So I was watching ESPN classic and saw Mayorga vs Spinks and during the introductions, I thought the nickname "El Matador" was probably the exact opposite of the type of fighter Mayorga is.

Any others?

Craig "Iron Head" Heyward of the NFL. He died of brain cancer.

El Matador's literal translation is actually "The Killer".

Oh come on - Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor !?

Lance "Goofy" Whitaker is the worst.

Am I a bad person because I laughed at that when I first read it?

I liked Lance Whittakers nicname as Lance "Mount" Whittaker. And Bad Intentions is not a great nickname for Taylor.

Is it? I remember they used to show clips of bullfighting when talking about Mayorga in one of the pre-fight shows.

Yeah...I remember that too. But it actually does mean "The Killer"...

Which is a little more fitting, I suppose.

Hector "Macho" Camacho.

What's so macho about a geezer who boxed in a skirt and spent a lot of his time running from opponents?

davaryl "touch of sleep" williamson. although, the nickname seemed very fitting when joe mesi KO'd him in the first round.

Or to describe his fight with Chris Byrd. He put most of the viewing audience to sleep with that one.

Damn, and I'm the one trying to be fluent in Spanish. LOL.

Zuri "Fists of Death" Lawrence

Arturo "Duck" Gatti

Yup!!

Touch of Sleep does have a good punch. He had Wlad down and hurt before their bout ended in a controversial technical decision.

No I did too. Then again we could both just be extremely bad human beings.

James Toney's name hasn't fit him in years since moving up.

"Ruthless" Robbie Lawler
Junior "The Hitter" Whitter
Jorge "The Naked Man" Ortiz
Bobby "The Matinee Idol" Czyz

How about Ponce De Leon's which means "NO RUNNER"? And he ran away from Peñalosa in the later rounds. Hahaha!

i was going to say something similar, brutal... in fact, i dont think toney had a one-punch ko power in most categories he fought.

Anthony "the man" Mundine is not very fitting considering he has a vagina instead of a penis.

ha ha ha

No, because I busted out laughing right here in the office when I read it. What makes it worse is that everyone looked over at my computer when I did it. Luckily they barely speak english, so they'll never know what a sick bastard I am for laughing at that.

Other nicknames that don't fit are:
"Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather. Floyd is ugly as hell, and so is his daddy. Probably his mother too.
James "Lights Out" Toney. Good nickname, but it probably should've been Tyson's though. Toney's should've been, "Talk good trash, win by UD."
"Prince" Naseem Hamed. Another ugly motherfucker. His name should've been "Dumbo" or "Mad" (like the magazine.) Anything except "Prince."
Lennox "The Lion" Lewis. Lennox fought like a scared pussy the majority of his career, as well might he should have, with that weak ass chin of his. Nevertheless, a more apt name would have been Lennox "The Cowardly Lion" Lewis.

That's all I can think of now. More later.

Hitman Hatton? NO. (Don't like it, not when "Hug Man" fits the picture better)

The Boxing Banker is another weak one.

Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista...

unless the two booms in his name stand for the shot landed by de leon right on his jaw and the 2nd boom is the sound made when he dropped down onto the floor lol

"Iron Boy" Ivan Calderon.

Get it right...it's "GOOFi"

Does anyone remember exactly when Whitaker changed his nickname from Mount to Goofi? I think it was before the McCline fight, and that fight was kind of the turning point of Whitaker's career (for the worst).

Whitaker had some decent wins against Barrett, Maskaev and Davis and seemed to be a promising contender when he was "Mount" - then he switches to "Goofi" and loses to McCline and from that point on never went anywhere with his career.

I agree w/ Lennox "The Lion" Lewis...very inappropriate nickname.

Gotta say "Sugar" Shane Mosely. Unlike the previous Sugars, he always comes up short in his big fights, and usually loses the rematch as well.

Agree w/ Lewis as well.

Others include

"El Matador" Mayorga

Monte "Two Guns" Barrett. The guy has zero pop

Vernon "The Viper" Forrest.. More like Vernon "The Boa Constrictor"FOrrest. The guy has no problems w/ clinching his opponents to death. Although recently has added running to his repetoire.

I think you're right...

I remember the buzz surrounding his name change. It was his way to show the kids that you don't have to be a thug to box. That you can have fun and still be a good boxer. I believe that he actually changed his name legally to "GOOFi". I remember that spelling being a big deal to him, that the first four letters be capitalized with a lower case "i".

He also had a group of kids follow him to the ring like he was the Techno Viking. Fucking wierd.

Haha, thanks for the info.

Hmm. Mosley's 2-2 in rematches. And in 3 of those 4 fights most would say his performance improved relative to his opponent's.