Known only by their nicknames

[Scott9945]

While I'm waiting to see Saul "Canelo" Alvarez fight, I was curious about different fighters who were known almost exclusively by their nicknames. I'm not talking about Sugar Ray's, Iron Mike's, or Jolting Joe's. I'm talking about:

Ronald "Winky" Wright
James "Bonecrusher" Smith
Theodore "Tiger" Flowers
Clarence "Bones" Adams
Ed "Bearcat" Wright

Please list any others you can think of.

[IronDanHamza]

Tiger Jones
Cocoa Kid
Young Stribling
Young Corbett
Battling Siki
Battling Nelson
Sandy Saddler
Bobo Olsen
Sonny Liston
Beau Jack
Fighting Harada
Buster Douglas
Flash Elorde
Panama Al Brown

[NChristo]

James ''Buster'' Douglas
Pernell ''Sweet Pea'' Whitaker
Ultimino ''Sugar'' Ramos
Ray ''Boom boom'' Mancini
James ''Buddy'' McGirt
Donovan ''Razor'' Ruddock
Luis ''Yory Boy'' Campas
Hector ''Macho'' Camacho

[joseph5620]

While I'm waiting to see Saul "Canelo" Alvarez fight, I was curious about different fighters who were known almost exclusively by their nicknames. I'm not talking about Sugar Ray's, Iron Mike's, or Jolting Joe's. I'm talking about:

Ronald "Winky" Wright
James "Bonecrusher" Smith
Theodore "Tiger" Flowers
Clarence "Bones" Adams
Ed "Bearcat" Wright

Please list any others you can think of.

Everett "bigfoot" Martin. Without the nickname I wouldn't remember him. "Gentleman" Jim Corbett. " Irish" Jerry Quarry. 'Manos de piedra" Duran.

[goblin213]

Juanma
Tito
Pacman
Marvelous

[New England]

"kid diamond" raiymkulov
"guts" ishimatsu
evidently nobody calls angulo "alfredo," or "angulo," in mexico
he goes by perro and is referred to as el perro



and back in the day plenty of guys used a surname of course in addition to a nickname.. tre badass


"kid chocolate" (cuban bon bon)
"Battling" nelson (the durable dane)
"Kid azteca" (kid chino)


and then you have guys that are referred to by their nicknames more than others, but dont wear it around like a name like say "winky" wright might.

"el terrible" morales
"too sharp" johnson
"two pound" stevie forbes

[Scott9945]

Tiger Jones
Cocoa Kid
Young Stribling
Young Corbett
Battling Siki
Battling Nelson
Sandy Saddler
Bobo Olsen
Sonny Liston
Beau Jack
Fighting Harada
Buster Douglas
Flash Elorde
Panama Al Brown

Wow. You came up with a lot of good ones. I'm surprised that I didn't come up with Charles "Sonny" Liston myself. Fighting Harada is a great one too because I can't even pronounce his first name.

[joseph5620]

While I'm waiting to see Saul "Canelo" Alvarez fight, I was curious about different fighters who were known almost exclusively by their nicknames. I'm not talking about Sugar Ray's, Iron Mike's, or Jolting Joe's. I'm talking about:

Ronald "Winky" Wright
James "Bonecrusher" Smith
Theodore "Tiger" Flowers
Clarence "Bones" Adams
Ed "Bearcat" Wright

Please list any others you can think of.

Does " smokin" Joe count Scott? I was going through some old VHS fights.Many before I was born and saw a Wilber "vampire" Johnson. Interesting personality. Also Bobby " chappie" Czyz and " Rockin" Robin Blake.

[Lorily]

Sorry, a tiny bit off subject but.... Has Kermit Cintron always been "the killer"? I never heard anyone call him that until tonight.

Kermit "The Killer" Cintron. Hmmmmm. It doesn't fit, AT ALL. Especially after watching him tonight. I think Kermit "the wet noodle" Cintron would be more accurate after the way he looked tonight. He had absolutely nothin in his arms/punches from the sound of the first bell.

[TBear]

Always thought it was weird that when you search "Razor" Ruddock at b@xrec it says no fighter found. Who ever called him Donovan when he was fighting?