Boxers who lived up to their nicknames and ones that didn't

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    Didn't: James Toney

    Did: James Butler
     
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    Andrew Lewis only had one head.
     
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    How about his penis?
     
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    Alexis Arguello’s was appropriate. Maurice Blocker’s was accurate too but somewhat more prosaic.

    Arguello: El Flaco Explosivo (Explosive Thin Man)
    Blocker: Thin Man
     
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    Lived up to his nickname: Jose Napoles (Mantequilla = Butter)
    Didn’t live up to his nickname: Simon Brown (Mantequilla)
     
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    Meldrick Taylor was a little too feather-fisted for his TNT nickname. Still a cool nickname, though.

    Likewise, Ricky Hatton’s Hitman nickname scanned well but wasn’t wholly accurate.
     
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    Calvin Grove’s Silky Smooth moniker matched his style.

    Michael Second to Nunn was proven wrong.
     
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    That made me laugh.
     
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    Bazooka?

    ‘Yes’ for Wilfredo Gomez
    ‘Not really’ for Rafael Limon
     
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    I liked the ''six heads, none with a chin'' quote following his ko loss to Margarito lol
     
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    Ricardo Mayorga. "El Matador?" Could he pick a nickname that matched his fighting style any less?
     
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    Danny “Swift” Garcia
     
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    ''Kid Dynamite'' fitted a young Tyson to a T
     
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    Great choice
     
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    Nigel Benn definitely lived up to the name "Dark Destroyer"
    "El Finito" (meaning clean, fine, or can also mean finish/er) best sums up Ricardo Lopez
    Willie Pep's nickname "Will O the Wisp" is very fitting given how he really was hard to hit clean.

    Carl Froch isn't "cobra"-like at all, more like a worm.
    Hector Camacho's style isn't what I would consider as "macho".
    Kelly Pavlik isn't dead so he can't be a "ghost".
     
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    I dunno, most interviews I've seen him he seems like someone who would smoke weed every week at least.
     
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    Yeah, I kind of liked Camacho, but watching him fight (especially post Rosario), macho is definitely not a word that would come to your mind.

    On the other side, Juggernaut is a nickname that fits very well Joe Joyce very well.
     
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    OUT OF ALL THE GREAT PUERTO RICAN FIGHTERS HE IS MY LEAST FAVORITE FIGHTER. HE RAN A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR MY LIKING. NOTHING MACHO ABOUT HIS FIGHTING STYLE. YOU NAILED IT.
     
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    KEITH "ONE TIME" THURMAN. MORE LIKE KEITH "ONCE UPON A TIME" THURMAN. HE NEVER HAD ONE PUNCH KNOCKOUT POWER.

    ADRIAN "ABOUT THE BILLIONS" BRONER.... THIS GUY NEVER MADE A MILLION LET ALONE BILLIONS AND IS NOW IN JAIL OR LIVING UNDER THE FREEWAY.

    CHRISTY "THE COAL MINERS DAUGHTER" MARTIN....THAT MONIKER FITS HER PERFECTLY HER FATHER DID WORK IN A COAL MINE.
     
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    To be fair to Adrien Broner, his nickname ‘The Problem’ was appropriate, just probably not in the way he meant it.
     
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    Terminator fit Tua. Going straight ahead eating shots with no plan B.
     
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    KEITH "ONE TIME" THURMAN. MORE LIKE KEITH "ONCE UPON A TIME" THURMAN. HE NEVER HAD ONE PUNCH KNOCKOUT POWER.

    ADRIAN "ABOUT THE BILLIONS" BRONER.... THIS GUY NEVER MADE A MILLION LET ALONE BILLIONS AND IS NOW IN JAIL OR LIVING UNDER THE FREEWAY.

    CHRISTY "THE COAL MINERS DAUGHTER" MARTIN....
     
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    Davarryl touch of sleep Williamson.

    A scrub yes, but a really devastating right hand.
     
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    Arturo Thunder Gatti....he was known for his power.
     
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    Are you sure that Willie Pep wasn't a big fan of Disney's Mr. Toad?
     
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    Yeah but that was his actual name. I think his name was appropriate cos it was his name.
     
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