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Best nickname in boxing

IWISHAMFWOULD20y ago

I like Mike "The Body Snatcher" McCallum the name probably would fit James Toney well also and Daryl "The Touch of Sleep” Williamson.

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Roman" Made in hell" karmazin

20y ago

Troy Waters "The Glamour with the Hammer"

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george "snatchem" leese john "the bull's head terror" flood

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james "lights out" toney

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Paul "The Yorkshire Hunter" Ingle Is really cool also. Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!

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The Tiger Dariusz Michalczewski :boxing: Quicksilver Virgil Hill Iron Mike Tyson The Executioner Bernard Hopkins Diablo Krzysztof Wlodarczyk i like diablo and the tiger, both as fighters and as nicknames.

20y ago

The Tiger Dariusz Michalczewski :boxing: Quicksilver Virgil Hill Iron Mike Tyson The Executioner Bernard Hopkins Diablo Krzysztof Wlodarczyk

20y ago

Mine, the one in my sig, beats em all.

20y ago

Winky................. I just like it, it's funny.

20y ago

The Brockton Blockbuster.....

20y ago

The Italian Stallion :D

20y ago

raging bull was good, too.

20y ago

How About Mikes Other Nickname "the Baddest Man On The Planet" Thats A Nickname I Would Love To Have If I Was A Fighter.

20y ago

THATS A GREAT NICKNAME. I WONDER HOW LONG IT TOOK THEM TO MAKE THAT 1 UP :rolleyes: i was thinking the same,that shit just inspires me to watch boxing. *sigh*

20y ago

pacman ..... THATS A GREAT NICKNAME. I WONDER HOW LONG IT TOOK THEM TO MAKE THAT 1 UP :rolleyes:

20y ago

Ironfist or Steelhammer

20y ago

Apollo the count of monte fisto creed

20y ago

There is this guy at my gym who I think had the best name in boxing ever period. His nickname was "Kid Viagra" because he never went down I absolutly love it its the funniest thing ever when someone told me for the first time.

20y ago

Lights Out, Iron, Executioner

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