The nickname "Sugar"

[CubanGuyNYC]

Sugar Ramos
Bert Sugar
Sugar Ray Clay Jones Jr.

"Sugar" Ramos! How could I forget! The late hour and too many beers, I'll say!

[UTEP]

[Mathiaz]

When Shane was a kid, he was given the nick name Sugar, by former bantamweight Champion and trainer, Albert Davila.

[AztecWanker]

[fvanesbeck]

Sugar Audley Harrison.

[T.Horton]

Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Shane Mosley

Are there more?

What gave these boxers the nickname "Sugar" did they bestow it upon themselves? Or was there some common connection between the Sugars?

Sugar Ray Seales, Sugar Ray Downey.

[Hyper Knuckles]

I'd go with the hispanic version and just use azucar

[Piper the Great]

Only 3 Sugars are recognized. The rest is sweet and low not equal.

[Roy Jones Jnr]

What a disgrace to Boxing this thread really is. You all should be ashamed of yourselves.

Mention bums like Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard but no mention of the OG GOAT of the Sugar name Sugar Nikolai Valuev?

I am disgusted.

Sugar Nikolai Valuev is the GOAT of the Sugar nickname.

[T.Horton]

What a disgrace to Boxing this thread really is. You all should be ashamed of yourselves.

Mention bums like Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard but no mention of the OG GOAT of the Sugar name Sugar Nikolai Valuev?

I am disgusted.

Sugar Nikolai Valuev is the GOAT of the Sugar nickname.

Nobody knows how to say sugar in Yeti.