Cool stories behind boxers' nicknames

[-Antonio-]

2 pound Forbes was two pounds when he was born.

[THE REED]

2 pound Forbes was two pounds when he was born.

thats the best one sentence story ive ever heard

[SkillspayBills]

I thought Golata was "The White Buffalo"? ...which is pretty obvious why he would be called that. I like "The Foul Pole" better.

OH **** that is the best avy on this board.

[SkillspayBills]

because hit bowe like 50 times below the belt

I will ask again, is that pic real?

[Scott9945]

OH **** that is the best avy on this board.

Definitely the most creative.

[-Antonio-]

I laughed pretty hard at it yeah. De La Hoya needs to take some notes on King's undercards though.

[-Antonio-]

I like Michael 2nd to Nunn.

[SkillspayBills]

After his 2nd round knockout of Carlos Santana on July 30, 1992, in St. Petersburg, Florida, the ring announcer called him "Winky" Wright, the name given to him by his grandmother when he was 18 months old. The nickname stuck for the rest of his career.

[VegasDude702]

I will ask again, is that pic real?

ofcourse its not real, its photoshop duh



really good though.

[squealpiggy]

WRONG... the reason hes called magic man is because hes from the magic city, orlando, florida.

Wrong! It is only now that we learn why Tarver is called the "Magic Man" as we watch him disappear from the world rankings...