i need names

[THE REAL NINJA]

i need names of some fighters that have changed names this guy must hate half of the hall of fame Wilfred Benitez comes to mind ...



"That's one thing I particularly didn't like about Vitology. He was fake....I really didn't know why he felt he needed to be ashamed of his culture".
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[Piggu]

i need names of some fighters that have changed names this guy must hate half of the hall of fame Wilfred Benitez comes to mind ... Originally Posted by darrenshyrockford
he asked to be called it check the lewis fight larry did a little story on it.. but it 's cool i got to go anyways talk later



That's one thing I particularly didn't like about Vitology. He was fake....I really didn't know why he felt he needed to be ashamed of his culture.
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So, what's the question again?

[Mike_R]

yeah, i can't even follow what you just said

[THE REAL NINJA]

lol this is old ..okay i think it was Masterdirect who said he hates Vitali because he changed his name from Vitology because Vitali is ashamed of his culture.
...so my point was that the HOF is full of fighters that changed their names to sound more American or whatnot even Marciano changed his name

[Da Iceman]

marciano, muhammad ali, ray robinson archie moore, jersey joe walcott.

[ferocity]

marciano, muhammad ali, ray robinson archie moore, jersey joe walcott.

roberto garcia to robert garcia

eamnual agustas changed his name

i think it japenese fighteres who change their names i've also heard some filipino boxers also change their name

dwight quio

and this light heavyweight who fought yauki lopez i forget his name

[ferocity]

almost forgot, didn't marvin hagler officially add marvalous (sp) to his name too?

[Piggu]

almost forgot, didn't marvin hagler officially add marvalous (sp) to his name too?

Yes he did, and it's spelled Marvelous.

[grayfist]

Kid Gavilan (Gerardo Gonzalez) took his ring moniker from the name of a store, "Gavilan General Merchandize".

**** Tiger (Richard Ihetu) WBA/WBC champ from Nigeria.

Willie Pep (Guglielmo Papaleo), all-time featherweight great. Had he kept his baptismal name, I dread to think how ring announcers would have handled it.

Sandy Saddler (Joseph or "Joey"), another great who is mentioned here because Pep is there. They're tweedledeedum and tweedledeedo in the history of featherweight boxing.

Spider Webb (Ellsworth Webb), a middlewieght from Chicago; lost to Gene Fullmer in a world title bid (NBA Middleweight)

Pancho Villa (Francisco Gilledo), a Filipino world featherweight champion, was given the ring name by his manager after the Mexican hero.

Flash Elorde (Gabriel Elorde), world jr. lightweight champion, took his name from the title of a radio news broadcast, "Flash Report".

Homecide Hank Armstrong who was born Henry Melody Jackson. Wonder how murderous his name would have sounded had he kept "Melody".

Edit: Thais are the most notorious for changing their names. Most take the names of their gyms or sponsors, thus, "3K Battery" or "Rakkiatgym".

[2OSouzaSuarez12]

jesus chavez real name is gabriel sandoval

marvin hagler changed his name to marvelous