That Name Has A Ring To It

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).

Source: http://www.queensberry-rules.com/2013-articles/may/that-name-has-a-ring-to-it.html

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