Boxing Name Games: A List Of Fighter Oddities

This is the BGB list of interesting officially Boxrec'd names in boxing history. Check back as it is updated for given names, surnames, nicknames of note, for whatever the reason may be.

A list of names coincidentally of other notable people:

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Cline, Patsy (Irish):

(like: Famous singer Patsy Cline)

Cline, Patsy

(like: Famous singer Patsy Cline)

Cobb, Ty aka Samuel Kolb

(like: Baseball legend Ty Cobb)

Cobb, Ty aka Tyson Mangold Cobb

(like: Baseball legend Ty Cobb)

Cobb, Ty (this may be Samuel Kolb, but it does have a separate boxrec page)

(like: Baseball legend Ty Cobb)
 

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Davis, Sammy

(like: dancer Sammy Davis Senior and actor/dancer/singer Sammy Davis Junior)

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Jackson, Michael

(like: Superstar Michael Jackson)

Jones, George

(like: legendary country singer George Jones)
Jones, George

(like: legendary country singer George Jones)

Jordan, Michael

(like: #1 (source: me) basketball player Michael Jordan)

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Kline, Patsy (Young Patsy Kline)

(like: Famous singer Patsy Cline)

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Lewis, Jerry

(like: Famous comic Jerry Lewis)

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Nelson, Willie

(like: Famous singer and songwriter player Willie Nelson)

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Petzer, Bruce Lee

(like martial arts icon Bruce Lee)

Pitt, Brad

(like: Famous actor Brad Pitt)

Presley, Elvis

(like: Superstar Elvis Presley)

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Robbins, Marty

(like: Famous singer Marty Robbins)

Robinson, David

(like: American Football player David Robinson and Basketball HOF'er David Robinson)

Robinson, David

(like: American Football player David Robinson and Basketball HOF'er David Robinson)

Robinson, Ray

(like: Boxing legend Ray Robinson)

Rogan, Joe

(like: Comedian, commentator, presenter Joe Rogan)


Ruth, Babe

(like: Baseball legend Babe Ruth)


Ruth, Babe x2

(like: Baseball legend Babe Ruth)

Ruth, Babe x3

(like: Baseball legend Babe Ruth)

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Wright, Ronald (more famously known as "Winky") 

(like: Bestselling Canadian author Ronald Wright)

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A list of unusually unboxery, bizarre or funny nicknames:

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Hersisia, Richel  

He is known as "The Dutch Sonny Liston."

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Nobles, Gerald

In for: "The Jedi" Gerald Nobles picked a Star Wars nickname and that is not boxing regular.  

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Wepner, Chuck

Entry for "The Bayonne Bleeder" because it is about himself bleeding, rather than something he might use to intimidate an opponent.

Wright, Ronald

Most fight fans know Ronald by his nickname, which was given to him by his grandmother when he was a little fella. "Winky" is not what you expect as a fighter nickname.

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Other assorted oddities:

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Unlike Dick Tiger, this here is Tiger Dick (if you have more information on this one, please say):
We're putting it under D, but we wonder if it's the surname.

Again, unsure of what is a surname and what is a nickname and begging more information and a really big explanation, we have, Little Dick.

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Sambo, Lucky - That's right. Lucky Sambo. His Boxrec page says he was born Lucky Nwajoveni in South Africa. It's not the most PC choice for a boxer in the 1990's and 2000's.

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Titsworth, Trenton

I think this one is self-explanatory.

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