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    The guy's other nickname?

    Anybody know any of the other nicknames ATG fighters have used or had forced upon them?

    I know just a few

    Jack Dempsey: not The Manassa Mauler but "Kid Blackie"
    Henry Armstrong: not Homicide Hank but "Hammer'n Hank"
    Jack Johnson: not The Galveston Giant but "Lil' Arthur"
    Muhammad Ali: not The Greatest but "The Louisville Lip"
    Tommy Hearns: not The Hit Man but The Motor City Cobra"



    P.S. I'd bet Sonny Liston fought under several (just a gut feeling) but I don't know even one. (Big Ugly Bear doesn't count, that was a taunt. I guess that says something about "The Louisville Lip's word prowess; the only NN I can place with Liston is an Ali taunt.)
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    #2
    Welter Champ Marlon "Magic Man" Starling is called "Moochie" by close friends and his closest fans for many years.

    Ray

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      #3
      Roberto Duran, The Hands of Stone, was also called "El Cholo".

      Iron Mike Tyson was also called "The Baddest Man on the Planet".

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        #4
        Originally posted by mikeg1224 View Post
        Iron Mike Tyson was also called "The Baddest Man on the Planet".
        He was also called Kid Dynamite.

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          #5
          Chuck Wepner was called "Rocky" and "The Bayonne Bleeder".

          Sam Langford was "The Boston Tar Baby" and "The Boston Terror".

          Rocky Marciano was "The Rock from Brockton" and "The Brockton Blockbuster".

          Rocky Graziano was "The Rock" and "Rockaby".

          Jake LaMotta was "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull".
          Last edited by mikeg1224; 06-17-2018, 04:33 PM.

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            #6
            There was one fight where Tyson had himself introduced as "Mighty Mike" instead of "Iron." He didn't keep with it though; it was right after he split with Cayton. At the time I wondered if he was trying to shake off his past connections or if the emcee was an idiot.

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              #7
              Archie Moore was "The Old Mongoose" and "Ancient Archie".

              Floyd Mayweather was "Pretty Boy Floyd" and "Money Mayweather".

              Hector Camacho was "Macho Camacho" and "The Macho Man".

              Julio Cesar Chavez was "The Caesar of Boxing" and "The Grand Mexican Champion".
              Last edited by mikeg1224; 06-17-2018, 05:26 PM.

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                #8
                Zab Judah "Chicken Dance"

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                  #9
                  Connie Wills was known as The Prairie Cyclone.

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                    #10
                    Connie Wills?

                    (1) When did he fight? At what weight(s) did he fight? What was his record?

                    (2) Given the topic of this thread, what was his other nickname?
                    Last edited by mikeg1224; 06-17-2018, 11:53 PM.

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