Boxers whose names are more suitable for gunfighters and horse thieves
Sonny Bill Williams, Dusty Hernandez Harrison, Carson Jones, Hank Lundy, Frankie Gavin
Names suitable for British Prime Ministers
Nigel Benn, Clarence Tillman, David Hamilton, Paul Butler
Names suitable for philosophers and public intellectuals
Schiller Hyppolite, Cornelius White, Phillip Schuster
Names in which gender identification does not seem to be a priority
Adrien Broner, Jean Pascal, Milan Melindo, Darley Perez, Yesenia Gomez
Names suitable for Motown session musicians
J’Leon Love, Kevin River, Jr., Excell Holmes, Terence Crawford
Boxers whose nicknames actually describe them
Francois “The White Buffalo” Botha, John “The Quiet Man” Ruiz, Nicolay “The Beast From The East” Valuev, Alexis “El Flaco Explosivo” Arguello (the explosive thin man)
Nicknames which only make sense in Spanish
Oscar “Ceviche” Ibarra (marinated raw fish), Diego “Pelucho” Morales (teddy bear), Juan “El Pollo” Valenzuala (chicken), Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (the Chinaman)
Tyson five way
Tyson Fury, Hernan “Tysoncito” Marquez, Ruslan “The White Tyson” Chagaev, Kwahu Tyson, Cliff “Twin Tyson” Couser
WTF
Owen “What The Heck?” Beck, Fahsan 3K Battery, Adam “The Swamp Donkey” Richards
Many thanks to Peter Cronin, whose Ayce Names In The AFL was the inspiration for this list. It’s well worth a read, even if you don’t know the pocket from the corridor (or Jarryd from Jarrod).
