I personally have to go with James “Bone Crusher” Smith. Followed very closely by Oliver “The Atomic Bull” McCall.
Close runners up include in no particular order of sexiness:
“The Body Snatcher”
“Sx Heads” Lewis
“Touch of Sleep” Williamson
Boom Boom and Chop Chop ( honorable mentions) Ray Mancini and DeMarcus Corley
Slam bam Tracy spann .
Glenwood the real beast brown.
Johnny the entertainer nelson .
While undefeated Second to Nunn is a favourite.
You know a nickname is good when the fighters first name is not really used:
As mentioned Bonecrusher Smith is an excellent one; also Buster Douglas, Razor Ruddock and The Hitman Hearns. Talking of Tommy, I actually like his other less famous Motor City Cobra Moniker more; Tommy too.
Ray Boom Boom Mancini actually took his nickname from his Dad Lennie.
Brits wise, I liked Bomber Bruno/Graham and a personal favourite was Chris P Bacon.
But the king of the nickname of course was The Dancing Destroyer, The King of Sting, The Count of Monte Fisto, The Prince of Punch, The Master of Disaster, The One and Only Apollo Creed.
I always liked Wilfredo “El Radar de St. Just” Benitez
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Lights Out Toney (Prime)
Adrien “The Problem” Broner is a cool name. Too bad it’s wasted on a not so great fighter.
Technically that is not a nickname, he was so pleased with it, it legally became his name!
Hagler is heretofore DQ’ed. His only DQ, I might add.
Mike The Bounty Hunter.
Ray Boom Boom Mancini great name.
I always felt that the very best nickname of all time by a mile is -
Jimmy Wilde " The Ghost With The Hammer In his Hand "
I prefered his ‘Mighty Atom’ Moniker. But I think your Bounty Hunter reference is up there as a great one. And Hunter himself was very good, but one of them ‘who needs to fight him?’ types.
Jake the snake Rodriguez
Juan “The Hispanic causing panic” Lazcano
Sammy" The who can Mexican" Vasquez
Tiger “Georgia Deacon” Flowers
Adam “The swamp donkey” Richards
Lew “living death” and “sweetwater slinger” Jenkins
Darnell “ding a ling man” Wilson
Greg “Mutt” Haugen
The best one is in fiction land
The Italian Stallion
Holyfield lived up to both names The-Real Deal Holyfield. And The Warrior.
The Executioner Hopkins.
Monte Two Guns Barett
Hector Macho Camacho.
Up until Haglar… John was the beast Mugabi.
Not a big fan of women boxing but Laila “she-bee stinging” Ali was catchy.
The Worst has to be The Quiet man…that was his fight style, so I guess it fits Ruiz.
Chuck “The Bayonne Bleeder” Wepner.
Another vote for Johnny The Entertainer Nelson.
Lights Out always my favourite
The Problem is good too but as said belongs to an average fighter
I think “The Problem” would be more fitting to fighter who poses a real difficult fighter to overcome. Someone who has a style who makes it hard for you to look good against. Winky Wright for example.
Should start a new thread about nicknames that should have been applied. for instance Herol Graham was never a bomber and that one should have gone to Nigel Benn.
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[li]Owen “What The Heck” Beck.[/li][li]“The Master Of Disaster” Apollo Creed[/li][li]James “The Heat” Kinchen[/li][/ul]