Nicknames | Real Names |
World Champions from Lesser Known Countries"> | Various
REAL NAMES
Lou Ambers - Louis D' Ambrosio
Hogan Bassey - Okon Bassey Asuguo
Jack (Kid) Berg - Judah Bergman
Jack Britton - William J Breslin
Tommy Burns - Noah Brusso
Kid Chocolate - Eligio Sardinias
Nonpareil Jack Dempsey - John Kelly
Johnny Dundee - Joseph Corrara
Tiger Flowers - Theodore Flowers
Joe Gans - Joseph Gaines
Kid Gavilan - Gerardo Gonzales
Joey Giardello - Carmine Tilelli
Rocky Graziano - Thomas Rocco Barbella
Pete Herman - Peter Gulotta
Beau Jack - Sidney Walker
Peter Kane - Peter Cain
Stanley Ketchel - Stanislaus Kiecal
Jake LaMotta - Giacobe La Motta
Benny Leonard - Benjamin Leiner
Ted (Kid) Lewis - Gershon Mendeloff
Jock McAvoy - Joseph Bamford
Al McCoy - Al Rudolph
Charles (Kid) McCoy - Norman Selby
Sammy Mandell - Samuel Mandella
Joey Maxim - Giuseppe Antonio
Archie Moore - Archibald Lee Wright
Philadelphia Jack O'brien - Joseph Francis Hagen (O'Hagan)
Willie Pep - Guglielmo Papaleo
Lupe Pintor - Jose Guadalupe Pintor
Barney Ross - Beryl David Rosofsky
Tommy Ryan - Joseph Youngs
Vincente Salvidar - Vincente Salvidar Garcia
Dave Sands - Ritchie Sands
Jack Sharkey - Josef Paul Cukoschay
Young Stribling - William Lawrence
Dick Tiger - Richard Ihetu
Gene Tunney - James Joseph Tunney
Pancho Villa - Francisco Guilledo
Jersey Joe Walcott - Arnold Raymond
Mickey Walker - Edward Patrick Walker
Freddie Welsh - Frederick Hall Thomas
Ike Williams - Isiah Williams
Ad Wolgast - Adolphus Wolgust
Bushy Graham - Angelo Geraci
Lew Jenkins - Elmer Verlin Jenkins
Lee Oma - Frank Czjewski
Joe Louis - Joseph louis Barrow
Sugar Ray Robinson - Sidney Walker / Walker Smith, Jr
Tony Zale - Anthony Florian Zaleski
Nicknames | Real Names |
World Champions from Lesser Known Countries" | Various
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