Boxers who stole another boxers nickname

[sonnyboyx2]

Can you name any boxers who stole another fighters nickname:

Ricky Hatton off Thomas Hearns
Marvin Hagler off Marvin Johnson
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[mickey malone]

Alan Minter off of Lenny 'Boom Boom' Mancini..
I believe Minter stopped using it when Ray appeared on the scene..

Tony Tucker off of Tony 'TNT Tubbs

Carl Froch off of Don 'The Cobra' Curry

Mike Tyson off of 'Iron' William Hague

John Gardner off of John 'L' Sullivan

[NChristo]

The most obvious one I can think of atm

"Sugar" Ray Robinson

- "Sugar" Ray Leonard
- "Sugar Shane Mosley

[Bundana]

The most obvious one I can think of atm

"Sugar" Ray Robinson

- "Sugar" Ray Leonard
- "Sugar Shane Mosley

- and "sugar" Ray Seales

[mickey malone]

- and "sugar" Ray Seales

Think of the amount of times the name, Kid has been used - Aztec, Lavigne, Chocolate, Berg, Lewis, Perret, etc..

Dave McAuley off of Dave 'Boy' Green

[sonnyboyx2]

Naseem Hamed of of Prince Charles Williams

Bert Cooper off of Smokin Joe Frazier

Johnny Tapia off of Baby-faced Assasin Marco Antonio Barrera

Oscar DeLahoya off of Golden Boy Art Aragon

Julian Jackson off of Aaron`The Hawk`Pryor

Antonio Tarver off of Marlon`Magic-Man`Starling

Hasim Rahman off of Rocky Marciano`The Rock`

Ike Quartey off of Rafael`Bazooka`Limon

Wilfredo Gomez off of Rafael`Bazooka`Limon

[mickey malone]

Good thread Sonny!..

Tim Witherspoon and Terry Norris from 'Terrible' Terry McGovern

[sonnyboyx2]

your beating me on this micky, some great ones you have came up with mate

[SpecialOne]

This doesnt mean they all stole it, some of them just fitted in their names and personality.

Ricky hatton said he got Hitman off the wrestler bret hart not the boxer tommy hearns.

[sonnyboyx2]

This doesnt mean they all stole it, some of them just fitted in their names and personality.

Ricky hatton said he got Hitman off the wrestler bret hart not the boxer tommy hearns.

He maybe had never heard of Thomas Hearns...