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Boxing Nicknames The Golden Boot A 'Thousand in May'
     
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American Football Aussie Rules Football Motor Racing
 
Boxing Nicknames  
 
 Henry Armstrong Homicide (or Hurricane) Hank Muhammed Ali The Louisville Lip, the Mouth
Abe Attell The Little Hebrew Max Baer Livermore Larruper, Madcap Maxie
Giovanni Benvenuti Nino Jack Kid Berg The Whitechapel Whirlwind
James J Braddock  The Cinderella Man Joe Brown Old bones
James Burke The Deaf One Primo Carnera The Ambling Alp
Georges Carpentier The Orchid Kid (Man) Ezzard Charles The Cincinnati Flash
James J Corbett Gentleman Jim William Darts The Dyer
Jack Dempsey The Manassa Mauler, Nonpareil James Douglas Buster
Roberto Duran Hands of Stone Tommy Farr The Tonypandy Terror
Luis Angel Firpo Wild Bull of the Pampas Bob Fitzsimmons Ruby Robert
Joe Frazier Smokin’ Joe Tony Galento The Fat Freak, Two Ton Tony
Marvin Hageler Marvellous Marvin Naseem Hamed Prince Naseem
Thomas Hearns Hitman, The Motor City Cobra John Camel Heenan The Benica Boy
Larry Holmes  The Easton Assassin John Jackson Gentleman John
James J Jeffries The Boilermaker, Grizzly Bear of the West Jack Johnson Lil Arthur
Ray Charles Leonard Sugar Ray Joe Louis The Brown Bomber
Tom Lyons The Waterman Jem Mace The Gypsy
Barry McGuigan The Clones Cyclone Rocky Marciano The Brockton Blockbuster
Daniel Mendoza The Jew Freddie Mills Fearless Freddie
Archie Moore The Old Mongoose Hen Pearce The Game Chicken
William Perry The Tipton Slasher Donovan Ruddock Razor
Tom Sayers  The Brighton Boy Max Schmelling The Black Uhlan
Jack Sharkey The Boston Gob James Smith Bonecrusher
William Stevens The Nailer John L Sullivan Great John L, The Boston Strong Boy
William Thompson Bendigo Gene Tunney The Fighting Marine
Mike Tyson Iron Mike Joe Walcott The Barbados Demon
Jess Willard The Pottawatomie Giant    
 


 

Winners of the World Cup Golden Boot: 

1930 Stabile (Argentina) 8
1934 Schiavo (Italy) 6 Nejedly (Czechoslovakia) 6 Conen (Germany) 6
1938 Leonidas (Brazil 8
1950 Ademir (Brazil) 9
1954 Kocsis (Hungary) 11
1958 Fontaine (France) 13
1962 Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) 5
1966 Eusebio (Portugal) 9
1970 Muller (West Germany) 10
1974 Lato (Poland) 7
1978 Kempes (Argentina) 6
1982 Rossi (Italy) 6
1986 Linekar (England) 6
1990 Schillaci (Italy) 6
1994 Stoichkov (Bulgaria) 6 Salenko (Russia) 6
1998 Suker (Croatia) 6

A thousand runs in (or by the end of) May
 

1    1895                    WG Grace (in May)
2    1900                    Tom Haywood
3    1927                    Wally Hammond (in May)
4    1928                    Charles Hallows (in May)
5    1930 and 1938    Don Bradman (twice)
6    1938                    Bill Edrich
7    1973                    Glenn Turner
8    1988                    Graeme Hick
 
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