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Pages in category "Nicknames in boxing" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Brown Bomber; D.
" Spiere" (Afrikaans nickname for Muscles) = Piet du Toit (b 1935 – d. 1996), Prop [253] ... (given by her coach Ken Wood as he cannot pronounce her name properly ...
English boxer Nicky Cook with his ring name Cookie on the trunks. A ring name [1] is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting the wrong image.
This is a list of notable male boxers. For a list of female boxers, see List of female boxers A. Ricky Anderson ...
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an America Dempsey is ranked sixth on The Ring magazine's list of all-time heavyweights and fourth among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years. [1]
Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed "the Brown Bomber", Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 until his temporary retirement in 1949.
Ricky Hatton (born 1978), English former boxer; Liam Harrison (kickboxer) (born 1985), English Muay Thai kickboxer Thomas Hearns (born 1958), American retired boxer; Thorsten Hohmann (born 1979), German pool player
Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra", and more famously "the Hitman", Hearns's tall, slender build and long arms and shoulders allowed him to move up over fifty pounds (22.7kg) in his career and become the first boxer in history to win world titles in five weight divisions: welterweight ...