards to upcoming big fights. What are the best, and worst, boxers nicknames, dead or alive, retired or active?

For the best theres a few:

James "Lights Out" Toney

Friday "The 13th" Ahunanya - just awesome

There was an Aussie guy who fought on an undercard a few years back, could possibly have been a Commonwealth title fight, can't remember his name but the nickname was "The Titanium Australian", loved it, shame he was shit and got knocked out, but a pretty cool name.

For the worst:

John "The Quiet Man" Ruiz - the least intimidating name ever

There was a guy on a major event undercard not too long ago who had the nickname "The Cunning Little Fox"...what the fuck

There's many more but lets hear your contenders...

 

Henry "Sugar Poo" Buchanan has to B Amongst THE WORST...



REED:hammert:

 

:laughing: no doubt

 

"Boxing" Andrew Maynard

 

"Touch of Sleep"

"The Truth"

"The Sniper":shit:

 

"Real Deal" and "Bad Intentions" are great

 

I always get a chuckle out of that one.

 

swamp donkey

the ding a ling man

the quiet man

the terminator (roy jones' new one)

 

Goofy

 

Remember that shit?:notallthere:

 

There's a Local Dallas Fighter that Goes by the Name Larry "Slomoshun" Smith...



REED:hammert:

 

"The Black Rhino" ending up fighting "The White Buffalo" was kind of funny to me. Among the funnier ones are "The Hispanic Causing Panic", "Ding-a-Ling Man"

Owen "What the Heck" Beck is pretty bad, Monte Barrett flipped it to "Hit the Deck".

I like these nicknames:

Hands of Stone
The Hitman
Lights Out
The Cobra
Violent
Bonecrusher
The Bodysnatcher
The Executioner
The Ghetto Wizard
The Galveston Giant

Lousy nicknames:

The Next Generation (this isn't Star Trek)
Money (Pretty Boy was way better)
Wimpy
The Boxing Banker
Super
The Pink Cat
The Lion
Mighty (thankfully they usually called Tyson "Iron" instead of this lame one)

 

Jim Rock, an Irish boxer of local repute, was known as "The Pink Panther"...it sounds camp but it went with his fleshy pink skin tone and actually fitted.

However, pfp, I think the greatest boxing nickname of all time belongs to a fighter called Anthony "Sugar Ray Clay Jones Jr" Small

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Small

 

some good and bad older names:

Good:

"The Old Mongoose", "The Cinncinati Cobra", "The Manassa Mauler", "Kid Gavilan", "The Bronx Bull", "The Corkscrew Kid", "Terrible Terry" (McGovern and Norris)

Bad:

"The Upstate Onion Farmer", "The Boston Tar Baby", "The Terrible Jew", "The Cuban Bon Bon"

 

I like The Quiet Man nickname.

 

Worst ones are the much-used ones like Bull, Hammer etc.

One all-time worst was "A Ghost With a Hammer In His Hand" Jimmy Wilde. A nickname that long kind of loses its original idea.

Jeremy "Half Man, Half Amazing" is a stupid one too.

Vaughn "Shake and Bake" Bean was funny

 

Baby Face Assassin.
Ax Murderer.
Golden Boy.
Iron.
The Real Deal

 

Johnny 'The Entertainer' Nelson is probably the most inappropriate nickname i have ever heard.

 

You aint kidding...

MTF ::

 

Yeah, shit, I should have had that one.

 

That wasn't a nickname though, he actually changed his name to Goofy.

His nickname was "Mount"

 

One of the best and carries a special meaning: SUGAR

 

What about Fructose? Some veterans of the game might remember him:kidcool:

 

Oh yes, and his brother Glucose...He went on to a very energetic career...opcorn:

 

anyone else find this funny in a really inappropriate way?

dunno if the dude was black, but if so than wtf was he thinking

 

He was black, it was Sam Langford.

 

el matador didn't exactly suit ricardo mayorga and jesus chavez. both guys had shitty defense.

 

The nicknames weren't 'bad', but certainly not representative of their styles.

 

but remember the spelling. He changed his name to GOOFi

and i am pretty sure that there was the same emphasis on that exact form of capitalization

 

lance whitaker was awful. not sure how maskaev managed to get his ass knocked out by that bum and t-rex sanders yet somehow regrouped to win a title and few other decent wins.